After the peak battle with Dantei, Xiaozhi became the strongest in the world, but he still believed that the journey to become a Pokémon master has not yet come to an end. After packing his luggage, Xiaozhi said goodbye to Hanako and planned to embark on a new journey…
Suddenly… he “woke up”, surrounded by countless Cresselias and Darkrai. Was he dreaming? Xiaozhi couldn’t understand the current situation.
Why is he still only ten years old after traveling through eight regions? Why is Professor Oak always by his side when he talks to Hanako? Why has he never seen his father?
As his consciousness cleared, these blurred thoughts gradually emerged from his mind… Who am I? Xiaozhi looked around. What was more terrifying than the Dream God and Nightmare God around him was the haze that enveloped his whole body. The beautiful memories before were like bubbles that were blown up, falling to the ground and disappearing without a trace.
I am Xiaozhi, a member of Team Rocket.
Dreams and Reality
In the early morning, when the first ray of sunlight at dawn shone into the room, Xiaozhi opened his eyes. After experiencing countless adventures and strange encounters, Xiaozhi is no longer the little boy who loved to sleep in.
When he had packed his clothes, Pikachu brought him a hat in time. Xiaozhi rubbed its soft fur and said, “Pikachu, I will rely on you for future adventures!” They played with the Pokémon for a while and then went downstairs together.
Hanako had already prepared breakfast. She gently said to Xiaozhi, “Xiaozhi, you got up so early today. It doesn’t matter if you sleep a little longer. Mommy still hasn’t prepared the miso soup. Besides, you just went through such a fierce battle, you need to rest more to recover your energy.”
The battle that Mom was talking about was the one he had fought with Mr. Dantei in the World Championship finals. At that time, he and Pikachu had tried their best to win, and so did Mr. Dantei and his Charizard. The intertwined lightning and fire swept the entire arena.
Fortunately, the other champions were there at the time and controlled the scene, otherwise there would be no telling whether there would be any casualties among the spectators.
Thinking of this, Xiaozhi recalled the details of the previous battle. The electrical aura lingering around Pikachu during the final attack, and the tangible electric arcs rotating around Pikachu, that must be a higher realm beyond the current one!
Xiaozhi was still thinking here, but he didn’t notice the reluctance in his mother’s eyes when she looked at him. Her eyes showed more confusion about the future than usual when he was going on a long journey.
Breakfast was delicious as usual, and both Ash and Pikachu were very satisfied with the meal. However, when he finished eating, the sky outside the window suddenly darkened. Only then did he realize that the lights in the room had been on as if they had been prepared for a long time, but they were dim in broad daylight before.
“What’s going on? Isn’t it morning? Why is it dark?” Xiaozhi walked to the window and looked out in confusion. It was pitch black outside, and when he turned around, he saw that Hanako’s eyes were wet.
She seemed to have expected something, but was caught off guard.
“Didn’t the doctor say that the dream could last for a while? Why did it end so quickly?” She muttered some strange words and hugged Xiaozhi tightly, as if she wanted to rub him into her heart.
She held Xiaozhi’s face and said to him seriously and firmly: “Xiaozhi, this is a dream, but the people in the dream are real. Mom and Pikachu also have all the memories of you. It’s just that in reality, we may not see each other for a long time in the future. You must remember that no matter what happens after returning to reality, you must survive well. Promise mom, okay?”
Xiaozhi was a little confused, but looking at Hanako’s eyes full of worry and expectation, he nodded. Hanako hugged him tighter, “Mom will find you. I will find you at the cost of everything I have. So no matter what happens, you must live well. Don’t trust others easily in the future. Think more about the consequences before doing things. Don’t be stupid and plunge into those troubles like a fool…”
She paused as she spoke and looked down. Xiaozhi followed her gaze and saw her body begin to fade and disappear at a speed visible to the naked eye. Hanako kissed Xiaozhi’s forehead for the last time and whispered, “You have to be strong, kid,” and then she disappeared.
Pikachu jumped onto his shoulder and rubbed Ash’s face with its cheek. It seemed that it had noticed the fact that it was about to be separated from Ash, and there was some reluctance in its eyes.
Just as Xiaozhi was about to touch it, Pikachu began to fade, but it did not surrender. Instead, it jumped away from Xiaozhi, and then as if it was trying to fight against something, amazing lightning particles emanated from its body and were sprayed around indiscriminately. In the dead silence and darkness, Pikachu seemed to have become a new light source, but this did not have any effect. It was still slowly disappearing, but compared to Hanako, it was obviously disappearing more slowly. When it realized that its struggle was useless, Pikachu threw itself into Xiaozhi’s arms again. Xiaozhi seemed to have a telepathic connection with Pikachu and protected it under his body. Everything seemed to have returned to the first time he and Pikachu met, but this time, what surrounded them was not a flock of angry Spearows but endless darkness and an unknown future.
Pikachu also disappeared. Xiaozhi lay on the ground for a long time before getting up. It was not appropriate to say that he was on the ground, because at this moment the whole house had actually disappeared. He seemed to be lying on the tense sea water, and there was endless darkness under his fingers.
Suddenly, a little light appeared at the edge of his vision. He looked up and was stunned by the scene in front of him. Darkrai (the God of Nightmares) and Cresselia appeared in front of him. They looked different from before. One looked more terrifying, with eyes wrapped in black mist and more ferocious. The claws on both hands emitted strange black fluctuations, and the air around the body seemed to be distorted. The other looked more dreamy, like a fantasy creature from a fairy tale. There was a gorgeous pink gem on her head, which was constantly emitting pink mist. Her body was like a seahorse, but her posture was like a snake with its upper body raised. There were several strips of light on her body that looked like silk, but more gorgeous. They were dazzling and people couldn’t take their eyes off her.
Of course, he had seen both Darkrai and Cresselia before. Although they looked different, this was not enough to make him lose his composure. What really shocked him was their number. Dozens? No, this number was probably more than hundreds. Although he had long known that they were Pokémon with groups, not specific individuals, this number… I’m afraid all the Darkrai and Cresselia in the world were here.
They circled slowly around Xiaozhi, as if they wanted to see his entire body, and made strange noises as if they were communicating with each other.
It was unknown how much time had passed. At a certain moment, all the Darkrai and Cresselia stopped moving. Two individuals that were several times larger than their own approached Xiaozhi. Compared with their own, the Darkrai had a calmer look and a more three-dimensional body. There was no sense of distorted space around his body. The most different thing was that the backs of his hands seemed to be inlaid with two black gems. After he approached Xiaozhi, he didn’t say much, but just stuffed a ball of white light into Xiaozhi’s mouth and disappeared. The other Darkrai also disappeared, leaving Xiaozhi a little overwhelmed.
“He’s not very good at communicating with humans.” A voice came out of his heart.
He turned his head and saw that Cresselia was looking at him calmly. “Can you tell me what happened here?” Xiaozhi tried to communicate with her in his mind. Compared with its peers, this Cresselia had not changed much physically. In addition to the purple light emitted by the gemstone on its head, the biggest difference was that the light band surrounding its body was not pink, but like a rainbow, which gave it an unreal beauty. “Humans tried to use the remains of our dead companions to create a dream space that was closer to reality. This attracted my and his attention. After we understood the situation, we used this dream space to conduct a trial about the ‘candidate’.”
This answer made Xiaozhi even more confused. He quickly asked, “What is a candidate? Is what my mother just said true? Is this world fake? What is the real world like? How are mom and Pikachu doing out there? Do they really remember me?” At this moment, Xiaozhi cared more about his family, friends and his Pokémon than himself. If this is really a dream, I wonder how they are doing in the real world.
“I don’t know how the humans and Pokémon you care about are doing, but as long as they appear in the dream, they are alive. Humans who died in the outside world will also die in the dream. The chosen ones are those who complete the goal of defeating eight gyms, defeating the Four Heavenly Kings, and defeating the league champion in the dream space of each region within one year.” Cresselia said this, and the gem on her head emitted a brilliant light, and a white ball of light floated up. “If we can meet in reality, I will tell you everything that happened in this trial, but now, it’s time to give you the reward for completing the level.”
The white ball of light left Cresselia and floated directly towards Xiaozhi, merging into his body. “We travel in the dreams of humans and Pokémon. In the history of tens of thousands of years, we unravel the seemingly chaotic dreams and learn a lot of knowledge forgotten by history. This knowledge is the reward we give to all those who pass the trial. He gives you the method of how to fully master the power of waves, and I give you the method of strengthening yourself.” After the last wisp of sound ended, the Cresselia individual disappeared, and the other individuals left with it.
Xiaozhi was full of doubts, but he could only stare blankly at the place where they disappeared. Then he found that his body was gradually disappearing, until finally his eyes went black and he lost consciousness.
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He was not sure how long it had been before he was awakened by a somewhat rough voice, “Hey, newcomer, we’ve arrived, get up and work.” He opened his eyes and saw a middle-aged man with a sturdy build in front of him. He was wearing a white uniform with a capital R on his chest, which was very impressive.
“Team Rocket?”
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In the Kanto region, Hanako slowly opened her eyes, skillfully unplugged the sensors on her body, and got down from the experimental table.
The researchers around handed over compressed biscuits and water, and a few ran to inform Professor Oak. Hanako simply ate a little food, and then described in detail her last experience in the dream world to the researchers around her who were taking notes.
As soon as he finished speaking, Professor Oak came over in a hurry. Before he could say anything, Hanako answered, “Professor, I want to go find Xiaozhi.”
Dr. Oak was stunned for a moment, then slowly asked, “Don’t you want to think about it?” “No, actually I’ve already thought about it, but the dream collapsed so quickly that I was a little caught off guard. However, the luggage and other things have been prepared in advance. Now there is only one question left. Doctor, have you figured out where the child is?”
Professor Oak looked at Hanako, was silent for a while, and said, “We are not familiar with the dream world. I have many guesses about where Xiaozhi is. What we can confirm is that he is in our Kanto region. As for the specific location… Sorry, we can’t locate it, but we can be sure that he is not in those cities and large towns that have been fully checked. You’d better start looking in those towns that our alliance cannot fully grasp.”
“This is good, at least it eliminates a lot of problems.” Hanako handed the prepared resignation letter to Professor Oak and bowed. “Thank you for your training over the past few years. I have learned a lot from following you. If I find Xiaozhi in the future, I will bring him to thank you.”
Dr. Oak accepted the resignation letter, took out a small box from his pocket and said to Hanako, “There’s no need to express your gratitude. If you have time in the future, come to the institute and cook a delicious meal for everyone. After you leave, I don’t know how long it will take for your juniors to eat your cooking again.” Hearing this, the researchers who had gathered around felt a little embarrassed, and a little girl even stuck out her tongue.
Hanako didn’t notice. She looked at the box and asked hesitantly, “What is this?” “It’s the Crescent Feather. I thought that since it’s the thing that pulled you into the dream, it might help you find Satoshi, so I asked those old stubborn people for it.” Professor Oak pretended to be relaxed and said, “Anyway, the plan has ended. Although the process was a bit tortuous, the goal has been achieved. The power in this feather has been almost exhausted, so it doesn’t matter if I lend it to you.”
Although Professor Oak said it very easily, Hanako knew that any items related to the legendary Pokémon would be kept strictly by the Alliance. Even if the Crescent Feather no longer had much power, its collection value was extremely exaggerated. It was not an exaggeration to say that it was priceless. She bowed to Professor Oak again: “Thank you, I will protect it well, and I will definitely return it to Xiaozhi after I find it!”
She said goodbye to the researchers around her and was about to leave when Professor Oak took out a Poké Ball and said, “Take this kid away. He also wants to follow you to find Xiaozhi.”
Hanako touched the Poké Ball with her palm and felt the breath of Pidgeot. She was a little stunned: “You mean…” “Although the reason is unknown, it is the one in Xiaozhi’s dream. In fact, I guessed it when it found this place seven years ago. After all, it never appeared in the dream again in the following time, right? I suspect it woke up early.”
Hanako opened the Poké Ball and skillfully stroked Dabito’s crest feathers with both hands. Dabito also rubbed Hanako with its head, with a very comfortable expression.
After communicating with Pidgeot for a while and feeding her some Pokémon food, Hanako put it back into the Poké Ball. After confirming again and again that Professor Oak would not take out another special item from somewhere, she said goodbye to everyone in the research institute again and embarked on a journey to find Satoshi.
At the same time, in Cerulean City, Misty was lying on the wide dorsal fin of Gyarados in an empty swimming pool. She suddenly recalled the silly idiot in her dream and couldn’t help blushing. Since eight years ago, she dreamed of adventures with that idiot and Mr. Xiaogang, the gym owner of Pewter City. Although she didn’t want to admit it, the time in her dream was her happiest time. Just as she was immersed in the memories of that time, the voice of her assistant came from outside the door: “Miss, a trainer is here to challenge you.”
Xiaoxia patted the horns on Gyarados’ head, and Gyarados obediently pushed her to the battle stage. She put on her coat, adjusted her expression, tied her wet orange hair into a single ponytail with a rubber band, and said in a serious tone: “Come in, challenger.”
On the other side, in Fengyuan area, “Flame Chicken, use Flame Vortex!” A pillar of fire rushed straight to the ceiling of the stage, and then with a bang, it turned into a sky full of stars, forming the shape of a Poké Ball, and slowly fell down. The slender girl danced in the starlight, and the tacitly coordinated Flame Chicken also kept using various flames to set off the girl on the stage like a long-tailed fire fox teasing with fire. As the “Poké Ball” in the sky fell, the gorgeous competition also came to an end.
After the game, in the lounge, the girl and Flame Chicken were being intimate, and the assistant next to them began to chatter about the afternoon work schedule, “Miss Xiaoyao, you still have 40 minutes of rest time. You will have a fan meeting later, and after that, you will…” Xiaoyao felt a little dizzy from the assistant’s constant chatter, and she quickly begged for mercy, “Please! At least let me have a good rest for these 40 minutes?” Seeing her pitiful appearance, the assistant had to give up, handed her a bottle of water, and then went to the side to organize the materials. Xiaoyao lay on Flame Chicken, missing the scenes in her previous dreams, the adventures with her brother, the breeder Xiao Shun, and the boy whose smile made people feel at ease. It didn’t seem to be a dream, because both Mr. Xiao Shun and her brother remembered the content of the dream clearly, but other people didn’t seem to have this impression. In any case, that dream changed her a lot, and meeting Mr. Xiao Shun also made her look forward to meeting Xiaozhi again one day in the future…
In the Sinnoh region, Hikari was once again woken up by Pachirisu. The little squirrel circled around her, forcing her to wake up from her comfortable big bed. Emperor Nabo on the side looked at the squirrel that took its place with some dissatisfaction, but when he looked down at his heavy body and broad wings, he could only sigh helplessly.
When Xiaoguang went downstairs, there was a plate of sandwiches and a glass of milk on the dining table. There was a note on the table. As expected, it said that her mother was going to a certain city to participate in the Armored Rhino Riding Competition. She couldn’t help but complain: “It’s always like this. I didn’t even tell her in advance. What if the note was blown away by the wind~” After Xiaoguang prepared the food for the Pokémons, she and King Nabo moved the dining table outside and released the Pokémons. With a burst of cheerful calls, the Pokémons quickly ate breakfast. Only Weasel sat on Xiaoguang’s lap with a lost look on his face. Xiaoguang understood. He touched its head and said softly: “Do you miss Senior Xiaozhi too? Actually, I miss him too. A few days ago, I dreamed that he defeated Mr. Dantei. In that dream, I woke up after defeating Miss Sirona. Maybe Mr. Xiaozhi will wake up too? Oh? Oh, right, Weasel, let’s go to Kanto to find Xiaozhi? The Pokémon League is about to be held there. Let’s sign up. Maybe we can meet him in the competition!” Thinking of this, Xiaoguang finished the sandwich in his hand in a few bites, ran upstairs in a hurry, and used the computer to search where to buy air tickets or boat tickets to Kanto.
In the open-air competition venue in the Unova region, two young female trainers were facing each other. They were the Unova region’s league champion, Alice, and the Kalos region’s league champion, Serena. At this moment, it was the final battle between the two sides, and both of them took out their last Pokémon.
“Come out, Double Axe Dragon!”
“Then I’ll leave this to you, Greninja.”
The battle began the moment the two Pokémon came out. Valkyrie glanced at Alice and immediately used Dragon Dance in tacit understanding, while Greninja used Shadow Clone the moment it appeared. The extremely exaggerated number of clones made the people in the audience stunned. Then all the shadow clones condensed Water Shuriken and threw them at Valkyrie, while Valkyrie’s Dragon Dance was only half condensed at this time.
Alice said quickly: “Use the substitute quickly.” The Double Axe War Dragon quickly condensed energy to create a substitute. It itself was wrapped in a strange energy and its body became virtual. It avoided the attack, but the attack was not over. At the moment when the Double Axe War Dragon’s body appeared, a grass knot appeared under its feet, and the Double Axe War Dragon, which had not yet stood firm, was tripped to the ground.
Serena shouted, “Use the Ice Beam to end this battle!” “Don’t give up, dig holes where you fell!”
The moment Greninja released the freezing beam, Double Axe War Dragon also used the digging skill. Although it avoided the attack, its shadow clone had not disappeared yet, and it was completely unable to lock onto Greninja’s position. Greninja took this opportunity to use high-speed movement to improve its already excellent speed.
The Double Axe War Dragon is not a ground attribute and cannot stay underground for too long. After a while, while Greninja moved to the corner of the battlefield, it drilled out from the diagonal direction.
Alice said quickly the moment it came out: “It’s too fast, don’t aim at its position, use Dragon Stars indiscriminately on all the fields!” The huge dragon energy began to gather, and Greninja also rushed towards it quickly. Judging from the time, it could attack the Double Axe War Dragon before the dragon energy was gathered. But in the last second before the two sides were about to contact, the Dragon Stars, which had not yet fully condensed, were directly released at Greninja, catching everyone off guard. “It’s not over yet, use Earthquake to deal with the opponent!” Alice judged that the opponent could block this attack with a substitute, so the Double Axe War Dragon, which had just released the compressed version of the Dragon Stars, continued to use Earthquake.
The huge explosion caused by the dragon stars and the earthquake caused the ground to crack and cause dust to rise everywhere, but Alice still did not dare to be careless. The other party was a candidate who passed the dream trial like her and was a talented trainer who received special attention from the league. It was never too careful.
Sure enough, before the smoke and dust had dissipated, Serena on the opposite side said, “Use the freezing beam now!” Almost at the moment when Alice said this, she said to the Double Axe War Dragon, “Use your Stand to dodge!”
Although the Double Axe War Dragon couldn’t see the direction of the attack clearly, he still used his substitute immediately. However, the attack did not occur until the substitute ended. Just when Alice was puzzled, a beam of ice beam hit the Double Axe War Dragon’s body from behind. The body had been exhausted after using the substitute twice in a row. This sudden blow directly made the Double Axe War Dragon lose its combat ability.
The referee had already decided the winner, but the Stand that was standing in front of the Double Axe War Dragon was still standing there stupidly, causing some young viewers who knew nothing about Pokémon to hold their parents’ hands and complain about the referee for shielding that gentle big sister with chestnut hair.
Serena and Alice took back their Pokémon and hurried to the Pokémon Center. The fans on the road did not dare to stop them and made way for them. The two of them smiled and thanked them while running.
After leaving the Pokémon in the care of Miss Joy, the two of them sat in the restaurant of the Pokémon Center, and Alice asked her own question: “When did Greninja get behind the Double Axe War Dragon?” “Actually, it was the moment when Dragon Star Swarm was released. Do you know the skill of Quick Return?”
“It seems to be a skill that hits the enemy very quickly and then returns to the Poké Ball to replace other Pokémon. This is different from…”
“If there is only one Pokémon left, it will not replace the other Pokémon, but the backward thrust will still exist. As long as you adjust your posture at the moment of attacking the opponent, you can use this thrust in almost any direction! The instantaneous highlight produced by the Dragon Star Cluster will cause people’s eyes to be temporarily blinded, and at this moment, the speed enhanced by the thrust and the high-speed movement of Greninja can reach your blind spot! You have been staring at the dust. People’s excessive concentration often ignores things at the edge of their vision, so…”
Alice was stunned. If the guy she faced was such a powerful character…it wouldn’t be strange to lose.
The two looked at each other for a moment, and Alice deliberately changed the subject and asked, “What are you going to do next?” Serena said without hesitation, “I’m going to the Kanto region. Do you want to come with me?”
“Do you still want to look for Xiaozhi? Haven’t you gone there several times and still failed to find him?” Alice lay on the table and said weakly, “Maybe Xiaozhi is not in this world, but in another place in the universe. He was just pulled into the dream world like us?”
“Xiaozhi is in this world.” “Why are you so sure?” Alice was a little puzzled.
Serena hesitated for a while before slowly saying, “Because I met him when I was a child, in reality, but that meeting was not at a summer camp, and there was no Professor Oak. When my parents and I were traveling in the Kanto region, I once ran away from home out of anger with them and got lost in the forest, and he brought me out. So I recognized him at first sight in my dream.” At this point, Serena didn’t know what she remembered, and she blushed a little. Greninja, who had just heard the name of Xiaozhi, came out of the Poké Ball, looked around but didn’t see any familiar figure, so he simply sat on the ground and seemed to have started some kind of practice.
Alice looked at Serena’s blushing face and couldn’t help but recall the wooden head who only knew how to fight all day long. Indeed, she was a little worried about that guy’s condition. Although she acted as if she didn’t care, she actually went to Kanto to look for Xiaozhi several times in private, and asked her friends there to keep an eye out, but there was no news from him. She looked at Serena and pretended to be nonchalant and said, “Anyway, I don’t have anything to do, so I might as well accompany you. It just so happens that the regional league in Kanto is about to start. If we go together, maybe we can play in the finals!”
Eight Years of Dreams and Reality (Old Version)
When Xiaozhi was separated from the dream, he saw himself as a grown-up. That person was wearing an old white uniform, was thin, and had scars all over his body. Xiaozhi even noticed that his legs were a little weak like his mother’s before.
Xiaozhi was a little confused when he saw this scene. Too many things happened today, and he still hasn’t reacted: “Who are you?”
The grown-up him opened his mouth weakly and answered, “I am you, or a part of you, maybe another personality or something like that? Anyway, in the eight years you disappeared, I have been living in your place, but…” He looked at his legs and said with some relief, “It’s almost over. If you don’t wake up, I’m afraid it won’t be long before this body will disappear like me.” He moved his feet as if trying to move, and after the attempt failed, he continued, “A lot of big things happened during the eight years you were asleep, but these are all in our minds. You will naturally remember them when you wake up. The most important thing right now is how you are going to live in the future.”
“……What did you say?”
The man glanced at the wounds on his body and said calmly, “This body has been injured a lot, don’t you see? The injuries to the body will also be reflected on the soul. As you can see, if there are so many wounds that cannot be cured, it will be the end of me, not to mention that I will have to work non-stop later.”
“Why didn’t you go to the hospital for treatment when you were so seriously injured?”
The man looked at Xiaozhi in confusion, “Have you forgotten that we are orphans from the slum because you slept too long? How can we afford to go to the hospital?” He suddenly muttered in a low voice, “Besides, we have two little ones to raise. How can we have extra money to take care of ourselves…” His voice was very small, as if he deliberately didn’t want Xiaozhi to hear it, but the surroundings were silent, and even the smallest sound could easily be noticed.
“Who are those two little guys you’re talking about?”
The man was a little annoyed when he found out that Xiaozhi noticed his whisper, but he could neither move nor jump up to do some intense movements. Looking at his body that was about to fall apart, he said to Xiaozhi: “Don’t you have that kind of power? The power that can make a person’s body stronger and recover faster. Only you can use that kind of power, right? I’ve tried many times since you fell asleep, but I couldn’t use it.” He clenched his palms, as if recalling the experiences of the past eight years. If the sleeping person was not him, but me, would those who died to protect me and those two little ones be able to survive? ‘He shook his head, cleared away the distracting thoughts in his mind, and said to Xiaozhi: “When you wake up, activate that power immediately. The more your body can recover, the better. Anyway, we are just reserve members and you are not needed in the battle. As long as you survive well, you can get the first bonus, and then you will have money to buy medicine. After buying the medicine, you will have some money left, and you can buy some black bread, and you can survive for a few days with water. The old man in the noodle shop next to the slum is a stingy person, but if you go to his shop and drink the leftover soup from his customers, he won’t beat you. At most, he will scold you. And…” He kept telling Xiaozhi about his experiences in life, and painted a picture in Xiaozhi’s mind about the life of an orphan born in the slums.
And this is his real identity. In reality, he has neither Xiaomao who cares about him nor his so-called nemesis, nor Professor Oak to guide him in his life, nor Pikachu, his partner who stays with him till the end.
Everything in the dream seemed to be an illusion created by his excessive desire. If it weren’t for his mother’s last message before she disappeared, and the memory that Cresselia mentioned was indeed preserved in his memory, he would have really thought it was a dream that was too long.
“Do you remember everything I said?” A sentence interrupted his thinking. Xiao Zhi looked at him blankly. The man was a little annoyed when he saw his expression, “You didn’t remember a single word?” He seemed to want to explode, but he still repeated what he had just said seriously, as if it was the last advice of an old man before his death, “…The ceiling of the house is leaking a little. When you go back, see if there is anything in the garbage dump that can cover it. Foam boards, large plastic bags will do…” He was silent for a while and slowly said, “Take good care of the two little ones. In the disaster seven years ago, everyone in the slum fought hard to keep me and them alive. Although you haven’t experienced these, we use the same body. If I died at that time, you would also die. You have to bear this responsibility. Finally, if, I mean if, if you take good care of them, you It has become very powerful. If you meet the culprit of the “Kanto Riot”, the so-called legendary Pokémon “Mewtwo”, can you ask it for me and the people who died in that disaster, why? “When he said this, his eyes were full of fear and resentment, as if he recalled the painful memories that had been sealed in his heart for years. All the people he knew were killed by the Pokémon with blue eyes. At the end of the view, a Pokémon with a body similar to that of a human, snow-white but with a long light purple tail swaying slowly behind it, stood between the high-rise buildings that were razed to the ground. There was smoke everywhere. The people in the slum hid him, who was still eleven years old, and his two children in a dark room in a cellar. The Pokémon found them, and they fought desperately but were powerless. They could only use their bodies to cover the entrance to the dark room to prevent them from being discovered.
Xiaozhi looked at the man. His body was weaker than before. It seemed that the strong emotional fluctuations had damaged his soul more seriously. He was changing from real to virtual. It seemed that he would disappear in the blink of an eye. But his eyes were still fixed on Xiaozhi, as if he would keep staring at him if he didn’t answer. What did Mewtwo do? Why was the other party so scared when Mewtwo was mentioned? These questions had been lingering in his mind since they appeared. He looked into the other party’s eyes and said slowly: “I promise you.”
The other party seemed to have been holding on and waiting for his answer. After hearing his response, his body gradually dissipated, and the whole person gradually turned into flying points of light, scattered and disappeared. In his dying moments, he seemed to have returned to his childhood when he was ten years old. At that time, they were still poor, but everyone supported each other, and they could survive even in difficult times. In a trance, he seemed to see everyone in the slum waving to him again. He stretched out his hand hard, as if he wanted to reach something. In Xiaozhi’s perspective, the man raised his hand upwards, and finally turned into a point of light and dissipated.
When the Rockets uncle was getting impatient and was about to teach this rude boy a lesson, Xiaozhi finally reacted and said to the uncle: “What’s the matter, uncle?”
The old man patted Xiaozhi on the head and said, “Why call me uncle? I’m only 30 years old. You call me captain, you’re so rude.” He seemed to say this out of habit, then came to his senses and said, “Come with me to move the roadblock. The smuggling gang will be here soon. Be quick.”
After he finished speaking, he waved to Xiaozhi and walked out of the car. Xiaozhi hurriedly followed him. Suddenly, he felt pain all over his body. It seemed that several wounds broke open due to the sudden movement and blood was flowing out. Then he remembered what the man had said before. Recalling the special power he had mentioned before, Xiaozhi began to recall in his mind the experience of using that power before he was ten years old.
But he didn’t need to recall. As soon as the thought arose, a long-lost energy filled his body. The broken wounds stopped bleeding, and his body didn’t seem to hurt as much as before. Xiaozhi stretched his limbs and found that the pain was indeed much lighter. Looking at the uncle who was getting farther and farther away, he hurriedly took a few quick steps to catch up.
Xiaozhi and his friends parked their car on a winding mountain road. The mountain walls on both sides were not steep, and the outer side of the road was only a dozen meters from the ground. Even if they fell off, they would not be destroyed. The roadblocks prepared by Xiaozhi and his friends were not the barricades in the TV series, but brown gels of different sizes on a piece of iron plate. Xiaozhi wanted to touch it, but was slapped away by the uncle. The uncle said angrily: “If you want to have this stuff stuck on your hands for several days in a row, touch it. This is a strong adhesive made by researchers in the organization using the slime of some Pokémon. As long as something is stuck to it, it will stick to you no matter how much water is poured on it. Even roasting it with fire is useless. It can only be removed after more than seven days when the effect of the medicine has worn off. When the smugglers’ car comes and runs over it, the tires will not be able to move. By then, once the members of the combat team come on board, everything will be fine. We just have to wait for the end of the work and clean up the scene. “The uncle put the iron plate on the ground, then took out a few long nails from his back, took out a hammer from his waist and hammered the nails into the holes in the iron plate. “One hole and one nail, kid, be careful, hammer them all in, don’t leave any gaps.” After hammering in the few nails in his hand, he handed the tool bag on his waist to Xiaozhi, and ran to pick up the next iron plate.
Soon, they divided the work and put all the “roadblocks” in place. The uncle carefully covered the iron plate with mud, and after making its color almost the same as the surrounding mountain roads, he pulled Xiaozhi to hide behind a bush far away from the mountain road, took out a walkie-talkie and said to the person on the other end of the phone: “The roadblocks have been placed.” While speaking, his eyes did not forget to look at the end of the mountain road.
Xiaozhi also looked over there. The uncle asked him to lower his posture to avoid being discovered. He lowered his voice and said to Xiaozhi, “When the fight starts, try to stay as far away as possible. Find a big tree to hide and don’t get accidentally injured by the Pokémon’s skills. We are not a combat team. If we are accidentally injured, there will be no post-battle compensation.”
Xiaozhi nodded and the memories of the real world gradually emerged in his mind. In another memory of his own, Pokémon hurting people did happen frequently.
The uncle seemed to be very talkative. While chatting in a low voice with Xiaozhi, he kept an eye on the movements on the mountain trail.
Not long after, a voice came from the intercom: “The target has appeared, all teams enter combat positions.”
Xiaozhi kept staring at the mountain trail, but he didn’t see anyone. The uncle pointed to the sky and reminded Xiaozhi to look there. Xiaozhi looked up and saw a Pidgeot and two Pidgeots gliding in the sky. He looked at the uncle with some surprise, as if there was nothing unusual. But the uncle showed an expression that he had expected you to do this. He said proudly: “There are not many Pidgeots in the wild Pidgeot tribe. Generally, they are not needed when they go out to forage. Especially here, there are few fruit trees, and along the mountain trail, there are more ground-type and rock-type Pokémon than flying-type Pokémon. Isn’t it suspicious to see wild Pidgeots in such a place?”
Sure enough, Pidgeot and Popo flew around here and then flew back. It seemed that Team Rocket was well prepared and they didn’t notice anything unusual. After a while, a convoy drove over from the end of the mountain road.
The uncle took out a shrunken Poké Ball from his collar, pressed the center dot to enlarge it, held it in his hand, shook it at Xiaozhi and said, “Don’t die, kid, there are many rewards for completing this mission. Maybe your first Pokémon is in that caravan.”
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The first Pokémon (old version)
The battle on the mountain road was fierce. Although Team Rocket occupied the advantageous terrain and caught the poachers off guard with an ambush, the Pokémon of several powerful guys among the poachers were much more powerful than ordinary Pokémon. Just relying on those few Pokémon, the poachers were able to reverse the situation.
This kind of large-scale Pokémon battle was actually the first time that Xiaozhi encountered it. The total number of people on both sides of the battle exceeded 100, but the types of Pokémon used were not numerous. Both sides seemed to be intentionally controlling the types of their own Pokémon.
In addition to the classic Gas Bomb, Arbok and Sonic Bat, Team Rocket’s Pokémon also include the common Pokémon in the Kanto region, Stompy, Pangolin and several Nidoran. Among the Pokémon, there are also a few evolved ones. They are among their own Pokémon, and every time their trainers give orders, they will shout something to the Pokémon around them, as if repeating their trainers’ orders.
Although the poachers were all in the same caravan, they seemed to be divided into small groups. All the members of Team Rocket were under unified command, and their fighting style seemed more like the ancient armies in historical legends than Pokémon battles.
As for the poachers, they formed small teams, and at a glance it seemed that each of them was a small group of four or five people. The Pokémon in their team were more complicated than those in Team Rocket. In addition to the common Pokémon in the Kanto region, Pokémon from the Chengdu region also appeared. Xiaozhi even saw a Frog next to an Onix.
More Pokémon types mean more tactical combinations, but the poachers did not play to their strengths, and even… Up to now, the Pokémon of both sides have not released any skills. It seems that Pokémon prefer to use their bodies to fight rather than using skills with great destructive power. Xiaozhi doesn’t know the reason. He will ask the Rocket uncle when he meets him later.
Thinking of this, Xiaozhi touched the soil on the ground in a daze. Everything in front of him seemed different from what he had experienced before. What dream world, what Mewtwo, what Bodao hero, these messed up things seemed to have given him a big surprise as if they were arranged. Before he went to bed yesterday, he had a warm home, a group of good friends, and partners who accompanied him through various adventures, but when he woke up, his mother left him, and he didn’t know what happened to those friends and his Pokémon except Pikachu. He returned to the real world, but became an orphan. The personality he had never met said that he would raise a few more little ones… Thinking of this, he felt a little regretful. Why did that guy trust him so much…
Xiaozhi thought of his experience in the dream world and felt a little puzzled. Could a careless person like him really take good care of others? And Team Rocket, why did that guy join Team Rocket? Didn’t he know that Team Rocket was an evil organization? If that guy hadn’t mentioned that he would use the money from Team Rocket to buy medicine for the two little ones, Xiaozhi would have wanted to run away and call Miss Junsha to report to the police.
While Xiaozhi was still worrying, a roar came from the other side of the battle, waking Xiaozhi from his troubled mood. He hurriedly looked over there, and the battle over there seemed to be beginning to show results. Several members of Team Rocket appeared on the battlefield. They raided the poachers from the back of the convoy, and their Pokémon were all in their final forms. At a glance, most of them were the final forms of the previous baby Pokémon of Team Rocket. The most eye-catching one was a Nidoking that was nearly half the height of its trainer. The sound just now was also made by it. It seemed to have used high-damage skills such as the power of the earth. The Onix, which had been rampaging on the battlefield relying on its size, was actually hit by it and fell into a near-death state. The other members of Team Rocket with Nidoking also quickly defeated the poachers who had performed so well before.
The remaining poachers were no match for Team Rocket and were quickly defeated. Most of them surrendered, but a few stubborn ones managed to break through.
With his extraordinary vision, Xiaozhi soon discovered that the direction they were breaking out was exactly where he was hiding, which made him nervous and excited. He wanted to find a good position to sneak attack them and bring these bad guys to justice. But just as he was halfway through his body, he thought that he was now Team Rocket and seemed to be a member of the bad guys… Can bad guys catching bad guys really be called bringing them to justice? And should he really help Team Rocket? Before, he did nothing except setting a trap, which made him feel that he had no real sense of being a member of Team Rocket, but if he caught these poachers, he would be helping Team Rocket for real!
Xiaozhi thought about it for a while but couldn’t figure it out, so he simply patted his head and decided not to think about all that mess. No matter what, these poachers were not good people, and it would be right to beat them up.
He found a bush and crawled into it, picking up a stone along the way. Soon, two embarrassed figures ran over. When they approached, Xiaozhi threw the stone in his hand. The stone turned into a parabola and hit the knee of the person behind him, causing the person to lose balance and fall to the ground, screaming. The person in front was a little panicked when facing Xiaozhi, and subconsciously wanted to look back when he heard the scream behind him. Xiaozhi rushed up at the moment his attention was diverted. The person’s reaction was not slow, and his hand immediately reached for the Poké Ball, intending to summon his Pokémon, but was still knocked to the ground by Xiaozhi.
The two men rolled into a ball and wrestled with each other. The man was an adult, but was about the same height as Satoshi, and much weaker than Satoshi. However, Satoshi’s injuries had not healed yet, and after a few blows, they were evenly matched in a short period of time. But Satoshi did not intend to really knock him down. Taking advantage of the close combat, he snatched all the Poké Balls on the opponent’s belt, then kicked the opponent in the abdomen with his knee, making the opponent unable to bear the strength, and the hands that were grabbing Satoshi were pushed away by Satoshi. Satoshi also took the opportunity to get up and fled in the direction of Team Rocket.
From the very beginning, he didn’t think he could really deal with two poachers with Pokémon by himself. He only planned to delay them. When he injured one of them’s knee, he could have retreated. But the poachers seemed to be selfish. Xiaozhi was worried that the other one would abandon his companions and run away, so he took the risk of snatching the opponent’s Poké Ball. In this way, either the opponent would have to chase him back, or he would have to retreat with his companion who had an injured knee and could not move for a short time. Otherwise, he would suffer a lot in the wild without Pokémon around him. Xiaozhi felt a little proud when he thought of the scene in his dream world where he was chased by a Beedrill while camping in the wild.
When he turned around, he saw something different than he expected. The man who was hit on the knee actually handed all the Poké Balls on his belt to the poacher who was fighting with Xiaozhi before!
This made Xiaozhi a little surprised. When did the villain organization become so self-sacrificing? But then he realized that the Pokémon he had taken away was probably the leader of a poaching team, and the one who stayed behind was probably the opponent’s subordinate. If he let the other party run away, who knows how many Pokémon would be caught and sold in the future!
Xiaozhi quickly threw the Poké Ball in his hand, bypassed the poacher who was trying to stop him with his hands (this was easy, he just had to crawl through the tree next to him), and chased after the fleeing man, shouting as he ran, trying to attract the attention of Team Rocket. He did not forget that the other party might have useful Pokémon.
The poacher was not vague either. He threw a Poké Ball and shouted before the Pokémon was fully released: “No matter who you are, hold this brat!” After he said that, he ran away without caring about what would happen to the Pokémon that stayed behind.
A flash of light passed by, and a baby Pokémon appeared in front of Xiaozhi. It was a purple bug wrapped in a silver-white shell. It stared at Xiaozhi very nervously, as if Xiaozhi was a super devil who would eat it if he didn’t pay attention.
Xiaozhi looked at the Pokémon in front of him. It was not difficult to guess its type. It was a Gnat from the Alola region. Just like its name, Gnat was extremely timid. It would run away immediately when it encountered humans. Although it was very rare, it did not have much fighting power and posed little threat to him.
But the one in front of him was a little different. Judging from its size, this cowardly bug had been born not too long ago and was at its most shy at this time. However, when it met him, it did not immediately retract its Poké Ball, but instead confronted him.
In the dimness, Xiaozhi seemed to feel a wave of fluctuations, which was very familiar. Xiaozhi was stunned for a moment and immediately found that the source of this power fluctuation was the cowardly bug in front of him. This kind of fluctuation was somewhat familiar. Xiaozhi thought about it and released his own wave power. Two similar fluctuations entangled together. Gradually, Xiaozhi seemed to feel that he could feel the emotions of the cowardly bug. This statement is very vague, but Xiaozhi seemed to be able to perceive the cowardly bug’s feelings. At this moment, the other party’s feelings about him were both confused, somewhat close, and somewhat nervous in an unfamiliar environment.
Xiaozhi realized that this cowardly bug was probably simply captured but not subdued, so it neither ran away nor attacked him. He tried to slowly approach the cowardly bug, but the cowardly bug did not move. Finally, Xiaozhi got close to the cowardly bug and touched its head, but the cowardly bug just shook its head, indicating that it was not comfortable.
Seeing this, Xiaozhi simply picked up Coward and continued to chase the escaped poacher, turning back from time to time to see if Team Rocket had arrived.
While running, Xiaozhi was communicating with the cowardly bug, telling it his name, and that it was caught by a bad guy and that he was there to save it. However, the cowardly bug only made happy noises, and it was unclear whether it really understood.
While chasing, Xiaozhi was thinking about how to fight next. The opponent still had several Poké Balls in his hand, but he couldn’t expect that all of the opponent’s Pokémon were uncaptured Pokémon. If he directly attacked after catching up, his chances of winning would be slim. Thinking of this, Xiaozhi picked up several more stones and stuffed them into his pocket, deciding to just slow down the opponent and not stop him head-on.
But before he could finish his thought, a light cry came from the front. When Xiaozhi arrived, the stowaway had been subdued by a man who looked like Team Rocket. The man was a little surprised to see Xiaozhi coming, and then he laughed: “Hehe, this kind of luck is unstoppable. I can catch someone even when I’m on guard in such a remote place. Hahaha!”
Xiaozhi looked at the uncle in front of him speechlessly. He had been rushing towards the battlefield in front of him before, but now he met him again so far away from the battlefield. He really didn’t know what to say.
The uncle also noticed how much his lie was involved, and hurriedly changed the subject. He pointed at the timid bug in my arms and said, “Is this Pokémon yours?” Xiaozhi looked at the timid bug in his arms and shook his head, and explained his previous experience to the uncle. After listening, the uncle fumbled in the arms of the thief who was knocked unconscious by him, handed the only empty Poké Ball to Xiaozhi and said, “You two are so destined, why don’t you just capture it? Although Team Rocket will also distribute Pokémon to regular members… But you also know that it is quite difficult to get along with Pokémon like Arbok and Zubat. There are many cases of Pokémon defecting or even attacking people in the base because they don’t get along with Pokémon. I’ll take you to the base to write a certificate. How about this timid bug being your Pokémon in the future?”
Xiaozhi looked at the scaredy-cat in his arms, and felt that he and the little guy had some affinity, so he put the scaredy-cat on the ground, placed the Poké Ball in front of him, and said to him: “If you want to live with me in the future, please come into this Poké Ball.” The scaredy-cat perhaps understood what Xiaozhi said, and circled around the Poké Ball, poking here and there with its short legs, but it missed the middle button every time, and finally stopped, staring at Xiaozhi with its glasses, as if asking for help. Xiaozhi and the uncle were so amused that they laughed, and Xiaozhi could only personally instruct the scaredy-cat where to press.
As a white light flashed, the timid bug disappeared. Xiaozhi raised the Poké Ball above his head, looked at the red and white Poké Ball in the sunlight, and said with some emotion: “I have captured the timid bug.”
The End of the Battlefield (Old Version)
When the uncle saw Xiaozhi taming Chucky, he urged Xiaozhi to go back and catch the lame poacher. While Xiaozhi was communicating with Chucky, the uncle had already tied up the unlucky guy who was knocked unconscious by his powerful blow. He carried the prisoner on his shoulders and urged Xiaozhi to speed up.
Xiaozhi was a little confused, but he still walked in front to lead the way. This place was not far from the ambush site of Xiaozhi. They returned to that location in no time. At this time, there were several Rocket Team members there. The poacher had been caught.
The uncle exclaimed a few times that it was a pity, said hello to the Rockets, and hurried back. As he hurried, he explained to Xiaozhi: “In a large-scale event like this, there are extra rewards for capturing prisoners. For example, we regular members will get points, and you reserve members will also get monetary rewards. What a pity.”
The uncle seemed to be struggling with something, scratching his head for a long time, and finally said to Xiaozhi: “You also helped me capture this prisoner, so when I report later, I will say that we captured this guy together, and the reward will be divided equally between us. But you have to buy me a drink after get off work.”
Xiaozhi nodded gratefully. The old man was just taking care of him. After all, if he hadn’t had the old man, he wouldn’t have been able to catch up with the hunter. It was hard to say whether he could defeat the hunter. Thinking of this, Xiaozhi suddenly remembered that he had left several Poké Balls of the poacher nearby. He recalled and quickly searched for them.
The uncle thought he had lost something and wanted to help, but after a while, Xiaozhi found a few Poké Balls in the grass. He waved to the uncle and told him their origins.
The uncle was also a little surprised. After all, there are differences between captives. The value of a small loli and a small boss is much different. He quickly told Xiaozhi to take it and not lose it. The value of this small boss will depend on how strong his Pokémon is. Thinking of this, he regretted what he said before. He quickly added: “You need to prepare some snacks when drinking. You can’t just drink it.”
Xiaozhi nodded and followed the uncle back.
The battle on the mountain road was over long ago. Team Rocket had done the post-war work in an orderly manner at the foot of the mountain. A simple medical tent had been built. The Pokémon caught by poachers were piled together. The poachers were imprisoned in cages on some trucks. There were also a few Team Rocket members writing something in notebooks nearby. Most of the Team Rocket members were sitting around the pile of Pokémon. A few of them were restless and were teasing the Pokémon in the cages with grass leaves and grinning.
The uncle took Xiaozhi to the place where the poachers were imprisoned. The Rocket team had already arrived there and was arguing with the Rocket team members holding notebooks. Xiaozhi listened closely for a while and understood what was going on. The Poké Ball of the lame poacher was given to the small leader, so they couldn’t find the Poké Ball of this poacher at all, which led to the poacher being underestimated.
Xiaozhi looked up at the uncle, who just shook his head silently. He whispered to Xiaozhi, “Don’t be too compassionate, brat.” He pointed at the Rocket Team members and said, “They are the combat team, they earn much more than you, and it’s your ability to get these Poké Balls, you didn’t steal them, why do you want to give them back?”
The uncle revealed Xiaozhi’s thoughts. Xiaozhi always felt that the Pokémon of the two poachers who escaped were seriously damaged, and his sneak attack was a bit unfair. So when the poacher was caught by the Rockets on his way back, he didn’t say anything.
The Rockets left after arguing for a while, and soon it was Xiaozhi’s turn. The girls were in charge of registration, led by a mature woman in her thirties who was a little fat.
The uncle seemed to be familiar with her. He called her Lisa, which seemed to be a foreign name, but she was obviously a local. Lisa had a brief conversation with the uncle and asked him to hand over the captive. The uncle asked Xiaozhi to give the Poké Balls in his hand to the girls for inspection. They put the Poké Balls into a strange machine. The machine looked a bit like the computer that Xiaozhi used to communicate with Professor Oak in the dream world, but it was obviously more advanced. After a while, the information of the Pokémon appeared on it.
Ms. Lisa looked at the screen and smiled at the uncle, saying: “You guys have picked up a great bargain this time, Akai, you have to treat us later!” Most of the Pokémon on the screen are second-stage evolved Pokémon, and there is even a Golduck. The strength of this kind can be said to be the best in the entire battlefield today.
As expected, the rewards are also very rich. Xiaozhi saw the uncle’s avatar on the screen, and there was a number 420 under the avatar. Xiaozhi guessed that this was the points the uncle mentioned.
But he looked at the entire screen for a long time and couldn’t find his avatar. Lisa saw it and explained to Xiaozhi: “You are still a reserve member. You have to wait until you become a regular member and register your information before we can display your personal information here.” She pointed to the small notebook in her hand and said, “The rewards for reserve members are written on this.”
She opened her notebook and seemed to be about to write something, but the uncle quickly pulled her back and explained, “I didn’t catch this guy by myself. He made a lot of efforts. Miss Lisa, please change the ratio of merit to not the normal 8:2. I will split it 50-50 with him.”
Lisa spread her hands helplessly and said: “You do this again, don’t blame me for not reminding you. White and the others hate you so much because you always do this kind of thing. Be careful that you get beaten up by them when you go back.” As soon as she finished speaking, she wrote Xiaozhi’s reward report in a few strokes, turned back to open the computer and started operating it.
Xiaozhi wanted to watch how she operated from the side, but the uncle pulled him towards the area where Pokémon were piled up, and the little leader was taken away and detained by the two team members.
As they walked, the uncle said to Xiaozhi, “What’s so good about those mechanical things? She’ll give you a list after she finishes the statistics. When we go back, I’ll take you to the logistics department to get the money. Let’s go and see the excitement first.”
After a while, Xiaozhi understood what the uncle meant by “watching the fun”. It was a mess over there before, but now there was a long line. Several Rocket team members who looked like clerks were counting something. Every time someone was counted, he would be given some Pokémon food and a Poké Ball. That person would then go to the pile of Pokémon caught by poachers and choose the Pokémon he liked, feed it, and then catch the Pokémon with the Poké Ball.
This seemed very strange to Xiaozhi. In his impression, Team Rocket were robbers, thieves, and a villain organization that did all kinds of bad things. They would sell Pokémon as commodities, use Pokémon for biological research, and ruthlessly snatch Pokémon from trainers. No matter what, they shouldn’t be like what he saw before.
This is really too normal. Yes, what they are doing is the same as ordinary trainers capturing Pokémon. This makes Xiaozhi very strange. Is Team Rocket in the real world different from that in the dream world?
When Xiaozhi was still confused, the uncle slapped him to wake him up. The uncle looked at this boy who was wandering off again and felt helpless. He repeated what he said before: “Why don’t you try it? After registering as a reserve player, you can try to capture a Pokémon for free. If there is a Pokémon you want, you might as well give it a try. After all, all the Pokémon in there will be released soon.”
Xiaozhi was stunned by this and was about to ask a question when the uncle seemed to have guessed his thoughts and answered directly: “Most of the Pokémon captured by these poachers are common species in this area. They plan to sell them across regions to other areas where these Pokémon are not found, taking advantage of the simple principle that scarcity makes things valuable. Even if we sell them, we won’t get much money, so it’s better to release them.”
After hearing this, Xiaozhi finally understood that Team Rocket is still Team Rocket, and is essentially still a villain organization that sells Pokémon. This has not changed, but he has to admit that even with these utilitarian reasons, releasing Pokémon hunted by poachers is by no means a bad thing.
This world is very strange to Xiaozhi. It seems that all his memories are spent in the dream world. He is not used to the sudden return to the real world. Xiaozhi thinks that it is better not to have a preconceived bad mood before he figured out something. He wants to see what Team Rocket is like in the real world. If it is not as bad as in the dream world, he will consider staying here temporarily. If it is still bad, he will find a chance to report them.
Thinking of this, Xiaozhi looked at the Pokémon in the cage and shook his head. He just wanted to go back and get the money and buy medicine. Seeing that he didn’t want to do that, the uncle didn’t say anything more. He told Xiaozhi to stay where he was and went to chat with someone.
Xiaozhi watched those people coming and going, some were happy and some were sad, just like when he was a kid and drawing lots, it was very interesting. I don’t know how long it took before the line was finished. Some Rockets began to clean up the scene. The local habitat conditions seemed to match some Pokémon, so those Rockets released them on the spot. Some were pushed onto trucks, and it seemed that they would be sent to farther places.
A big man in the Rockets uniform called everyone to assemble. In Xiaozhi’s impression, he seemed to be the captain. The uncle pulled him to the last row of the team, which was very inconspicuous. There seemed to be someone talking in front. Xiaozhi could hear clearly but his vision was blocked. He could only hear that there were men and women. After they talked for a while, several people dressed like captains began to shout, and the Rockets who had gathered together also dispersed and gathered towards them.
The uncle pulled Xiaozhi towards a tall, thin man and whispered to Xiaozhi, “This man is the captain of our team. We are the fourth team of the logistics team. He is the captain and I am the team leader. There are five others like me. Remember them all. If we get separated in battle or if you have something and can’t find me, you can look for them.”
The uncle seemed to be very popular and was chatting and laughing with the other team leaders until the tall and thin man called out their names. The tall and thin man seemed to talk very little. After calling the names and finding that everyone was present, he handed out the list that the uncle and Xiaozhi had discussed before. After notifying everyone to get on the bus and prepare to return to the base, he left.
The uncle scratched his head and explained to Xiaozhi: “Our team leader is like this. He never uses two words when he can use one. But he has a good heart. You will be fine once you get used to it. By the way, can you show me how much money you got?”
The list was not big, not much bigger than Xiaozhi’s hand, but there were so many words on it that he felt dizzy. He was fully self-aware and decisively moved his eyes to the last two lines:
Basic attendance allowance: 1000
Combat mission completion reward 200
Additional Merit Reward 2625
Total 3825 yuan
He looked up at the uncle, not knowing what the number represented. The dissipated self did not tell him how expensive the medicine was, only the name of the medicine, so he had no idea what he could buy with nearly four thousand yuan. The uncle was not surprised at all and told Xiaozhi to keep the bill, then got into the car with Xiaozhi.
The Rocket Team’s base was located in a very ordinary large logistics company. When they came back, everyone changed into the work clothes of the logistics company, and the manned truck was also disguised as a logistics truck.
When the car drove into the company gate, Xiaozhi hadn’t reacted yet. The uncle looked at his silly look and laughed: “Hahaha, you don’t think our base is under a mountain or in the sea, do you?”
Xiaozhi turned his head away to hide his embarrassment. At least there were quite a few such examples in the dream world, so he was not being too whimsical, he thought silently.
Fortunately, the uncle did not make things difficult for him. After the car stopped, he took Xiaozhi to the logistics department to queue up to get the money.
It seemed that they were the first group to arrive. There were not many people queuing, and soon it was Xiaozhi’s turn. The staff compared his order with the data on the computer and after confirming that it was correct, he handed 3,825 yuan to Xiaozhi.
There were not many banknotes, consisting of three 1000-yuan bills, one 500-yuan bill, three 100-yuan bills, and five 5-yuan coins, with an alliance seal on them. These were all very new, because he had hardly ever touched money in the dream world. A few thin pieces of paper made Xiaozhi doubt whether this was enough to buy medicine.
After receiving the money, the uncle put his arm around Xiaozhi’s shoulder and shouted that he would take him to the best pub nearby for dinner. Xiaozhi smiled helplessly and had to accompany him. He did not forget to buy medicine and planned to ask the uncle where he could buy it cheaper.
Coming out of the logistics company, the sun was setting in the distance, and the afterglow was faint. On the other side, a crescent moon was faintly rising, and it seemed that there were stars all around. For Xiaozhi, this wonderful day was finally coming to an end.
Go Home (Old Version)
The pub recommended by Uncle Akai is less than one kilometer away from the logistics company. The pub is a bit shabby, and the owner is a middle-aged man who seems to have some difficulty walking.
Uncle Akai and he seemed to be old acquaintances. They chatted about family matters for a while, and from their conversation Xiaozhi learned the boss’s name, Uncle Ju.
Although both Uncle Kai and Uncle Orange are called uncle, Uncle Kai looks much younger than Uncle Orange. Xiaozhi was confused about whether he should call Uncle Orange or Grandpa Orange. But Uncle Kai soon made the decision for him.
He pointed at Xiaozhi and said to the boss, “Old man, this kid is my new recruit. I ask you to take good care of him in the future. Kid, just call the old man Mr. Ju. If you call him grandpa, he will be angry and hit you on the head with his cane!”
Xiaozhi hurriedly greeted him. Mr. Ju was quite friendly. He punched the uncle’s chest with his fist and asked them, “It’s rare for this guy to be promoted to a team leader. It’s not easy. To celebrate, I will treat you to a meal today. Just tell me what you want to eat.”
The uncle was a little discouraged and said, “I just established a great image in this kid’s mind, Uncle Ju, and you are destroying me…”
Xiaozhi gave the choice to the uncle and asked him to order the dishes. The uncle also ordered a few dishes very familiarly, and explained to Xiaozhi how the dishes he ordered tasted while ordering. After hearing the names of the dishes, Mr. Tachibana went to prepare them.
Xiaozhi listened to the uncle patiently, but after a while, when the uncle extended the origin of the names of several dishes from the taste of the dishes, and was about to spread that the reason for the increase in the prices of vegetables, rice, oil and salt in a certain city was that the president of a certain company had an affair, Xiaozhi finally couldn’t help it. He interrupted the uncle’s endless chatter and asked apologetically: “Uncle, do you know where there is a pharmacy nearby?” He then told the uncle the name and purpose of the medicine he wanted to buy.
The uncle also learned about Xiaozhi’s family situation for the first time. He asked with some confusion: “But… the identity information you filled in yourself doesn’t say you are an orphan, right?”
Every member who joins Team Rocket will be investigated for their true information and whether the information they fill in is true. Therefore, those who can join have their identities confirmed, so it is no wonder that the uncle is puzzled when encountering this situation.
Xiaozhi also knew that the uncle would ask questions, so he told the uncle about his other self’s experiences in the past eight years. Although these memories existed in his mind, they were not real. Retelling them to others was like telling a story. In addition to Xiaozhi’s regret for the unfamiliar other self, he also felt sorry for the tragic fate of the two little kids.
The uncle also knew about Xiaozhi’s experience for the first time. He recalled some other memory and sighed: “The Kanto riot really changed many people’s lives.”
The uncle explained to Mr. Tachibana and told him not to rush to serve the food, then took Xiaozhi to find the nearest pharmacy.
The drugstore the uncle found was located on a snack street. There were many stalls selling all kinds of cheap fried foods on the roadside. The drugstore looked out of place here. The owner was a woman in her thirties, wearing square-framed glasses, holding a bowl of small balls similar to fish balls in her hands, with her feet on the table. She seemed more like a working youth than a pharmacist.
The uncle coughed, attracting the attention of the woman who was indulging in the food. She looked up, then lowered her head and stuffed another meatball into her mouth, and asked incoherently: “Is anyone in your family feeling unwell? Tell me the symptoms and I’ll prescribe medicine for you.”
Xiaozhi explained to her the illnesses of his two little ones at home, and asked her about the prices of the medicines she wanted to buy before she made any comments.
The woman seemed to frown, and she asked Xiaozhi helplessly: “Did your father or mother ask you to prescribe the medicine? Isn’t it obvious that the leg muscles are necrotic and the skin is burned? What’s the point of prescribing painkillers and quick-acting healing sprays? Don’t save money just to be cheap, okay? If the disease is not cured by then, the person might develop antibodies from taking random medicines.”
The pharmacist spoke in a stern tone, but Xiaozhi could not say anything to refute. After all, he had never seen the two little guys in person, let alone the effect of the medicine.
The pharmacist looked at Xiaozhi’s embarrassment and seemed to have misunderstood something. She sighed, put down her legs, walked to a shelf, took a few bottles of medicine, and asked, “How much did your family give you?” Seeing Xiaozhi’s hesitation, she finally sighed and said, “Forget it, you probably can’t afford so much money. Take these bottles of medicine back to your family. I’ll give you an IOU. You can return it to me when you have money.”
After the pharmacist finished speaking, she picked up a piece of paper and started writing, saying, “Don’t use these bottles of medicine indiscriminately. Some are for internal use, and some are for external application. You must read the instructions carefully. I have written them on the back of the IOU. If you can’t understand the instructions, you can read what I write.” After she finished writing the note, she handed it to Xiaozhi, packed the medicine, stuffed a few packets of cotton swabs and gauze into it, and gave them to Xiaozhi as well.
Xiaozhi wanted to say that he actually had money, but he took a deep breath when he saw the amount on the IOU. The number on it was as high as 3,400 yuan! Although he could afford such an amount, he doubted whether he would be able to take care of the daily life of his two children after paying this money.
Xiaozhi could only bow his head and thank the pharmacist who helped him even though she seemed to have misunderstood something, and said that he would pay her back as soon as he had money.
The pharmacist simply waved the ball in her hand, indicating that she was still busy, and told Xiaozhi and the uncle that they could leave if they were fine.
After leaving the store, the uncle asked Xiaozhi for the IOU and checked it. He couldn’t help but sigh: “This store owner is really nice.” He pointed at the IOU and said to Xiaozhi: “This IOU does not have the names and contact information of both parties, nor does it specify the repayment date. In fact, it doesn’t matter if you don’t pay it back. I guess that’s their idea.”
Xiaozhi also knew that the pharmacist was helping him. While he was grateful to her, he also said to the uncle: “I have too little money now. When I earn more in the future, I will pay the money back to the pharmacist.”
The uncle also patted Xiaozhi on the shoulder and said, “Okay, given your enthusiasm, come to the company early tomorrow and I will help you find a way to make money.”
When the two returned to the pub, Mr. Tachibana had already prepared the dishes and covered them with a lid to prevent heat dissipation. Seeing the two of them in place, he lifted the lid, and the hot mist dispersed, along with the natural aroma of the food, Xiaozhi almost drooled. He sat there waiting for the uncle to start eating, but the uncle asked Mr. Tachibana to pack up the dishes. Xiaozhi looked at the uncle in confusion, but the uncle just smiled.
He pointed to the sky and said, “It’s getting late, and your two children are waiting for you to come back. You can take these dishes home and eat them. It’s a good opportunity for your two children to taste Uncle Ju’s cooking.”
Xiaozhi was still a little hesitant and asked, “But aren’t these dishes specially made for you by Mr. Tachibana? Will this…”
The uncle waved his hand and said nonchalantly, “I’ve eaten this kind of food many times, and I’m tired of it. I brought you here just to give you a taste of something new.”
After Mr. Ju packed the vegetables, he handed them to Xiaozhi. The uncle also urged Xiaozhi to go back quickly and be careful on the road.
Xiaozhi felt a little grateful. He thanked the uncle and Mr. Tachibana, then got up and left.
The uncle looked at his back as he left, opened a bottle of wine on the table and took a sip, then stared blankly for a long time. Mr. Ju just stood there in a daze. The uncle took a few more sips, and seeing that Uncle Ju still had no reaction, he could only helplessly ask: “Uncle Ju, why don’t you make some snacks so that we can have a couple of drinks later?”
Uncle Ju just said quietly, “Didn’t someone just say that you’ve long been tired of the food I cook? Why don’t you cook for yourself?”
The uncle could only beg for mercy after hearing this. Only after his repeated requests did Uncle Ju go back to the kitchen…
The way home was not easy to find. In addition to the dim sky affecting his vision, he himself was not very familiar with the place. The memories in his mind had not yet been integrated with Xiaozhi, and the surrounding scenery was both familiar and unfamiliar.
Xiaozhi stumbled along for a while before he felt the road around him was impressive. When passing by a Pokémon store, Xiaozhi bought some food that bug Pokémon liked. The timid bug stayed quietly in the Poké Ball. Xiaozhi kept feeling its emotions, but it seemed to be quite satisfied with the environment in the Poké Ball and had actually fallen asleep. However, this also made Xiaozhi feel at ease. He was also afraid that the timid bug would get bored if it stayed in the Poké Ball for too long.
Xiaozhi walked towards the home in his memory. The road gradually became narrower. The houses on the street were all dilapidated, and all kinds of garbage were scattered on the roadside.
This is the old site of the town. It was also one of the places damaged in the Kanto Riot eight years ago. Because the cost of cleaning it up was much higher than the cost of rebuilding it, it gradually became abandoned.
Nowadays, apart from a few nostalgic residents, most people here are homeless people, beggars, or street thugs, so it is not safe at night.
Xiaozhi walked through the ruins and finally came to a house that didn’t look that dilapidated. According to his memory, he first used the key hidden in his shoe to open the outer door. After opening it, there was another dilapidated wooden door inside. Xiaozhi knocked on the door four times and then stepped back a few steps.
There was a small window on the wooden door. She heard footsteps coming over. She used a wooden stick to open the small window and stood far away from the door to observe the situation outside. After confirming that it was Xiaozhi, she opened the door panel blocking the door and let Xiaozhi in. Xiaozhi turned around to lock the door before turning back to look carefully at the room.
Although it was not that shabby, that was only compared to the ruins outside. The walls of the room were full of cracks, and the roof seemed to be leaking some light. It was still dusk, and a little bit of sunset light shone in from the roof. The windows were nailed shut with wooden boards, and only a little wind leaked in. The floor seemed to have been hit by an earthquake, and it was full of cracks. The corners of the wall seemed to be opaque, and mushrooms grew on them.
There weren’t many pieces of furniture in the room. There was a small wooden table with peeling paint on it, and a few books on it. There were a few small wooden stools, one of which seemed to have a broken leg and was taped together. There was a sofa with several holes in it, and a little girl who seemed to have difficulty walking was sitting on it. There was a small double bed, and the bed board seemed to have rotted away a long time ago, or was it used to block the window? In short, except for the wooden board at the head of the bed, there was only a mattress left on the bed, and a thick quilt was covering it.
The person who opened the door was a little girl who looked about ten years old. She had a cute face, but her body was tightly wrapped in a set of shabby clothes. The clothes were obviously adult-style, and they looked a little funny on her.
The sleeves of her clothes were rolled up several times, as if to prevent them from hindering her movements. The two pairs of hands that were exposed were small and delicate, and Xiaozhi felt that he could hold both of them with one hand. But he carefully discovered that there was a small section of skin at the end of the little girl’s elbow that seemed to be a different color. Recalling the pharmacist’s previous instructions, he also realized that it was a mark of burns.
What kind of life did their other selves lead before? What happened in the outside world when they were living a fulfilling life in the dream world?
Xiaozhi suppressed his worries, raised the food in his hand and said to the two girls, “I’m back. Are you hungry? My senior at work treated me to a meal today, and I brought back a lot of delicious food.”
A New Beginning (Old Version)
Xiaozhi remembered the names of the two little girls very clearly. These two names had been with him for eight years. Although he had never met the lame little girl, his body seemed to have naturally become familiar with them.
The girl with burns on her body is named Mingmei, and the little girl with inconvenient legs and feet… She is the youngest and has the most miserable life. She was born shortly after the Kanto riots. When her parents died, they didn’t even give her a name. Her name was given by the people in the slum who were still alive at the time. The little girl was named Airi, which seemed to be a simplified form of her father and mother’s names in memory of her deceased parents.
Mingmei turned around, and she and Airi put the books on the table on the bed, and put the bed board on the table. Xiaozhi also quickly put the dishes on the bed board, helped Airi to the sofa, and then pushed her and the sofa over.
Airi seemed a little shy. She had sky-blue hair, a pair of eyes that could speak, and her skin was unnaturally pale because she rarely came into contact with the sun. Because he was very close to her, Xiaozhi could see her legs clearly. Her feet were a little thin, and her small feet made people feel pity. This seemed to be a congenital problem, but Xiaozhi knew that the cause of this problem was the Kanto riot. She was a premature baby. During the riot, Airi’s mother was hit by the skills of Pokémon. Her mother was a great mother. After giving birth to her urgently despite the pain, she died of dystocia. Later, her father was attacked by Pokémon because he was looking for milk powder for the child. When people found him, he was crouching on the ground with blood all over his body, and several cans of milk powder were hidden under him.
Mingmei’s life story was not good either. She had never seen her father since she was born, and her mother was always gossiped about because of this. Before the disaster, her family and Xiaozhi were neighbors. It was a sunny day, with a breeze blowing on the road. Some people were washing vegetables and cooking, and some were chatting on the roadside. She came to play with Xiaozhi, and in her memory, he seemed to have given the little one a candy.
The disaster broke out suddenly. A special being, Mewtwo, descended from the sky with his “controlled” Pokémon and began to attack the city without explanation. A huge Tyrannosaurus Rex was thrown into the slums. It launched some skill (Xiaozhi confirmed that it was an earthquake), and the surrounding houses were affected by the earthquake and collapsed. Unfortunately, Mingmei’s mother happened to be in the room. That day, many people lost their loved ones, and Mingmei lost her mother.
As if they noticed Xiaozhi’s mood, Airi and Mingmei looked at Xiaozhi. Mingmei even considerately poured a glass of water for Xiaozhi. Xiaozhi also realized that his mood was not right, he drank a sip of water and urged the two little guys to eat.
The girls were very well behaved and waited until Xiaozhi had taken a bite of the food before picking up their chopsticks. Xiaozhi took this opportunity to chat with the two little ones about their experiences today and also mentioned his own Pokémon.
Mingmei shuddered when she heard about Pokémon, as if she had recalled some bad memories. Airi had no memory of that time, so she was in a much better state than her sister, but she was just a little curious. Xiaozhi was prepared for this situation. He touched Mingmei’s head and said softly: “It’s okay, the cowards won’t attack you. Brother is here, and he will protect you, don’t be afraid.”
Mingmei seemed to be touched and rushed over to hug Xiaozhi. Xiaozhi hugged her carefully, fearing that he would hurt the girl by moving too much.
Mingmei’s situation is very similar to Liliae’s, but her experience is much more cruel. Not only was there the Kanto Riot, but the burns on her body were also caused by Pokémon, which made her much more afraid of Pokémon than ordinary people.
After Mingmei’s emotions stabilized, Xiaozhi asked her, “Do you want to see it?”
Mingmei still seemed a little scared. She asked in a soft voice, “Will it be my brother’s companion from now on?”
Xiaozhi nodded and gently stroked the little girl’s head: “If you are scared, Mingmei, I will let him stay in the Poké Ball.”
Mingmei just shook her head. She gritted her teeth, suppressed the fear in her heart and said, “I want to see it. I want to know what my brother’s future companion will look like.”
Xiaozhi took the Poké Ball out of his pocket, helped Mingmei to sit on the chair, opened the bag of Pokémon food, grabbed a handful and put it in Mingmei’s hand.
He placed the Poké Ball on the ground and opened it. The coward seemed to have just woken up. After being released, he looked around in confusion and lay there motionless.
Xiaozhi grabbed a handful of Pokémon food and fed it to him. The timid bug seemed a little uncomfortable with this kind of food that he encountered for the first time, but after taking the first bite, he immediately started to eat it with relish, and looked at Xiaozhi eagerly after finishing it.
Xiaozhi found a rag, turned the timid bug over, and wiped its feet. At the same time, he looked at Mingmei, signaling her to continue feeding it.
Mingmei slowly moved over with the Pokémon food in her hands. Just as she was about to feed it, the slug suddenly moved. Mingmei was so scared that she dropped all the Pokémon food in her hands, covering the slug all over.
The cowardly bug didn’t care, but turned over and started eating the Pokémon food on the ground. This also made Mingmei feel relieved. Looking at the cowardly bug lying on the ground eating Pokémon food comfortably, she also boldly touched the back shell of the cowardly bug. The cowardly bug just paused for a moment and then started eating the food again.
By the time the worm had finished eating the food on the ground, Mingmei had already picked up another handful of Pokémon food. This time, she put the food in her palm and put it in front of the worm. Xiaozhi could see that she was still a little nervous. After holding the food in front of the worm, she closed her eyes in fear, as if the worm would not see her. When the worm ate the food in her hand, she trembled obviously but immediately held it back.
When the coward finished eating the food in her hands, Mingmei quickly retracted her hands and sat back in her seat. Her chest kept rising and falling, as if she was trying to calm herself down.
Xiaozhi was about to take the coward back, but a small voice interrupted him, “Xiaozhi, I want to feed it too, can I?”
Airi looked at Xiaozhi eagerly. She was very curious about the coward and her eyes were full of pleading when she looked at Xiaozhi.
Xiaozhi also reacted. He held the timid bug in front of Airi and handed her the bag of Pokémon food, reminding her: “Don’t feed him too much food. He has already eaten a lot. And are you full? Don’t go to bed hungry again!”
Ai Li obediently fed the cowardly bug and replied, “Brother, I’m full. You should eat quickly. You haven’t eaten much food since you came back.”
Xiaozhi also returned to his seat and ate with Mingmei, who had calmed down. The dishes made by Mr. Tachibana were very delicious. Xiaozhi was a little hungry, so he had a great appetite.
Mingmei stopped eating after eating a little. She also explained to Xiaozhi that she was full. Seeing this, Xiaozhi had no idea what the two little girls were thinking. He also cleaned up the dishes and put the food in the cupboard. It was called a cupboard, but it was more like a wardrobe. The upper half of it was missing. The things were put in there for formalism rather than pragmatism. There was also a simple stove next to it. In the current era when natural gas has become popular, it was ignited with firewood, which seemed a bit retro.
There are several plastic buckets filled with water at home. The water is taken from the artificial lake outside. Home is far away, and it takes half a day to go back and forth, but it won’t be so troublesome in the future. Xiaozhi can buy some bottled water and bring it back.
After dinner, Mingmei wiped the table and Xiaozhi came over to help her put the bed back. He put the timid bug, who had eaten and drunk enough and fell asleep, back into the Poké Ball.
Xiaozhi took out the medicine he bought and explained to the two little girls how to take it. Airi’s medicine is for internal use and is very convenient to use. Mingmei was in a lot of trouble. The burn medicine had to be applied to the wound. Xiaozhi could only turn around and give the job of applying the medicine to Airi, but Airi was not very strong, so Xiaozhi had to give the job of tying the bandage on the wound. This also forced him to see the location where Mingmei was burned. Her entire back was covered with burn marks, and the marks spread all the way to her arms, which made people feel pity.
While wrapping the bandage, Xiaozhi asked Mingmei if it hurt. Mingmei always answered no. Xiaozhi was afraid that she was enduring it, so he could only feel the tightness of the bandage himself. After confirming again and again that he did not wrap it too tight, he put her on the bed.
Airi didn’t bother Xiaozhi. She got two crutches from somewhere and walked to the bed and lay down. It was summer and the weather was a bit hot, so they didn’t cover themselves with quilts. Instead, they used the quilts as pillows. After the two girls lay on the bed, they looked at Xiaozhi eagerly. Xiaozhi was stunned for a moment and then remembered that they were waiting for Xiaozhi to tell them a bedtime story.
Xiaozhi’s talent in storytelling is not outstanding. He thought for a long time but couldn’t think of what to say. Finally, he tapped his head and simply told his own experience in the dream world: “Once upon a time, in a harmonious land, there was a town called Pallet Town. In the town, there was a young man named… Xiaochi.” When Xiaozhi got to this point, he hesitated and made up a homonym of his own name, “Xiaochi aspires to become a Pokémon master. One day…”
Just as Xiaozhi started talking about how he was rescued by Xiaoxia from drowning, he heard the two little guys snoring. He could only smile bitterly. It seemed that he really had no talent for telling stories.
It was already dark at this moment, and there was only a dim candlelight in the room.
Xiaozhi lay on the sofa, staring at the Poké Ball in his hand. A lot of things happened today. Xiaozhi never thought that he would join Team Rocket one day, and it was also the first time he knew the concept of money.
Before in the dream world, it seemed that everything was serving the trainer. Xiaozhi never knew what it felt like to be short of money. It was not until today that he realized the value of money.
From the uncle, he already knew how much the daily salary was in the Rocket Team. This large-scale mission had rich rewards, but it was also very rare. Except for the combat department, the daily basic salary of members of other departments was only 50. According to the uncle, ordinary employees could usually get an additional subsidy of about 40 per day, so one person could earn about 100 yuan a day. The medicine he bought today alone cost more than 3,000 yuan. It would take more than a month to earn that much money.
Xiaozhi has no idea how to make money, so he can only stay in Team Rocket until he finds a new way to make money.
Xiaozhi blew out the candle and stared at the dark room in a daze for a while, feeling confused about his future. It seemed that he had consumed too much of his energy. He gradually felt sleepy, and finally closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep.
When the sky was just getting light, Xiaozhi woke up, as if his body had already developed the habit of getting up early. But Xiaozhi was not used to it yet. He squinted for a while, then he remembered that this was the real world, and there was no mother or travel companion to wake him up for dinner.
Xiaozhi woke up the two little ones, told them to look after the house, and went out to buy breakfast.
There is a breakfast shop near my home. It is said that the owner of the shop used to be a small leader of a gang, so the homeless people and gangsters in the neighborhood dare not mess with him, and the breakfast shop’s business is also very good.
Xiaozhi bought a few steamed buns and a bowl of soybean milk from him for only five yuan, which was exactly the same as his coin. He also bought some vegetables on the way, which could be used as lunch for the two little girls.
When they got home, the girls had already gotten up and put the bed on the table again. They looked at Xiaozhi who came in and said happily in unison: “Welcome back, Brother Xiaozhi!”
Xiaozhi was a little embarrassed to be called, he put the food on the table and told them to eat quickly, he took a steamed bun and was about to go out. He gave Mingmei more than 3,000 yuan and asked her to hide it, leaving only 100 yuan for himself.
Before leaving, he glanced at the room again and thought he had to buy some furniture and some books for the two girls so they wouldn’t get bored at home. He reminded them to take their medicine on time before leaving. The two girls nodded sensibly, asking Xiaozhi to be safe and go home early.
Outside the door, looking at the rising sun, Xiaozhi’s mood relaxed. All the old things are finally in the past, and a new day is about to begin!
First day at work (old version)
When Xiaozhi arrived at the logistics company, there was already a team lined up in the open space in front of the door. Everyone was wearing red uniforms, and they looked more like Team Magma than Team Rocket.
Each team had its team number written in front of it, and Xiaozhi quickly found the location of the fourth team of the logistics department. The uncle seemed to have not arrived yet, so Xiaozhi had to greet the other members of the same team.
In Xiaozhi’s impression, there are more girls in non-combat professions. But the situation of Team Rocket is completely different. There are many girls in the combat department, but almost no girls in the logistics department. Xiaozhi’s fourth team is all men, and most of them are not young. Except for Xiaozhi, the youngest one looks over 25 years old.
Time passed quickly and soon the uncle also arrived late. The captain saw that most people had arrived, so he began to assign tasks to each group.
Although it was called a task, it was actually just the daily business of some logistics companies. The job for Xiaozhi and his team was to deliver express parcels. When the uncle received the task, he winked at Xiaozhi. Xiaozhi was stunned for a moment, then he remembered what the uncle had told him before about making money, and he immediately understood it.
The express delivery is done with a small truck, which is nearly half the size of the manned trucks used in previous combat missions. Xiaozhi and the uncle both felt a little crowded when they entered the cab.
Xiaozhi and his friends had to load the trucks themselves. There were a lot of goods stacked separately in the storage area of the logistics company. A staff member of Team Rocket handed over the work to Xiaozhi and his friends and explained to them which goods should be delivered to which locations. He handed the form to the uncle and went to do other things.
The uncle asked Xiaozhi to stand on the car to receive it, and he released his Pokémon to help him. It was also the first time Xiaozhi saw the uncle’s Pokémon, it was a Rumblestone, just like in the dream world, it had a pair of huge and powerful stone arms, and the other four pairs of tentacles seemed a bit small in comparison. These arms were obviously very familiar with carrying goods. With the cooperation of the uncle and it, Xiaozhi had almost no time to breathe, and after putting away one box of goods, the next box was handed over.
After a while, the truck was full of goods. The uncle rewarded Rhydon with some Pokémon food and put it back into the Poké Ball.
Xiaozhi followed the uncle into the car, fastened his seat belts under his instructions, and set off.
The weather today was good, the sun was just enough to make people feel a little warm, the truck was driving on the road, the wind was blowing in, it was very comfortable. Even now the uncle did not stop talking, he seemed to want to teach Xiaozhi how to drive while driving, explaining the key points of driving to Xiaozhi.
Soon the truck arrived at the destination, which seemed to be a store. Xiaozhi worked with the uncle and Longlongshi to unload the goods. After handing them over to the boss, the uncle waved the form in his hand to Xiaozhi and said happily: “There you go, ten dollars.”
When people are busy, they always feel that time flies by quickly. Before they knew it, it was already noon. After delivering the last order, the uncle’s stomach started to growl. Xiaozhi didn’t feel hungry, as he was thinking about how much money he had made this morning.
In just one morning, with the efforts of Xiaozhi who was burning with fighting spirit, the uncle and the rumble stone became a foil. Xiaozhi, who had activated the power of waveguide, was like a strange force, and the time for loading and unloading was greatly reduced. They delivered a full 14 orders in the morning, which was 140 yuan in money. Even if the speed slowed down in the afternoon, Xiaozhi was confident that he could deliver the same number. Even if he got less money when dividing the money, Xiaozhi could still get about 150 yuan with the basic salary, which was half higher than the daily salary of an ordinary person.
The uncle interrupted Xiaozhi’s thoughts, he touched his stomach and said to Xiaozhi: “You are really strong, I am a little exhausted, it’s time to go eat first, even if you want to make money, you have to eat a full stomach to have the strength to work, right?”
Xiaozhi also felt that it was getting late. He nodded, took out a hundred yuan from his pocket, and said to the uncle: “Senior, we agreed to treat you yesterday, so I will treat you today.”
The uncle patted his shoulder and scolded him with a smile: “I have to drive this afternoon. You are harming me by buying me a drink. Do you think you can drive now?”
Xiaozhi could only shake his head in panic. Up to now, he had only learned how to drive the steering wheel. If he was asked to drive, he was afraid that he would drive the car into the river with the uncle.
For lunch, the uncle took Xiaozhi to Uncle Ju’s restaurant. Uncle Ju saw the two of them sweating and handed them two glasses of iced water. The uncle didn’t hesitate and drank it in one gulp. He asked Mr. Ju to order two bowls of noodles, and Xiaozhi also ordered a bowl of affordable vegetarian noodles.
After the meal, the uncle said he would take an hour’s rest before going back to work. There was a large yard in the backyard of Mr. Tachibana’s restaurant. The uncle released all his Pokémon and asked Xiaozhi to release the timid bug to greet them.
The uncle has three Pokémon. In addition to Rhydon, which has already met Ash, the other two are Smurfette and Ladybug.
It seems that because they are both Bug-type Pokémon, Chimp and Ladybug get along very well. Smurfette seems to be enjoying photosynthesis, standing still in the sun, and Rumblebot seems to be entertaining itself, rolling around with its body rolled into a ball.
The uncle seemed to have gotten used to it. He lay down on the grass and asked Xiaozhi to lie down with him.
Today’s weather is indeed suitable for sunbathing. After Xiaozhi lay down, the uncle talked to him about the story of him and the three Pokémon.
The uncle’s story is very ordinary. He met Geodude when he was a child, and they grew up together. The uncle used his savings to buy the first Poké Ball and captured it. They registered as Pokémon trainers and began their adventure. They grew up with bumps and bumps along the way, and the uncle finally got two badges.
If nothing unexpected happened, he might have continued on this path, or maybe he would have given up sadly after getting beaten to a bloody pulp at the next gym, but there are not so many ifs in this world.
When the Kanto riots broke out, he was still protecting the safety of Golden City under the alliance’s dispatch. When everything was over, he returned to his long-lost hometown, only to see a ruin. His childhood playmates, his parents, and friends he met at work all died in the disaster.
The Alliance did not send anyone to protect his hometown. In fact, he was not an isolated case. At that time, the Alliance’s strategic focus was on big cities and large towns. For other small and medium-sized towns, only self-defense orders were issued. Instead, the Rockets were actively protecting those towns.
Of course, Xiaozhi didn’t think Team Rocket would be so kind. It was more likely that Team Rocket’s activities were concentrated in those small and medium-sized towns, and they were just protecting themselves.
But no matter what, this measure of the alliance still hurt the hearts of many alliance trainers born in these small and medium-sized towns. After the war, the Rocket Team, which was severely damaged, was able to quickly replenish its combat power, which was probably also affected by this incident.
The uncle also joined the Rockets at that time.
Eight years had passed in a flash. Xiaozhi thought that the uncle must have experienced other things in these eight years, but the uncle did not elaborate. Rhydon and Smurfette were both powerful Pokémon. At least in Xiaozhi’s opinion, the strength of the team leaders of the battle team was comparable to the uncle’s Pokémon, but the uncle was willing to come to the logistics department to be a team leader, which was actually very strange. But the uncle did not say, so he did not ask.
An hour passed quickly, and after saying goodbye to Mr. Tachibana, Xiaozhi and the uncle began their busy afternoon.
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The uncle’s method of delivering goods seems to be to do the difficult ones first and then the easy ones. The goods delivered in the morning are almost all large in quantity and from far away places. The opposite is true in the afternoon, so the harvest in the afternoon is actually much more than that in the morning. The two of them delivered 22 orders in the afternoon.
The uncle seemed a little surprised, but after delivering the last order, he did not rush back to the company. He took Xiaozhi to his home. It was a two-story small flat with a lot of furniture placed at the door. There were pots and pans, a quilt, a foldable table, a few towels, a few iron buckets, a few packets of common seasonings, and even a bag of coal.
Xiaozhi was a little speechless. These things were obviously prepared long ago, and the reason was self-evident. The uncle took out a note from his pocket and said in a serious tone: “These are not for you, you have to pay for them.”
The note was another IOU, with everything listed in great detail, filling up an entire page. It looked like a supermarket shopping bill, but the numbers at the end of each line were pitifully low. All these things together cost only 100 yuan.
Xiaozhi thanked the uncle gratefully and handed him the 100 yuan. These were the daily necessities he wanted to buy. If he went to buy them by himself, he would have to spend a lot of effort to find them. Now that they were all ready for him, he was relieved.
The uncle took it without hesitation. Then he and Xiaozhi loaded all the things onto the truck and drove to his home under Xiaozhi’s guidance.
When the truck arrived at Xiaozhi’s house, the sun was about to set. Xiaozhi asked the two kids to open the door for him, and then he and the uncle moved all the things in.
After finishing the work, Xiaozhi introduced his two sisters to the uncle. The two little ones were a little shy. Mingmei hid behind Xiaozhi and poked her head out to look at the uncle, while Airi simply held Xiaozhi’s hand tightly and stared at his toes.
The uncle seemed to be prepared. He snapped his fingers to attract the attention of the two little cuties, then waved his hands to indicate that he had nothing in his hands. Then he shifted his hands and two lollipops appeared in his palms.
He handed the lollipops to the girls, Akemi and Airi, staring at Satoshi, and only took them after Satoshi nodded and thanked the uncle.
It seemed that it was almost time to get off work, so the uncle praised the girl for being sensible and then took Xiaozhi away. Before leaving, Xiaozhi took another hundred yuan and planned to come back later to buy some vegetables and cook.
Going to the company mainly involves returning the van and submitting forms. After receiving today’s work report, the uncle took Xiaozhi to the logistics department to receive today’s salary. Today, they delivered a total of 36 orders, and the two of them earned 360 yuan together, but the uncle, as the team leader, took 60% of the profit. Even so, including the basic salary, Xiaozhi’s income today was 194 yuan, 44 yuan more than he expected. If he could earn this much every day, he would be able to pay back the money he owed to the pharmacist sister in just half a month.
On the way back, Xiaozhi suggested to the uncle that he should use the one hour at noon every day to train Pokémon. The experience in the dream world is not meaningless. Although the world is different, the method of training Pokémon is the same. Xiaozhi wants to help the uncle in the areas where he is good at.
The uncle didn’t seem to be too interested in the training, but he didn’t refuse because of Xiaozhi’s persistence.
After saying goodbye to the uncle, Xiaozhi went to buy some meat and prepared to go back and show his cooking skills to the two little girls.
Pokémon Training Guidelines (Old Version)
Is cooking difficult? Xiaozhi has never thought about this question. He does not have much cooking experience, so he has no idea about it.
In his dream, he had a partner who could cook delicious food in every journey. Of course, the one who impressed me the most was Xiao Gang. If my memory serves me right, he is still the leader of Nibi Gym? I wonder how he is doing now?
Xiaozhi was sitting obediently on the sofa, lost in thought. Airi kept staring at him, fearing that he might do something wrong.
Mingmei was still busy in the kitchen, making dinner and cleaning up the mess left by someone sitting on the sofa.
Just now, Xiaozhi was confidently planning to fry a few eggs to try his hand, and then… the stove caught fire…
Xiaozhi had seen many people cook, so he thought it was not difficult. However, cooking was obviously not his talent.
No matter what, now he can only sit aside and leave the position of chef to Mingmei.
The little girl’s cooking skills are pretty good. Although the dishes she makes are still a little worse than Xiaogang’s, they are still better than Xiaozhi who almost blew up the kitchen…
Anyway, Xiaozhi plans to practice his cooking skills outside when he has time. If there is a chance in the future, can he ask Mr. Tachibana for advice?
After finishing the things that needed to be dealt with in the evening, Xiaozhi and the two girls fell asleep. Mingmei’s medicine seemed to be usable for quite a while, but Airi’s medicine would run out this month, and when she went to buy medicine, she would have to pay the pharmacist back…
It seems that the problem that Xiaozhi faced after waking up was money. Even though Xiaozhi was a reckless person before, he remembered the importance of money because of the pressure of the past few days.
Before falling into the dream, Xiaozhi sighed and thought, “If only I had a Meowth, I could use the Cornucopia move all the time to get a lot of money, right?”
The next day’s work was still to deliver goods. The difference this time was that the timid bug and the ladybug also came out to work under Xiaozhi’s insistence. Although the two little guys didn’t help much, they could still carry some not-too-heavy things. In the morning, more than a dozen orders were delivered.
At noon, after finishing his meal at Mr. Tachibana’s, Xiaozhi and the uncle went to the backyard.
Pokémon and humans have different body structures, and most humans are fragile compared to Pokémon.
Those Pokémon have all kinds of unique moves, and different moves have different effects. They are the protagonists of this world, and the development of human technology cannot be separated from their help, but all this is not without cost.
Using moves of different attributes will consume energy of that attribute. Part of this energy comes from the outside world, and the other part comes from the Pokémon’s body. This is why many moves are affected by the environment.
External energy can be replenished through various field skills, but the energy in the Pokémon’s body is different. Once consumed, it is definitely consumed. What if it is almost exhausted? Pokémon will increase the speed of energy recovery by speeding up metabolism, which will also cause Pokémon to starve quickly. If the Pokémon is hungry and cannot end the battle to replenish food, and has to continue fighting, it will consume the Pokémon’s life until it dies.
This is also the true meaning of the trainer manual that clearly states not to force your Pokémon, but in many cases this is not something the trainer can decide…
Let’s get back to the topic. In preparation for the noon training, the uncle and Xiaozhi prepared a lot of Pokémon food, intending to replenish the Pokémon after the training.
The first day’s training was not difficult. Xiaozhi’s target was Chimaera’s physical strength and Ladybug’s proficiency in moves.
Buggy is very fast and has two natural transformation moves. Its biggest weakness is that before evolving, it only has one attack move, Bug Resistance. If it encounters an enemy that it cannot restrain, or a Pokémon that restrains Bug, it can only use auxiliary skills to continuously strengthen itself and weaken the enemy. Physical strength is particularly important in such a protracted battle.
Ladybug is different. Although it is also very weak, it can learn many moves. Because its body is very fragile, it is likely to be used as a breakthrough point and defeated by concentrated fire as soon as it appears, so the change moves such as light wall and ultrasonic wave must be mastered as soon as possible to make contributions in battle.
These are simple basic skills. You may not see any results in the short term, but they are extremely important to the growth of Pokémon.
The training method is also very simple. Tie a certain weight to the body of the timid bug, let it run around the backyard with you, and continue to use the circle move in the middle. Take a few seconds to adjust your breathing and continue after running a few laps. If the speed is fast enough to keep Xiaozhi behind, reward it with Pokémon food. The ladybug is even simpler. Let it use ultrasonic waves on the ground, and the uncle will use a stopwatch to record the speed of skill release. If the time is faster, reward it with some favorite food to encourage it.
As mentioned before, when a Pokémon’s own energy is almost exhausted, its metabolism will speed up. In this case, the training effect will be much higher than usual, but it will also be a great test of the trainer’s eyesight.
Xiaozhi always needs to pay attention to when the Pokémon’s physical fatigue will reach its limit, when the physical overdraft will be critical, when the Pokémon can persist, and when it must rest. Of course, he also has rich experience in training Pokémon, which is more than enough to deal with the current small situation.
Training of moves is also very important. For example, the round move. The abdomen of the slug is the weak point of the body, but because it rarely exposes its abdomen, in this case, the round move can only cover the upper body, and the energy saved can be used to release other moves. Of course, the disadvantages of this method are also obvious. The abdomen that is not covered by the round move is likely to be hit by the opponent’s digging move, or the opponent may use moves such as earth throw or super strength to be overturned and expose the abdomen. In this case, it is dangerous, so choosing what kind of fighting method in different situations is also the key to testing a trainer’s ability.
The training of Ladybug is simpler. In the early stage, the focus is on training the speed of releasing ultrasonic waves. When this move is proficient enough, it is time to start training its harassment ability. As for how to train it, Xiaozhi has also thought about it.
Let it circle around the Rumble Stone, and it cannot leave the attack range of the Rumble Stone’s hands. The longer it can last, the better. When it can dodge the attacks of the Rumble Stone’s hands and hit the Rumble Stone with ultrasound, the training is successfully completed.
There is a reason for this training method. The speed of ultrasound waves is not fast. Although the trajectory of ultrasound waves cannot be observed, they can be avoided as long as you keep moving quickly. Instead of expecting the hit rate of ultrasound waves, it is better to get close enough and suddenly attack while harassing the opponent. This way, the probability of hitting is undoubtedly much higher.
After the training at noon, after collecting the two exhausted Pokémon into the Poké Balls, the uncle looked at Xiaozhi with a hesitant look but remained silent.
Xiaozhi guessed what the uncle was thinking. He was just an orphan born in the slums, who had been lacking in food and clothing since childhood, let alone studying. How could such a person master so much knowledge about Pokémon? And his rich training experience was obviously not something a newcomer should have. The uncle should have thought that this was his secret, so although he was puzzled, he did not ask.
However, Xiaozhi is not the kind of person who is ungrateful, and as long as he wants to become stronger and embark on an adventure to find his former companions, this kind of thing will be exposed sooner or later.
So Xiaozhi told the uncle the answer directly, he was a trialist in the dream world. This answer was not abrupt, there were probably no less than 100,000 people in the world who were trialists in the dream world, so it was not conspicuous. And Cresselia didn’t say he was a candidate, he didn’t even know what his identity was in the dream world, so it wasn’t a lie to say he was a trialist.
The uncle had also heard of the identity of the Trialist. He looked at Xiaozhi with some envy and sighed: “I was wondering why you were so familiar with Pokémon. It turns out that this is the case…”
At this point he lowered his voice and said to Xiaozhi: “Don’t make this public. I heard that the reformists have been conducting experiments on the dream world in recent years. We also had several trial-takers here who were transferred away by the reformists and never came back.” At this point his expression became a little gloomy, as if he knew someone among those trial-takers.
Xiaozhi looked at the scene and asked tentatively: “Will the training continue?” After the contact in the past few days, Xiaozhi also had some guesses about Mr. Tachibana’s identity, so he was a little hesitant.
The uncle patted his shoulder and said, “Don’t worry, Uncle Ju is a reliable person. Let’s continue tomorrow. I really want to know how Ladybug has changed after the special training!”
After agreeing to continue training tomorrow, Xiaozhi and the uncle started their afternoon work.
After receiving today’s salary, Xiaozhi said goodbye to the uncle. He had said before that he wanted to buy books for the two girls, so he went to the nearest bookstore yesterday to buy a few books…but the price of the books was still beyond Xiaozhi’s expectations.
Ordinary comic books are okay, most of them are only 40 to 80 yuan, although it is still a bit expensive, but the average person’s two or three days’ salary minus daily expenses can buy it. But the prices of books related to Pokémon knowledge are shockingly high. A picture book that only tells about Pokémon in the Kanto region is priced at 500 yuan, and other practical reference books such as Pokémon breeding knowledge and emergency treatment collections for Pokémon injuries in the wild are as high as thousands of yuan…
According to the standard the uncle mentioned before, an average family of three can earn about 140 to 180 yuan a day. After deducting daily expenses, they can earn about 80 yuan. They have to save up enough money for a week to buy an illustrated book of a single region.
If you just want to learn about Pokémon, this is indeed enough, but if you want to become a Pokémon trainer, field knowledge and Pokémon breeding are the basis of the basis. However, the prices of such introductory books are so expensive, and the prices of those skill books will probably be even higher.
Why does the league set such a high threshold for trainers? You should know that Pokémon schools are only set up in cities, and there are no schools in small towns and villages. In those places, unless there is a research institute, if you want to become a trainer, you can only rely on the guidance of retired trainers or self-study. Only after passing the trainer assessment at the municipal government can you be recognized as a trainer by the league.
Xiaozhi could imagine what those who wanted to become trainers but didn’t have the financial resources would do. They would join underground organizations, become gangsters, or other underground personnel in shady places.
Xiaozhi could only think that the badge collection trip in the real world might be more dangerous, and the league might be afraid that the threshold would be too low, causing too many trainers to get into trouble in the wild due to their low level, so they did this…
In any case, Xiaozhi gave up the idea of buying books. The purpose of going to the bookstore this time was simple. He planned to buy a few thicker notebooks to write on his own. He was confident that even if his knowledge was not as good as those of the erudite professors and college mentors, it was still much more comprehensive than those basic reference books.
When Xiaozhi arrived at the door of his house, he was holding a few thick notebooks and a box of pencils in his left hand, and dinner in his right hand. There were a lot of things to do tonight, but he had already made arrangements in his mind.
Wave Force (Old Version)
Mingmei was still the chef for today’s dinner, while Xiaozhi and Airi started their own creative plan.
Xiaozhi plans to copy down all the Pokémon in the Kanto region in the pokedex and then add his own opinions on these Pokémon.
The first ones to bear the brunt are naturally the original Pokémon of the Kanto region: Charmander, Bulbasaur, and Squirtle. Xiaozhi described the living habits and fighting methods of the three Pokémon in the book.
But there is still a problem… Ash’s drawing skills are only at a level where he can barely tell what they look like, and although the Pokémon in the real world are similar to the Pokémon that Ash has seen in his dreams, many details are completely different.
Just like the uncle’s ladybug, in the dream world, it is a bug-type Pokémon with a pair of tentacles on its head, a red back with several black spots on it, and three pairs of limbs that look like boxing gloves.
But the ladybug in the real world is different. Its eyes are not the ordinary black and white eyes in the dream world, but pure black. The whites of the eyes are a circle of white patterns surrounding the eyes. It also has more than three pairs of arthropods. In fact, there are many short legs under the three pairs of main arthropods. When the ladybug crawls on the ground, it is these legs rather than those pairs of arthropods that play a role in moving.
Although the limbs do look like boxing gloves, their functions are completely different. Only the two “boxing gloves” near the head are used for attack. The functions of the other four are very strange. They are similar to springs that are normally curled up. When they want to fly, those boxing glove-like limbs will exert force downward, use this force to bounce up, and use this force to fly.
Such differences made it difficult for Xiaozhi to draw the Pokémon in detail. He thought for a moment and came up with a good idea. If it is impossible to draw it in excessive detail, why not simplify it to the point where you can only see what kind of Pokémon it is, retaining only its special features so that people can know its general appearance?
Finally, Charmander turned into an upright four-legged snake with a fire on its tail, and Squirtle turned into two standing circles, one large and one small, with its claws drawn like forks on the table. The only thing that looked like it was its tail, which was still a little ugly, but at least you could imagine what it looked like. The worst was Bulbasaur, whose head was drawn into an inverted triangle, and the flower bud on its back looked like a piece of garlic, and its legs were drawn like garlic cloves that fell off of garlic, making it a garlic toad.
Airi couldn’t stand it anymore, so she asked her older brother to give her the paintbrush. Although she had never painted before, Xiaozhi’s poor painting skills made her more confident in herself.
Based on Xiaozhi’s description, she drew the images of the three initial Pokémon on a blank piece of paper.
Airi’s paintings are also simple in style. The head, limbs, torso, and tail are drawn more rounded, and the eyes are big and very cute. This style does not look like the Pokémon in the real world, but it allows people to recognize who she is drawing at a glance.
This is probably what Xiaozhi imagined the effect of simplifying Pokémon would be.
Today’s dinner was also very sumptuous. Xiaozhi even went to the store to buy two bottles of soda for the two girls. But they pushed the bottles to Xiaozhi halfway through drinking, staring at the soda with reluctant eyes, saying, “This water is bubbling and not good to drink, brother, please finish it for me.” Such hypocritical words.
Xiaozhi knocked on the two little ones’ heads and looked at their cute, aggrieved looks. He took out the money he earned today from his pocket and said with a smile, “We won’t be short of money in the future. Look how much money I made today. We can drink these sodas every day in the future, so don’t push them to me, drink them yourself!”
Seeing this, the little girls took the soda back, stopped pretending, and started drinking happily.
After cleaning up, Xiaozhi released the timid bug and continued to let Mingmei feed it, in this way, Mingmei would be less afraid of Pokémon. Mingmei was still very scared, but she persisted to the end.
Xiaozhi gave the Pokémon a bath after a hard day’s work, and massaged its cartilage to help it recover. High-intensity training is likely to cause hidden diseases in certain parts of the Pokémon. Relaxing the body by taking a bath and massaging those vulnerable soft spots during this period is a good way to heal. Xiaozhi and Pokémon can communicate through the waveguide, and he can easily find the uncomfortable part of Pokémon. The infusion of waveguide power can also speed up the recovery speed, making the massage more effective.
After changing the medicine for the two little ones, Xiaozhi began to teach them to write, and then with the cooperation of Airi, he completed the Pokémon encyclopedia…
After the two little lolis fell asleep, Xiaozhi finally had some free time. He didn’t plan to sleep now. He had been using the wave power to restore his body in the past two nights, so he didn’t study the two memories given to him by Cresselia and Darkrai in depth. But today his body has fully recovered, and he also plans to see what method is to fully master the wave power.
What is the power of wave? Xiaozhi didn’t know the answer to this question. He just felt that there was a power in his body that he couldn’t use at ordinary times, but at critical moments he could share this power with Pokémon and let them exert higher strength. Xiaozhi thought of Greninja, Lucario, and Pikachu.
The Nightmare God gave him a broken memory. It was a very strange feeling. It was clearly ringing in Xiaozhi’s mind, yet it seemed far away in the sky. It was the whisper of a person.
“Imagine, imagine this power accumulating in your body, hypnotize yourself into thinking you can treat it as blood in your body.”
This person seemed to be talking to Xiaozhi, or Darkrai seemed to be conveying the content of the conversation between this person and other people to Xiaozhi.
Xiaozhi did what the voice said, but as soon as he felt the power of the wave and focused all his attention there, he found that he could control the wave power in his body… Hypnosis didn’t seem necessary…
The voice continued, “Can you feel a little bit of that power flowing? Concentrate and use your mind to guide it to appear in your hands. It will take a long time and it is normal to fail. Don’t be anxious, calm down.”
Xiaozhi guessed that this should be a teacher or a master who was teaching his students some methods of using the power of wave.
He did as the voice said, and he could feel the wave power emerging from his hands, emitting a faint blue light.
After the wave force appeared, it seemed that it was not under more control and began to slowly spread out and float in all directions. Xiaozhi felt that this was a bit wasteful, and he had an idea, could he gather these wave forces into a ball like a wave missile?
Under the control of Xiaozhi’s mind, the originally scattered wave force gradually gathered together and formed a small energy ball. But even though it seemed to be gathered together, as long as Xiaozhi relaxed his mind, they would begin to dissipate again.
What should I do? Xiaozhi looked at the energy ball in his hand and fell into deep thought…For some reason, he remembered the memory of the slums in the real world. Unlike the memory of another him, this experience was actually experienced by him, but he was forgotten in the dream world for some reason. After these few days of contact in the real world, he recalled it again.
He was not happy in his childhood. He could only earn money by picking fruits and collecting medicinal herbs in the wild for three meals a day, and the money he earned was only enough to fill his stomach. At that time, a stranger from another area came to the slum. He had good carpentry skills and often repaired some wooden furniture for the people in the slum. He also made some novel toys for the children. Xiaozhi remembered that one day the stranger asked him to help deliver a letter. After he helped deliver it, the other party gave him a toy he called a gyroscope. The most special thing about this toy is that as long as he keeps whipping it, the gyroscope will keep spinning in place, but as soon as it stops, it will fall down soon. The force of rotation keeps the gyroscope in a balanced state. If the waveguide force is rotated like a gyroscope, will the waveguide force also remain unchanged like a gyroscope?
It seemed that Xiaozhi had really found a way. After controlling the wave power in his hand to rotate, they really stopped dispersing. The continuously rotating wave power gathered into one, and finally generated suction, and the surrounding air was drawn in and continuously compressed. When the air was compressed to a certain extent, Xiaozhi had a feeling that as long as he stopped rotating, the air compressed to this extent would generate a strong thrust, launching the energy ball in his hand.
…………Xiaozhi fell into deep thought. Has he learned any skills or moves? The power of the wave is really magical……
The voice in his head continued, but the content of the story made Xiaozhi confused. In the description of that voice, the power of waveguide is difficult to master, but Xiaozhi mastered it very easily. The voice said that only through long-term hard training can the power of waveguide become a means of attack, but Xiaozhi can do it now. The voice also said a lot more, but they were all the key points of training. The purpose of doing these trainings is to make his body feel the waveguide at any time, but Xiaozhi can do it…
After listening to all the mumblings of the unknown gentleman, Xiaozhi could only feel sorry. It seemed that his physical conditions were different from his student’s, so the situations he encountered were also completely opposite. Xiaozhi seemed unable to get any more help from here.
The method Cresselia mentioned of using the power of waves to strengthen oneself is much simpler and clearer. It is a method of using the power of waves to turn it into a layer of membrane that is covered on the body when fighting the enemy. The enemy’s attack will first hit this layer of membrane, and only after a part of the force is offset will it attack the user himself.
Xiaozhi was a little confused about this. This way of use was indeed helpful in protecting oneself, but it seemed inconsistent with the idea of making oneself stronger. Xiaozhi pondered for a long time, but it seemed that the previous flash of inspiration was the limit, and he did not have any new ideas.
Xiaozhi controlled the wave force in his hand to dissipate, and the compressed air was released, causing a strong wind to blow in the room, which was quite cool in the hot summer.
Xiaozhi put the blanket that was blown by the wind back on the two little girls. The little girls were sleeping soundly, and the strong wind just now did not wake them up. Xiaozhi touched the cheeks of the two, with a complicated expression…
He didn’t know how to explain to them that the Satoshi they knew was actually dead. Mingmei was fine, at least he still had memories of living with Mingmei, but they were too distant and not deep. But the one Airi knew was a different Satoshi. He and Airi had only known each other for a few days. If he told them the truth, how would they view him?
Xiaozhi enjoyed spending time with the two little girls. For the first time, he experienced what responsibility was and how Miss Hanako felt in the dream world. In the dream world, he was always taken care of by others, but the real world was completely different. He became the one who took care of others.
This feeling was completely different. He could no longer act on impulse like before. He had to think before doing anything, otherwise if something happened to him, the two little guys would have nothing to rely on. He had to start thinking about things he had never thought about before, such as… making money.
Xiaozhi didn’t know whether this change was good or bad, but looking at the two little girls’ happy sleeping faces, Xiaozhi didn’t feel dissatisfied.
He has a plan: he wants to cure the two girls’ diseases, and then take them to walk the path he walked in the dream world again, looking for his partners on the way. If they are willing to follow him, he will conquer these partners again. If they have already found a good home, Xiaozhi will also sincerely bless them.
With anticipation for the future, Xiaozhi fell asleep.
Gains from training and new tasks (old version)
It seemed that because every day was very fulfilling, time passed very quickly. Xiao Zhi felt that he had just woken up from a dream and now it had been seven days.
Seven days is not enough time for a Pokémon to undergo a transformation in strength, but it is enough to turn an ignorant baby Pokémon into a reliable fighting force.
The biggest gain of Ladybug in these seven days is not the proficiency of ultrasonic waves, but a series of adjustments to the flying posture and flying habits. In the past, Ladybug used to fly upwards to distance itself from the enemy, which was not a good habit because its common moves were basically auxiliary skills and contact skills. The farther away from the enemy, the more passive it became.
The current Ladybug uses its short legs to help it run before flying. Xiaozhi specifically lets it use its full strength when sprinting, in order to increase its speed in the shortest possible time. When the speed increases, it uses its four hind legs to push against the ground and fly forward diagonally. At this time, it adjusts the vibration speed of its wings and the posture of its body to achieve an effect similar to drifting in the air, which is very helpful for avoiding the enemy’s long-range skills.
After all, this flying skill is only effective when used against an enemy for the first time. When the opponent is prepared, the surprise attack loses its effect. Xiaozhi is also helpless about this result. Seven days is still too short. Xiaozhi can only do this.
The progress of the timid bug was much more significant. During the communication in the past few days, Xiaozhi was surprised to find that the timid bug had more than three innate moves. His parents also gave him a birth gift, “water jet”.
This skill has a short energy accumulation time. After being released, the cowardly bug will be wrapped in the water flow and move forward even faster, catching the enemy off guard.
Of course, the acquisition of this move has nothing to do with training. The significant improvement that Xiaozhi mentioned is actually the skill proficiency of the skill of the worm. The worm can communicate with Xiaozhi through the power of the wave, so it quickly comprehends the skills of how to use the moves. The four moves can now be released seamlessly and continuously. This level of proficiency shows that he can easily convert the energy in his body. In addition to his own high talent, this is also a reflection of his outstanding IQ.
In addition, his speed increased rapidly. Xiaozhi had given him weighted long-distance running training in order to improve his endurance, but after removing the weight, this little guy ran out in an instant like a Saiyan without training clothes. His speed increased by at least 20% compared to 7 days ago.
This is a good thing, and the increase in speed will also make it easier for him to use various tactics. But… he remembered his own Squirtle in the dream world. Squirtle itself is not a Pokémon that is good at speed, but he did not pay attention to this at the time, so Squirtle, which is used to fast attack tactics, gained weight more slowly after evolution, and its strength decreased a lot. Even though Squirtle’s fighting style was changed in the later period, its strength has not increased much. The evolved form of Fearful, Armored Warrior, is also a Pokémon that is not good at speed. If he still indulges Pokémon to fight in the way he likes, will he repeat the mistakes of Squirtle?
After thinking it over again, Xiaozhi stopped the chaotic thoughts in his head. The evolution of the cowardly bug would probably happen a long time in the future. No one knew what the situation would be like at that time. And he, Xiaozhi clenched his hands, “He is not the same person as before. He will not let down the Pokémon’s trust in him again.”
Today is the morning of the eighth day. Xiaozhi has been saving the money he earned in the past few days. If nothing unexpected happens, the money he earns in two days will be enough to pay back the pharmacist. However, a lot of medicine has been used up. Conservatively speaking, he will have to ask the lady for more in half a month.
It seemed that some kind of activity was going to be held today. People did not go to the square as usual, but gathered in the underground garage. All managers above the level of team leader were called to the meeting, and the ones left behind were just soldiers.
Xiaozhi looked around and found that the scale of this operation was much smaller than the last one, with less than 50 people being called in. Because the management staff was not there, they were standing loosely chatting, and most people talked about alcohol and gambling, but Xiaozhi still heard the words “gangster” and “drugs” from several combat team members.
These two sensitive words made Xiaozhi imagine a lot, but without accurate information, Xiaozhi did not dare to guess. But he was still prepared. If the severity of the task he was about to do exceeded his bottom line, he would take the two girls away from here.
Soon the captains came back, and there didn’t seem to be anything unusual in the uncle’s eyes. He just told Xiaozhi to follow him.
After the captains finished their instructions, everyone got on the prepared vehicle, which was a large van with a maximum capacity of twelve people. In fact, it could accommodate fifteen or sixteen people if they squeezed in. There was a row of equipment on the vehicle. After the uncle got on the vehicle, he urged Xiaozhi to put on his equipment.
It was a standard explosion-proof suit, a round explosion-proof shield, a rubber-wrapped baseball bat, an explosion-proof helmet with a headlamp, and a shoulder bag containing hemostatic spray, bandages, and medicine.
There were ten people in the car, except for Xiaozhi and the other eight were members of other logistics teams. The leader was a middle-aged man who was a little fat. He explained to Xiaozhi and the others the purpose of this operation: “To capture an underground black market managed by a gang.”
The main force of the attack is the squad of the combat department. As the logistics department, their task is to reduce the chaos on the scene and maintain order as much as possible, reduce the damage to the black market caused by the fighting between the two sides, and they may even be required to put out fires.
Not long after, they arrived at their destination. The pager on the uncle’s waist brought orders for the combat department to take action, while the logistics department stayed in the car and waited.
Through the car door, Xiaozhi only saw the combat team members enter a seemingly ordinary flat-roofed house in an orderly manner. About twenty minutes later, the pager sent an order for Xiaozhi and his team to enter.
The other team members got off the car one after another, and Xiaozhi followed with his shield. After getting off the car, the logistics team members released their Pokémon, and the uncle also released his Rumble Stone. He explained to Xiaozhi that because the underground black market is very crowded, it is very likely to encounter enemies when turning a corner. Releasing Pokémon in advance can save time to meet the enemy and increase their own survival rate.
The coward was released, and seeing so many Pokémon in front of it, it subconsciously used its body to protect Xiaozhi. Under the perception of the wave power, it has begun to accumulate power. Xiaozhi has no doubt that if someone approaches them at this time, a water jet will attack them.
Xiaozhi leaned over and tapped its head with his finger, using the power of wave guidance to calm its emotions.
After releasing their Pokémon, the Rockets entered in an orderly manner, not noticing the situation on Ash’s side. The uncle asked Ash to wait and join him, and his eyes were alert. It was obvious that the battle inside was not over yet. Through the power of the wave, Ash noticed that the uncle’s body was tense, and he was ready for battle before entering.
Realizing the danger of this journey, Xiaozhi also began to release the power of waves to sense the surroundings and guard against potential enemies.
They followed the team into the underground black market.
In that ordinary flat-roofed house, the iron door blocked by a curtain was the entrance to the black market. Opening the iron door was a passage that went straight down. The passage was not long, only about 20 to 30 meters, but it was extremely narrow. Xiaozhi was only about 1.75 meters tall, and he could only walk with his back bent, which made him extremely uncomfortable.
The exit of the passage was obviously destroyed by brute force, and the entire iron door was flipped over. After walking out of the passage, Xiaozhi could see the whole picture of this underground black market.
The lighting in the black market is electric lights, but there are not many of them. Only those shops and intersections have them, and most places are dark. The ceiling above is not high. Xiaozhi estimates that it is less than 6 meters from the ground, which makes people feel like it will fall down in the next second. What is different from this narrow environment is the number of people inside. Even though they have just experienced a battle, the black market is still crowded with people. They watch with vigilant eyes. The Rocket team members are leaning against the roadside to make way for Xiaozhi and his group.
At this time, the logistics team of more than 20 people entered the black market. The leader divided the team members into groups. It seemed that because the uncle’s Pokémon was stronger, the uncle and Xiaozhi’s task was to take care of the wounded, so they were also allocated an extra medical kit.
Xiaozhi followed the uncle out of the crowd, holding up his shield and alertly guarding his surroundings. He didn’t want to be prejudiced against them, but these people didn’t look like good people.
The wounded were gathered in a large shop. When Xiaozhi arrived, there were already two combat team members guarding them. The uncle asked Xiaozhi to go in first and deliver the medical kit, while he and the team members kept watch.
There were four or five injured people in the house, and more were seriously injured Pokémon. A female Rocket player who looked like a doctor was treating the injured. Xiaozhi placed the medical kit next to her.
The female team member had her back to him and his face could not be seen. Her hair was light yellow, which was not an uncommon color. What was worth noting was that the ends of her hair were dyed in various colors: green, blue, pink… all kinds of colors, as if they had fallen into a dye vat.
For some reason, Xiaozhi felt that this hair color was familiar. He opened the medical box and asked, “Which people or Pokémon are in urgent need? I have experience in emergency rescue and may be able to help you.”
The girl seemed to have been focusing on treating the wounds before, and only then noticed someone beside her. She turned around and replied, “Most of the wounded are stable, you just need to–” The topic came to an abrupt end. The girl stared at Xiaozhi in amazement, as if she was frightened by him.
Xiaozhi also looked at her. This girl had a pair of eyes like emeralds, and her makeup was very…strange. Even a straight man like Xiaozhi could see that her makeup skills were very poor. The pink eyeshadow and crimson lipstick did not match her face at all. She had a beautiful face, but because of the details of her makeup, it was impossible to appreciate her at all. Her skin was a healthy wheat color, her figure was slim, and her legs were strong. If you didn’t pay attention to her makeup and only looked at her body, it would easily give people the feeling of a sports girl.
Xiaozhi pondered for a while before he had a vague sense of familiarity. It was still a memory from the dream world. In a certain city’s wind festival, Xiaozhi helped a girl catch an Eevee. Xiaozhi remembered that he also met Lugia in that city. Oh, and there was also the damn Rocket trio!
He asked uncertainly, “Are you… Lisa? Why are you here? How is your brother?”
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Lisa seemed a little at a loss. She hurriedly avoided Xiaozhi’s gaze and waved her hands in front of her chest, acting like a child who had made a mistake.
But she reacted immediately, and as if to redeem herself from her previous loss of composure, she pointed at Xiaozhi and said angrily: “Why are you still criticizing me? Didn’t you also join Team Rocket? And I also have my own difficulties…”
It seemed that Lisa’s voice was a little too loud, and the Pokémon lying on the ground was frightened and groaned in pain. Lisa immediately lowered her head to check the Pokémon’s wound and apologized to it in a low voice. She asked Xiaozhi to help check how the injured Pokémon’s injuries were recovering and whether any Pokémon’s injuries had worsened. Xiaozhi also knew the importance of the matter, so he temporarily suppressed the doubts in his stomach and began to check the Pokémon’s injuries.
The Pokémon lying on the ground were mostly in their initial forms, and most of them were Sandshrew and Geodude. They had a lot of injuries mixed with the remnants of various attribute energies. If it were another fragile Pokémon, such injuries could have been life-threatening. Fortunately, the defense of these two Pokémon was very high, so they were able to save their lives.
Xiaozhi could see that Lisa had tried her best to treat these Pokémon, but even so, after their wounds healed, there would inevitably be sequelae.
Thinking of Team Rocket’s tactics in the previous operation, Xiaozhi suddenly understood why these Pokémon were so seriously injured. They were not injured in normal battles.
These Pokémon with strong defense are the front row of Team Rocket’s battle position. Their role is to resist damage for those Pokémon with strong attacks and to block the enemies in front of them, so that the Pokémon behind them have enough preparation time to exert better attack effects.
Xiaozhi didn’t know what to say about this approach. This approach is undoubtedly more advantageous than the natural release of Pokémon by both sides, because in that state it is easy for a vulnerable Pokémon to be suddenly hit by several powerful skills and become seriously injured or even die. Concentrating the risk of injury on the Pokémon with strong vitality can indeed increase the survival rate of Pokémon, but…
Looking at these Pokémon lying on the ground with painful expressions, Xiaozhi thought with some pity, “It’s a bit unfair to these Pokémon.”
After applying medicine to the wound of the last seriously injured Sandshrew, Xiaozhi fed this pitiful-looking little creature some Pokémon food and gently stroked its abdomen with his hand.
This position is the only soft spot on the sandshrew. When fighting, it will bend down and use the “armor” on its back to resist the enemy’s attacks. Normally, stroking this position can soothe the sandshrew’s emotions.
Lisa had already taken care of it. She was leaning on the table and wiping her sweat with her sleeve. Xiaozhi used the power of waveguide to feel the movements around him. He frowned and asked Lisa: “What was the situation in the previous battle? Do you know the fighting power of our opponents? Is the opponent’s resistance strong when we attack?”
Lisa was confused by the series of questions, and it took her a while to sort out her thoughts. She answered hesitantly: “We advanced smoothly along the way, and the resistance of the gangs was not fierce. When we arrived here, the captain divided the troops into two groups. One group went to search for the hiding gang members around, and the captain led the other elite group to attack the gang’s base.”
Xiaozhi’s pupils contracted when he heard this, and he quickly warned the uncle guarding the door: “An enemy is approaching!”
Without waiting for the uncle to respond, Xiaozhi reminded Lisa to quickly collect the Pokémon on the ground into the Poké Ball. Lisa also quickly opened her waist bag and collected the Pokémon with Xiaozhi.
But the appearance of the Poké Balls was essentially the same, and Sally couldn’t seem to tell which ones belonged to the corresponding Pokémon, so Xiaozhi could only remind her to take back the seriously injured Pokémon first.
It seemed that they had wasted a long time, and the sound of fighting could be heard outside. Xiaozhi stopped what he was doing, and asked Sally to release her Pokémon to protect her safety and to find a place to hide after collecting all the Pokémon. He then used a shield to protect himself and rushed out with the coward.
As soon as he opened the door, he was shocked by the number of enemies outside. He guessed that the enemy was showing weakness, but he didn’t expect that there would be more than 20 people attacking this temporary supply station when the main force was attacking Team Rocket.
The uncle and two Rocket Team members stood together guarding the door. The opponent’s Pokémon were not very strong. Except for the leader who used a Parasite, most of the others used Pokémon such as Arbok and Gnat. However, they could not withstand the ants’ swarms and the elephant was killed. The uncle’s Rhydon was severely injured by Gnat’s concentrated fire, and the situation of the other two Rocket Team members was not much better.
While those people were not paying attention to him, Xiaozhi pointed at a seriously injured Arbok on the opposite side and said, “Use water jet attack.”
Before the Arbok trainer could react, the figure wrapped in the water flow knocked his Arbok away, and the remaining force knocked the trainer away as well. The surrounding trainers and Pokémon saw this scene and became alert to this Pokémon. Several trainers quickly ordered their Pokémon to surround this Pokémon they had never seen before.
Xiaozhi ordered Chimp to use Sandswipe to disrupt their vision, and he exchanged a glance with the uncle. The uncle saw what he meant, and he released Ladybug and Smurfette together to resist the attack of the Pokémon led by Parasite. The two Rocket team members saw his performance and knew that this was a critical moment, and they also released their Pokémon to help him.
The coward just now attacked Arbok on the right side of the encirclement, and because of the counterattack by the uncle and his team, the rest of the people were forced to shrink towards the uncle and his team. The people who were disturbed by the sand just now obviously didn’t keep up with the rhythm, and the encirclement formation was immediately split into two halves, one large and one small.
This was the opportunity that Xiaozhi had been waiting for. He transformed the wave force into a shield to protect his body, raised the shield horizontally in front of his chest, lowered his body, and then rushed towards the encirclement of the coward like a galloping Kentaro.
A trainer discovered Xiaozhi’s intention and let his walking grass release the flying leaf knife on Xiaozhi. The flying leaf knife broke through Xiaozhi’s body shield and hit the shield, leaving two deep marks. This slightly slowed Xiaozhi’s momentum but did not affect the man’s fate.
Xiaozhi’s shield hit the man’s face, and the man fell to the ground and lost consciousness. The walking grass wanted to fight back, but Xiaozhi quickly picked up the grass on its head and threw it directly at another trainer not far from him.
The guy was frightened by Xiaozhi’s fierce performance and reacted a little slowly. He only had time to protect his head with his hands, but was hit directly on the waist by the walking grass. He didn’t know what hit him and lay on the ground groaning.
The remaining trainers had already reacted. Some of them were ready to deal with Xiaozhi’s defense, some were ready to defeat the timid bug trapped in the crowd, and some even stayed where they were, hesitating whether to escape. The response was so different that the side that originally had the advantage in numbers was a little overwhelmed. Xiaozhi took this opportunity to let the timid bug use Sand Throw again.
Pokémon and trainers who were wary of the cowardly bug gathered together to prepare for its sudden attack. But they forgot one thing: they gathered together for safety, but they also left their own backs exposed.
A scream was heard. Feeling the people around them being attacked, the other two trainers subconsciously turned their heads to observe. But at this moment when their attention was distracted, Xiaozhi threw out the shield that had been prepared for a long time and knocked down one of them. The other one immediately focused his attention on Xiaozhi again, but forgot the threat behind him and staggered when hit by the cowardly bug, and didn’t have time to command the Pokémon.
Xiaozhi gathered the power of wave into the baseball bat in his hand and rushed towards the trainer’s Arbok. The Arbok was half a beat slow in using the poison needle attack as it had no command from the trainer. As soon as it released the poison needle, it was hit away by Xiaozhi’s baseball bat filled with the power of wave.
Without resting, he rushed straight towards the trainer who had just been knocked down by his shield. The Pokémon of that trainer was a Metapod, which protected the trainer and was ready to use silk to entangle Xiaozhi.
But how could Xiaozhi not know its idea? When rushing towards the trainer, Xiaozhi accumulated the spiral wave ball he had experimented with before in one hand. Although the accumulated wave power was not much, he still threw it directly.
The wave ball, which did not store much power, was only about the size of a fingernail and caused very little damage, only knocking the Metapod’s head a little off-center. But this was enough for Ash to dodge its silk. Ash jumped over the Metapod and kicked its trainer hard between the legs.
He had just noticed that it was so painful because the foot of the walking grass hit the place where the trainer was hit, so he also aimed at this place and exerted force. Of course, the result was obviously effective.
Xiaozhi used the trainer’s Poké Ball to retrieve the Metapod. When he raised his head, his silent eyes scared those who had been hesitating for a long time and they ran away. The other few people saw their companions running and followed them. The trainer was left with his legs bitten by the coward. He threw the Poké Ball at Xiaozhi’s feet and shouted: “I surrender! I surrender!” But even with a positive attitude, he couldn’t escape the fate of being kicked in the same place.
The screams obviously attracted the attention of the people surrounding the uncle. When they found that the eight or nine companions here had either fallen or fled, even the Parast trainer was shocked.
The situation on their side was not much better at the moment. Parast and Rhydon were fighting evenly, but Kakuzuka’s vine whip was a powerful weapon in team battles. Combined with Ladybug’s ultrasonic waves, the opponent’s lineup was in chaos.
The Pokémon of the gang members had to watch out for Ladybug’s ultrasonic waves, be careful not to be tripped by vines that suddenly appeared from the ground, and avoid being attacked by the confused Pokémon. They were all having a hard time.
There were more than a dozen people on their side, but the opponent had only three people, and the game ended in a draw. Of course, this situation was temporary. When the low-level Ladybug ran out of energy and was recovered by the confused Pokémon, it would only be a matter of time before the uncle and his team were defeated. The trainer with Parasite was very anxious. He was the one who came up with the idea of splitting up the troops to attack the temporary supply station. He originally thought that it would not take long to lead so many people to attack a place with weak guards and many seriously injured people, but the current situation made him feel trapped. He was waiting for the other side to come to support here after finishing dealing with Xiaozhi. After quickly resolving the battle, he could catch up with the credit for besieging the enemy’s elite.
But at this moment, the most unexpected thing happened. Looking at Xiaozhi rushing towards him, he could only hope that the other party was at the end of his strength… But Xiaozhi’s performance immediately gave him a heavy blow.
A Rattata was tripped by a vine whip and fell to the ground. Just as it was about to stand up, it was hit by a jet of water and fell to the ground. Xiaozhi rushed forward with a shield and knocked a green caterpillar that was using a collision move on him to the ground, and then knocked the stunned trainer unconscious with a stick in his right hand.
The addition of Ash and Chucky was like a pack of wolves. The distraction of Blossomflower and Ladybug allowed Ash and Chucky to attack their opponents without having to worry about the siege of surrounding Pokémon. With their efforts, the siege of Old Man and his friends soon turned into a melee between the two sides.
The gang leader was already a little hesitant, he felt that he was facing a tough nut to crack, but thinking of the previous losses and the price he would pay if he returned with his men suffering heavy casualties and having accomplished nothing, he could only grit his teeth and hold on.
It seemed as if fate was playing a joke on him. At this moment, the door of the shop was knocked open again, and Lisa rushed out with the Pokémon that were less seriously injured. The one rushing in the front was an Eevee.
When it defeated a seriously injured Pokémon with Lightning Flash, the morale of the gang members finally collapsed. People fled in a hurry, some even didn’t take back their Pokémon, just running for their lives. The leader shouted to stop them, wanting them to stay and fight, but no one paid attention to him. Someone seemed to think he was noisy and pushed him to the ground when he passed by him.
The group of people quickly disappeared into the complex streets of the underground black market. When the gang leader turned around, he only noticed Xiaozhi’s dangerous eyes with a faint smile.
“You can choose to tell us everything you know, and if we are satisfied, you can still see the sun tomorrow.”
This sentence was said by the uncle.
Stronghold Attack and Defense (I) (Old Version)
The captured little leader was very honest and revealed their plan, but he put forward a condition that he would join Team Rocket after the matter was over.
This request was not excessive. Team Rocket was very lenient in recruiting people. Trainers like this little boss would be approved as long as they signed up. But for some reason, the uncle did not agree outright and just said that he would report to his superiors.
After tying up the man and knocking him unconscious, the uncle and Xiaozhi looked at each other in silence. The man had just revealed that the attack on the gang had actually been revealed by a traitor hidden in Team Rocket, and Team Rocket’s current actions were all in their plan. Team Rocket, which was divided into two groups, had been besieged by gang members. The elites of Team Rocket who were attacking the base had been entangled by the core members of the gang, and there were also a steady stream of small gang members coming from all directions to help. The other combat teams that were scattered to search for the gang were probably also attacked at this moment, but because they lacked the small leaders, they were estimated to be unable to win in a short time.
In fact, there are only two options before Xiaozhi and his team. Either they fight hard and gather the scattered Team Rocket members in the black market to attack the base. This path is dangerous and depends on luck. It is very likely that their exhausted team, which has just experienced a hard battle, will be discovered by the enemy when rescuing the team members and finally be surrounded and annihilated. Or after gathering the team members together, they will find that the elites have been defeated and the situation is irreversible.
The other way was much easier. Just take off Team Rocket’s uniform, hide in the crowd and wait until the battle was over before leaving.
For them at this moment, the second way is the best choice. The uncle and the two team members’ Pokémon were seriously injured, especially the uncle’s Rumblestone, which was still lying on the ground gasping for breath even after the battle. Although Xiaozhi felt that there was nothing wrong with his body, the coward had also consumed a lot of physical strength in the previous battle. If he rashly joined the battle, he would probably be injured.
At this time, Lisa spoke up: “Don’t worry, I have sent an emergency assembly signal to the team members scattered in the black market, and they will be back soon.”
This silly girl obviously didn’t understand what the uncle and the two Rockets were thinking at the moment, but her words still made a choice for the uncle and his team. If they chose to escape at this time, the Rockets who came over would definitely find out about this situation, and they were forced by Lisa to choose the first path.
Xiaozhi stood up at the right time and said to the uncle and the others, “I’m in pretty good shape right now.” He pointed at Lisa and continued, “She and I will go to meet the Rockets. Uncle, your Pokémon are seriously injured, so you should just stay here to recuperate and replenish your energy.”
Xiaozhi is not opposed to fighting. He is indeed more inclined to the first option. The uncle has a strong sense of responsibility, and Xiaozhi does not think he will abandon his companions. In fact, the key to the problem is the thoughts of the two Rocket Team members. If we follow the best choice, of course, the uncle with good fighting power, Kochika, is the most suitable to go with Xiaozhi, but Xiaozhi is worried that the two Rocket Team members will be unfavorable to Lisa who stays behind. After all, the impression of Team Rocket in his mind has always been not very good.
The uncle nodded to Xiaozhi, reminding him that the Pokémon that came out with Lisa also had a certain combat power and should not be wasted at this moment.
Xiaozhi didn’t want to fight with injured Pokémon, but in order to ensure the smooth operation, Xiaozhi still took away a few of the least injured Rattata and Sandshrew.
Xiaozhi put several Pokémon back into the Poké Balls to prevent them from spending too much energy on the journey and affecting the battle. Lisa followed closely behind him, holding the Eevee.
Xiaozhi also noticed it, and after a moment’s hesitation he asked, “Is he the one we caught in the Wind Festival?”
Lisa nodded and was about to say something when Xiaozhi interrupted her: “Now is not the time to chat. Let’s talk after this fight is over.” After that, he smiled at Eevee and then said to Lisa: “I hope your athletic ability has not declined. Otherwise, don’t blame me if you fall and get hurt.”
Lisa laughed and retorted: “Don’t cry if I leave you far behind!”
As soon as Xiaozhi and his friends turned a corner, they saw seven or eight people fighting fiercely. Xiaozhi rushed over without saying anything. The other party had their backs to them, which was a good opportunity for a surprise attack.
Lisa also ordered Eevee to use Lightning Flash. Two or three people were attracted by the footsteps and just turned their heads, an unfortunate guy was hit in the abdomen by Eevee and lay on the ground howling.
The other two quickly ordered their Pokémon to attack Eevee, but forgot that Xiaozhi was also on the way. One of them heard the sound of running getting closer and closer, and only had time to release a Pokémon to protect himself. Obviously, he underestimated Xiaozhi’s strength. Xiaozhi took advantage of the momentum of the charge and directly knocked out the Pokémon and the person, and the remaining momentum also hit another trainer’s Pokémon.
Xiaozhi ignored the people who were frightened by his action and rushed towards a monkey monster that was confronting Eevee. The monkey monster also realized Xiaozhi’s approach, and it turned around, as if it wanted to attack Xiaozhi with an empty hand. Xiaozhi also realized its purpose, but he did not show any weakness. The baseball bat in his hand was full of wave power. Xiaozhi wanted to try the power of the wave attached to the weapon and decided to compete with this monkey monster.
The moment the baseball bat and the empty-handed chop came into contact, the violent wave energy overwhelmed the monkey monster’s empty-handed chop skill, the fighting energy dissipated, and the monkey monster was knocked down by one blow and could not get up again.
The waveguide energy attached to the baseball bat is not much. Due to the material, Xiaozhi only dared to imitate the protective cover on the body surface and made a layer on the baseball bat. Unless you get too close, you can’t tell the difference between this baseball bat and an ordinary bat. This is why Xiaozhi dares to squander the waveguide power. Unless the waveguide power is concentrated and compressed to a certain degree, the waveguide will turn light blue. Normal waveguide power is invisible.
The thugs frightened by Xiaozhi’s powerful performance turned around and ran away. Those who were able to move lying on the ground didn’t care about their image, covering their injured parts with their hands and struggling to keep up with the pace in front.
The three Rocket team members who had just been attacked were so frightened by Xiaozhi that they were speechless. Xiaozhi reminded them to gather at the temporary supply station, and then the team members left in a daze.
Lisa was also a little surprised and said: “Although I have known for a long time that you can withstand Zeraora’s exclusive moves without any problem…but this physical fitness is still too exaggerated, isn’t it?” She stretched out her fingers and pinched Xiaozhi’s arm. It can be seen that this hand has firm and strong muscles after long-term physical labor, but it is absolutely impossible for this hand to defeat Monkey King with one blow. If everyone can be so strong, then what is the use of Fighting-type Pokémon?
Xiaozhi wordlessly moved her hand away and walked quickly in another direction. His wave power sensed a fierce energy collision happening over there. He called out to Lisa to follow and released several Pokémon in the Poké Balls. Xiaozhi felt that the situation over there was more dangerous than this side, so he was ready to leave no room for maneuver.
When Xiaozhi and his team arrived at the scene, the battle was almost over. The Rocket team, which was outnumbered, broke through the encirclement of the gangsters under the leadership of their leader and was rushing towards Xiaozhi and his team. The gangsters followed closely behind, but for some reason their command was chaotic. A group of people mixed in the narrow streets, and the crowds were so crowded that they could not move, and their speed did not slow down.
This was an opportunity but Xiaozhi did not intend to seize it. His mission was to support the enemy rather than destroy it. As long as he could hold the enemy back after the Rocket Team members escaped, his mission would be accomplished. When Xiaozhi was thinking this and was about to turn around and hide, he saw an unexpected target.
As if stimulated by the existence of that target, a memory from his real life gradually appeared in his mind. These memories were not beautiful, but full of darkness and pain. The other self without wave power, Pokémon, family and friends had a very difficult life. Because he was not old enough, he worked illegally and his boss maliciously deducted his salary. When he went home with money, he was robbed by gangsters. After resisting without knowing his own strength, he was beaten up. He could only go to the town to fetch river water for dinner with his wounds… In the end, the gangsters broke into his house and wanted to take Airi and Mingmei to a brothel. The other self at that time was knocked to the ground by the gangsters and kicked like a sandbag by them, while the people he cherished were carried by a strong gangster with red hair… That day, he almost lost the meaning of living.
Maybe it was a coincidence or maybe it was a joke of fate, no matter what kind of uncle happened to appear at this time. I don’t know if it was to hide his identity, he wore a scarf-like face towel that only showed a pair of eyes, and wore a long gray windbreaker. He had some kind of special leather gloves on his hands, and iron nails were added to the joints of the gloves. He wore a set of light yellow sports boots on his feet, and a shoulder bag on his back, as if he had just returned from a long trip. His clothes seemed a bit out of place and the clothes on his body were not suitable for fighting, but he took action and knocked down the gang without any pressure.
The old man at that time brushed off the dust on his body and said to his other self a sentence that would influence his life and the life of the current Xiaozhi: “If you can’t even protect your family, there is no point in living. If you want to control the fate of yourself and” he pointed to the two little guys he had just untied “these two little girls… come and join Team Rocket.”
The uncle thought he was hiding well, but Xiaozhi saw through him just by his eyes and the way he spoke. Why was the uncle so nice to him? Was he just trying to help him to the end? If the uncle knew “me” before, wouldn’t my abnormal behavior in the past few days have been exposed long ago?
Xiaozhi was having a lot of thoughts at this moment. He thought of the “self” who had disappeared. He didn’t know whether he should be angry at him for even asking Mewtwo to question everything it had done. Such a lofty dream was given to him, why didn’t those gangsters want to ask him to deal with them? Or should he sigh that this “self” hid those bad memories from him and didn’t let him find out, leaving only the good memories with the two little girls… It seemed that in the eyes of another self, everything was not as important as them.
Xiaozhi knew that he owed the uncle a big favor again, but he suppressed the matter. Looking at the eye-catching red-haired man not far away, he showed a grim smile that was inconsistent with his usual expression. The scenes that he just recalled due to the stimulation made him grit his teeth in anger. The unfair treatment of his other self, the shameless behavior of several gangsters, and the pressure caused by the lack of money these days made Xiaozhi a little too angry now.
Affected by his emotions, the wave power began to boil. Instinctively, Xiaozhi introduced the wave power into his blood vessels and circulated it in his body. He seemed to feel that his body was stronger.
“Gremlins, use Bug Resistance, Sandshrew, use Roll, and Rattata, use Flash!” Ash gave orders to the Pokémon around him and then rushed out himself.
Xiaozhi used the wave force to imitate a protective shield and continuously condensed it in front of him to push away the air to increase his body’s speed. The wave force flowing in his blood vessels seemed to act like a stimulant. Xiaozhi felt his body was lighter and each step he took was farther. When he rushed past the Rocket team members, he brought up a gust of wind.
The leading woman was stunned for a second, then immediately ordered the rest of the people to prepare for a counterattack. The moment they turned around, they saw the most incredible thing in their lives.
It seemed that some of the pursuers had seen Xiaozhi before, and when they met him again this time, they subconsciously wanted to escape. Several thugs, led by the red-haired thug, also recognized Xiaozhi. They quickened their pace and wanted to rush up to avenge the humiliation they had suffered before. A few courageous people who just wanted to take credit by relying on their numbers panicked when they saw that Team Rocket, behind Xiaozhi and a few Pokémon, also turned around and prepared to counterattack. They hurriedly stopped and prepared to wait for their teammates to rush in front of them.
One group of people want to move forward, one group of people want to turn back, one group of people want to wait for others to rush to the front so that they can hide behind and take advantage, and there is a group of people who know nothing but squeeze in the middle, forcing the people in front to move forward.
They were crowded together in the narrow street, some of them accidentally tripped over the people behind them and fell to the side, knocking down the people beside them, and they fell like dominoes. The person in the front row heard the noise and looked back to see this weird scene and was stunned. He subconsciously wanted to run away, but Xiaozhi and the Pokémon who had rushed behind him would not give him this opportunity.
Stronghold Attack and Defense (II) (Old Version)
In the Unova region, naughty Trolls and Sentinels often tease the Afro Buffalo drinking water, causing misfortune. The angry Afro Buffalo will use its powerful horns to knock them away. The Trolls have a strong reproductive capacity, but this seems to be the reason why they have not formed a large population in Unova. They don’t have many natural enemies, but there are indeed many Pokémon that are angered by them and take revenge.
Of course, Team Rocket in the Kanto region didn’t know about this, but they saw similar scenes.
The gangsters were in a mess and couldn’t command the battle. The Pokémon that had regained their autonomy could only attack Xiaozhi freely, but the crowded alley restricted their movements. Except for a few flying Pokémon, the other Pokémon could only wait until Xiaozhi got close to attack him, but…
Xiaozhi did not use the inertia of sprinting to crash into the crowd as before, but chose another method that suited his current mood. He picked up the unlucky guy who turned his head and threw him directly into the chaotic crowd. The man screamed in fear because he lost control, and when he fell into the crowd, he heard the painful sound of being injured. The crowd became more chaotic, but the nightmare waiting for them was not over. Xiaozhi lifted up the trainers one after another. If his Pokémon attacked, he would throw the trainer to the Pokémon. If no one attacked him, he would throw the person into the chaotic crowd. The crowd became more and more chaotic. Frightened by Xiaozhi’s terrifying power, most of the bullies who were used to bullying began to retreat, but they were stuck in the crowd and could not move. They could only watch the humanoid beast in front of them constantly throwing Pokémon and trainers away, and they fell heavily into the crowd, causing more chaos.
One gangster was so scared that he kept groaning, “What is this thing? Is it the secret weapon cultivated by Team Rocket… Let me go, you idiots, I want to escape, I want to go home–” There are many people like this guy. They have lost control because their inner defenses have been destroyed. In order to escape, they do not hesitate to attack their gangster friends who get in their way.
The crowd screamed in panic and madness, and would do anything to survive, but this method of attacking their companions had little effect. Most of the people could only watch Xiaozhi approach, Xiaozhi grabbed him, threw him three or four meters high, and then fell into the crowd, screaming in pain under the trampling of the crowd.
Xiaozhi kept approaching the red-haired thug, and the guy also noticed that Xiaozhi was staring at him. He broke out in a cold sweat and frantically attacked his companions around him, trying to escape from the swamp created by the crowd. Some of them were his partners who had been brothers for several years. Unfortunately, they were in the middle of the crowd and couldn’t even move, let alone escape.
It seemed like just a few breaths, and he found that the resistance in front of him disappeared. When his face lit up with joy and he was about to take the opportunity to break free, a pair of hands grabbed his shoulders.
He looked up and saw the young man’s overjoyed smile. He heard the man’s words: “I finally caught you.” Then an incomparable pain was transmitted to his brain through the nerve signals in his shoulder. He subconsciously screamed but it stopped abruptly because his body’s protection mechanism made him faint.
Xiaozhi didn’t kill him. Although this person was hateful, he didn’t hate him enough to kill people. But his punishment was necessary. In order to prevent him from bullying others again, Xiaozhi broke both of his hands. But he didn’t just hurt him, he also hurt Airi and Mingmei. Xiaozhi thought for a long time and looked between the man’s legs…
The red-haired man was awakened from his coma by a heart-wrenching pain. After a loud howl, he could only lie there with lifeless eyes and silently scream. The surrounding gangsters saw this scene and begged for mercy loudly. Those who were closer to Xiaozhi even hugged Xiaozhi’s legs with tears streaming down their faces. They begged for forgiveness from him in a very low voice, as if they were afraid that their voices would be too loud and disturb Xiaozhi, and he would face the same treatment as the red-haired man.
Xiaozhi turned around and was about to ask them to tie up these people, but the Rocket Team members behind him looked at him as if they had seen a ghost. Fearless and the other Pokémon didn’t do much. They just blocked the attacks launched by the Pokémon in the sky against Xiaozhi. Before they could fight back, the battle was over. The whole battle lasted less than a minute from start to finish. Many Rocket Team members had just released their Pokémon and could only stare blankly at the messy battlefield. In the end, it was the female leader who reacted first and gave the order to get them moving…
The mission was a success. Except for Xiaozhi and his team, most of the other team members arrived at the temporary supply station. After asking for details, Xiaozhi learned that the leading woman, who was also the captain of this combat team, understood the current situation as soon as Lisa sounded the alarm. She led the team to make a big fuss in the black market, leading all the surrounding gangsters to her side, giving the other team members a chance to retreat. So even if Xiaozhi and his team did not go to provide support, except for the few Rocket team members they met at the beginning and a few Rocket team members who did not arrive because of bad luck or some other reasons, everyone else could withdraw safely.
Of course, even now, everyone is still worried about Xiaozhi’s extraordinary performance. After learning about Xiaozhi’s performance, the uncle fell into deep thought, and no one knew what he was thinking about.
The female captain asked everyone to rest in place for ten minutes, and those members of the Rocket Team whose Pokémon had participated in the battle took out cube-shaped supplies from their supply bags to feed the Pokémon.
That is an energy cube, a high-concentration pet energy supplement item. Although it is made of various tree fruits, its main function is not to fill the stomach. In fact, the less tree fruit residue in the energy cube, the higher its evaluation level. The function of the energy cube is very simple. Different cubes can provide different attribute energy and can also speed up the energy recovery speed in the Pokémon’s body.
This kind of material is on the Pokémon League’s restricted sales list. Except for official trainers of the Pokémon League who can purchase it with their own trainer credentials, ordinary people cannot obtain it through normal channels.
The female captain saw Xiaozhi staring at the energy cube in a daze, so she searched in her bag and took out a small box and handed it to Xiaozhi. Xiaozhi shook his head, but she still forced it into Xiaozhi’s hand. Seeing that Xiaozhi wanted to give it back, she had to explain: “This is my personal reward to you. You saved several of my team members and helped us capture so many prisoners. Even if we fail this time, we have enough reasons to report. These things are much more valuable than a box of energy cubes!”
Seeing that she was not someone who would give up easily, Xiaozhi had to take it. He opened the box and observed it for a while before discovering that it was an energy block that replenished insect-type energy. It was a pity. If it was a water-type energy block, it would be better. The current Cowardly Bug’s frontal combat capability was not strong, and it mainly relied on the suddenness of the water jet to engage the enemy.
But it was a bit rude to complain right after accepting someone’s kindness, so Xiaozhi took out a cube and fed it to the timid bug after thanking him. The timid bug felt the energy filling up and made a comfortable cry, so Xiaozhi did not continue to feed him. The Pokémon that had just eaten the energy cube would have a false sense of fullness because of the abundant energy in the body. It was difficult for the Pokémon in this state to continue eating food. This feature of the energy cube has advantages and disadvantages, but now that the battle is about to take place, the advantages are undoubtedly greater than the disadvantages. In such a high-intensity battle, the food in the stomach is difficult to digest, and even when attacked by the enemy, it may be at a disadvantage because of the attack here.
After the repairs, Xiaozhi and his friends set off towards the gang’s base. The road there was not far, but they had to go around in the narrow and confined alleys. The distance that should have taken ten minutes to reach actually took almost half an hour to reach the destination.
The entrance to the stronghold was guarded by the gang. The fierce fighting that Xiaozhi and his companions had imagined did not happen, but there were traces of various moves on the ground. The charred wooden door was half broken, and the other half was emitting wisps of black smoke. The battle was obviously not over for long, but this strange scene still made Xiaozhi and his companions stop where they were.
The female captain was communicating with the person on the communicator, but the person in charge of the operation did not issue an order to retreat, and even asked Xiaozhi and his team to carry out the task of rescuing the elite team through the communicator. This order was a bit unbelievable. Losing contact when the situation was unclear was actually no different from death. If they took such a big risk to save people, but found that the team members had already died, it would be even more of a loss. But the person on the other end of the communicator only explained to them that the elite team inside found something that Team Rocket urgently needed in this base, so they had to go in. If they couldn’t save the elite team, they had to at least get that thing back.
The man promised a lot of benefits, but did not describe the appearance of that thing. I don’t know what he was hiding.
The female captain finally agreed to the other party’s request. She planned to organize a team with stronger combat power, and the rest of the people would make a feint attack. This team would be responsible for entering the stronghold from an underground passage to rescue the elite team.
She subconsciously looked at Xiaozhi, who thought for a moment and did not answer directly, but looked at the uncle. The uncle was also a little embarrassed at the moment. He thought again and again and finally said to the female captain: “We can participate in the mission, but we are logistics personnel and do not bear the responsibility of combat missions. If the mission fails, we will make our own preservation the first goal. I need you to confirm this with your superiors.”
The female captain nodded and started communicating with the other end of the phone. After a while, she agreed to the uncle’s request and then said, “After this operation is over, the person in charge wants to see you. Um… he wants to see the two members of the logistics team who turned the situation around.”
The uncle nodded. It was hard for them not to attract attention given the active performance of a certain humanoid Pokémon.
In addition to Xiaozhi and the uncle, there are two other members who sneak into the base. They are the captain’s right-hand men and their fighting power is much higher than that of ordinary team members. When the captain wanted to choose the last person, Xiaozhi suggested: “Let Lisa go with us.”
In Xiaozhi’s opinion, the mission of sneaking into the base is dangerous, but the feint attack outside is actually more risky. The feint attack is a tactic that tests the commander’s command level. If the attack force is too small, the enemy will not be attracted by them at all, but if the force is too strong, it is likely to become a head-on conflict. In this case, when the team is outnumbered and exhausted, it is very likely to be wiped out by the enemy.
Xiaozhi didn’t know the ability of the female captain. He finally met an acquaintance he had met in his dream. He was very worried whether Lisa would be injured in such a large-scale conflict, or even…
In the alley before, Xiaozhi didn’t really use force on the gangsters, but even so, because they trampled on each other and even hurt each other in order to escape, the Rockets who cleaned up the battlefield finally found a lot of bodies among the surrendered people. Xiaozhi knew that their death was their own fault, but he still couldn’t calm down after seeing more than a dozen lives passed.
So even though Lisa was not a very familiar friend to him, he still wanted to protect her. The power of the waveguide flowed slowly in his body, and Xiaozhi felt that the injuries he had suffered before were slowly recovering. He was very glad that he had this power.
Lisa was not very clear about the current situation, but she had just heard about the rich rewards for participating in the mission, and she was already impatient. When she saw Xiaozhi talking, she raised her hands and tiptoed and shouted: “I want to participate too! I want to participate too!”
The people around her looked at her speechlessly, and Xiaozhi didn’t know what to say. The companions in the dream didn’t seem to realize their current situation.
The female captain looked at her with some hesitation, but the remaining people were actually equally strong. When she looked at the others, they pretended not to see her, and were obviously unwilling to take risks in the base. In the end, she had no choice but to nod and agree to Lisa’s request.
Stronghold Attack and Defense (Part 3) (Old Version)
Following the captain’s instructions, Xiaozhi and his team quickly found the entrance to the basement. It was a section of the ventilation duct, and after opening the window below, Xiaozhi climbed up first.
The right side of the pipe was blocked, so Xiaozhi pulled the uncle and the others up and led the way to grope to the left. Xiaozhi had taken off the headlamp before the battle, and it came in handy now.
There was another window at the end of the road. Xiaozhi opened it and saw an underground passage underneath. There were torches hanging on both sides of the passage but they were not lit.
There was a ladder hanging at the exit. Xiaozhi came down from the ladder and released the coward to be alert. According to the map, once they arrived here, they were already inside the stronghold, and a battle could break out at any time.
The passage was not too narrow, barely enough for two people to walk side by side. Xiaozhi walked in the front of the team, and he continued to release waves around to listen to the surrounding movements. But everything was normal, and Xiaozhi and his team soon reached the end. It was a shabby wooden door, locked, but it seemed that no one had taken care of it for a long time. The iron lock had undergone severe oxidation and was rusted and lost its original function. Xiaozhi broke the lock with force.
But there is no such door on this mark… Xiaozhi looked back at the uncle, who shook his head and whispered, “That map is from 20 years ago. Don’t expect too much from it. Go in and follow my orders later.”
This meant that the uncle was going to take the lead. Xiaozhi did not refuse, but walked around to Lisa and told her what to pay attention to. He was a little worried about this reckless friend so he gave her a shot in advance.
There is a storage room on the other side of the door, but the door leading out of the storage room is an iron door. Fortunately, the lock can be opened from the inside, otherwise it would definitely make a lot of noise if Xiaozhi and the others forced their way in.
After opening the door, Xiaozhi rushed out first, and waved to the uncle and others after making sure that there was no one around. After going out of this door and looking at the wide corridor, the people behind him also released their Pokémon. The uncle used Ladybug, and the action of Smurf was too slow and not suitable for the current situation.
Lisa is still using Eevee, and I don’t know if this is the only Pokémon she has. The Pokémons of the two Rockets are an Ariados and a Gas Bomb.
In the corridor, Xiaozhi’s wave power finally sensed the fluctuations of the battle. He pointed in that direction and said to the uncle, “I seem to hear some movement over there.” The uncle nodded. He took out an object similar to a pistol from somewhere, pointed it downward and quietly walked in that direction. When others saw him like this, they followed suit.
The uncle seemed to be using a gun with anesthetic effect. Whenever they encountered an enemy along the way, the person hit by his gun would fall asleep in a few seconds. The rest of the people could be dealt with by Xiaozhi and Lisa’s Eevee.
When they found the source of the sound, they saw a group of thugs besieging a room, and a shield was blocking them. It kept blocking the entrance with rocks, and the thugs outside could only let Monkey Monster and Arm Force use fighting moves to break the rocks. Obviously, this battle will not end until one of them collapses due to exhaustion.
“It seems that the elite team is trapped here.” The uncle turned around and whispered. He looked at everyone and asked, “What do you think?”
现在的局势看似双方陷入了僵局，但门外的小混混少数还有四五十人靠耗都能把盾甲耗死。而他们如果贸然上去帮忙，里面的人能不能出来不知道，他们肯定会成为那些混混因为久攻不下而泄愤的目标。而且从之前俘虏的人口中他们也得知了据点里还有至少二十几人的巡逻队在四处探查据点里还有没躲起来的火箭队，如果他们在这里太久没动很有可能被发现。
两名女队长的心腹没有说话，只是看着大叔和小智，他们并没有思考的习惯，平时决策也全看女队长的判断。
小智见他们不说话只能提出一个不算办法的办法∶“我们得先和里面的人取得联系，告诉他们地下通道的位置，再派一个在另一个方向发出动静，吸引他们的注意力然后趁此机会想办法制造混乱和里面的人里应外合突破出来。”他又思索了片刻补充道∶“我们可以先换上混混的衣服，让瓦斯弹使用烟幕之后混入队伍里。”
这个计划十分潦草，但其他人似乎也没什么好主意。大叔见状给大家分配任务，那位阿利多斯的训练家这时也提出了建议∶“我的阿利多斯会愤怒粉，制造混乱的话也用得上。”
大叔点了点头。小智则主动提出去吸引注意力，在场的所有人只有他的身体素质最强，而且他有波导之力感知周围的情况，与其他人相比他更有安全保障。
与精英小队的联系方式小智没法提出建议还好大叔有他的办法。他从口袋里掏出了一个东西，那是个看起来十分精密的电子设备，大叔和小智他们解释了这是一种信号增强器，可以提升短距离内的信号强度。通过这个就能联络到那些人了。
在解决所有难题后任务马上就安排好了，小智去吸引注意力，两位火箭队和大叔负责营救精英小队，而莉莎则负责把守逃生通道，以防后路被断。
众人回去换好衣服随即分头行动了。小智如鱼得水一般在过道里穿行，通过波导他能隔很远就感知到哪个方向有人，他可以提前和对方错开或者找地方躲避。
大叔约定开始行动的时间是十分钟以后，小智躲到了一个房间了，看着大叔刚给他的一块怀表发呆。
时间很快就过去了，小智正打算开始行动突然波导之力感觉到有巡逻队过来了，他本来想躲避一下，但感知到对方的人数后皱了下眉头。
人数太多了，如果之前的那些小啰啰的情报无误的话在这里的巡逻队恐怕达到总人数的一半多了。小智突然想到“会不会是他们找了半天找不到其他的火箭队所以打算回去支援呢？”
……小智开始在手心凝聚波导之力，不管他们的目的如何，只要阻止他们总没错。
这几天他晚上时常锻炼这种螺旋波导球，将其的蓄力时间缩短了不少。
小智靠在门把手边上，听到那群人走过门口快要接近拐弯处时把门打开冲了出去。开门声引起了混混们的警惕，小智用手瞄准他们将不断被压缩的空气通过一个点释放了出来。
爆发的空气发出刺耳的尖啸声，小智手中的波导球被这股力量推动了出去，强劲的风把小智的脸都吹得变了形状。
那群人还没来得及做出反应就被极速射来的波导球命中了个正着巨大的轰鸣声从命中的位置传来。小智看到那十多个人都被爆炸的波导球波及到了，正中心的几人下半身在不自然的扭曲，七窍流血不知生死。那些被余波命中的人也没好到那去，他们被向外扩散的波导之力推飞撞到了墙上，因为反作用力骨骼发出了脆响，看起来伤势不轻这一击险些把这些人团灭。
小智并没有掉以轻心，他将精灵球丢过去让胆小虫出来的时候刚好落在人群中，让胆小虫攻击那些还有行动力的混混们。
战斗很快就结束了，躺在地上挣扎的混混们被胆小虫和赶过来的小智打昏了过去。
小智嘱咐胆小虫和他一起把他们的腰带上的精灵球取下来，装到自己提前准备好的小包里，然后顺手丢到了垃圾桶里。
刚才他检查过了那几个人的呼吸……结果显而易见。
第一次杀人的感觉如何？小智也说不出来，他们死的太过草率简直就像……易碎的瓷器。
他们可能之前有自己的人生，有家人在等着他们，或许还有不为人知的梦想，但现在他们什么也没有了。
小智第一次感觉到生命的脆弱，但现实并没有给他太多感叹的时间。小智感觉到了一大群人正在接近，吸引他们注意力的目的显然很成功或者说成功过头了。
被吸引过来的人数恐怕超过了三十人，小智又准备了一发螺旋波导球瞄准了他们赶来的过道，在他们准备穿过走廊的瞬间释放了过去。
这次积蓄的力量没有刚才那么多，可能的话小智并不想杀人，所以效果也远没有刚刚那么惊人小智听到了惨叫声，他没有管后续的结果，抱起胆小虫拔腿就跑。
似乎因为突然袭击的缘故，剩下的人谨慎了许多，在走廊那边放出自己的宝可梦让他们先出来试探，在没有遭遇袭击后才跟了出来。
小智感觉到他们中有的人停了下来似乎在救治伤员。剩下的人明显速度降下来了许多明显对小智的实力很是忌惮，在短短的几分钟时间就击倒了十几名巡逻队，尽管人数占据绝对的优势他们也不敢保证自己就是小智的对手。
借着这个机会小智逃离了现场，在经过每个转弯时还要胆小虫使用泼沙招式将沙子洒在地上，如果敌人追击的速度过快很有可能在拐弯的地方摔一跤。当然就结果而言这个举动是多余的。
穿过一个丁字形过道，小智遭遇了几个巡逻队，那是三名小混混。他们看到小智后纷纷兴奋的笑了，似乎以为自己碰到了好运气。
他们的宝可梦是一只波波还有两只走路草，双方没有犹豫直接迎着对方开始攻击。
胆小虫直接迎上了两只走路草，小智今天的惊人表现深深触动了胆小虫的自尊心，从他这些天的观察来看别的训练家都是躲在自己的宝可梦后面指挥战斗，只有自己的主人会冲到自己的前面。这种区别对待让胆小虫怀疑自身的实力是不是太弱小以至于主人都要保护自己才行了。
从开始到现在他憋了一肚子的不甘和想要证明自己的决心，此刻正是爆发之时。
它迎着第一只走路草奔去，虫之抵抗开始蓄力。混混让走路草使用飞叶快刀攻击，但在快要命中胆小虫的一刻被胆小虫跃起躲开。
那个混混还想让走路草反击但还没等他说出招式，浑身包裹着虫系能量的胆小虫就撞了过来。走路草本就不是擅长防御的宝可梦，被这一击效果拔群的招式击中就直接昏死了过去。但抓住胆小虫这一停顿的机会，另一只走路草的溶解液击中了他。
小智刚打飞那只波波，见到胆小虫被击中刚想让他使用泼沙干扰敌人，没想到胆小虫直接使用水流喷射命中了那只走路草，然后咬住它将它举起来往地上摔了下去。
只是一个照面两只走路草就都倒下了，而那只波波也在主人被小智擒住之后用精灵球收了回来。
另外两人看到这一幕也不管队员的死活了，从左右两边的走廊分头逃去。看着地上的走路草小智沉默了，这帮家伙又抛弃自己的宝可梦跑了。看到这一幕小智之前因为下了重手杀人的负罪感都轻了不少。他摸了摸胆小虫的脑袋夸赞它干的漂亮，正打算再抱起胆小虫时却被它拒绝了，他告诉小智他自己可以走不用小智帮忙。小智感觉到了胆小虫内心的那股倔强只得点点头继续赶路。
后面的路程再也没有遭遇敌人，当小智抵达撤了地点时莉莎在门内，她将门打开了一道缝隙在那探头探脑的望着大叔他们的方向。
小智看到这一幕一时兴起，他蹑手蹑脚的走到门边突然嘿了一声。莉莎被吓得把门一推关紧了发出惊叫，随后立刻反应过来捂住了嘴巴。小智刚想解释门就被再次打开，莉莎居然和她的伊布居然直接扑了过来，她似乎打算制服门对面的“敌人”但看到小智后又愣住了，身体没反应过来直接扑入了小智怀里，紧随其后的伊布还没注意到情况它的撞击把小智撞得下盘不稳整个人都往后倒去了。
莉莎的脸埋在小智的怀里有些不知所措。伊布也认出了小智它发出抱歉的叫声，跳到小智面前用小舌头舔小智的脸蛋，似乎在请求小智的原谅。
When Xiaozhi fell down just now, he was afraid that Lisa would get hurt, so he protected her waist with one hand. At this moment, he was being licked by Eevee and subconsciously stroked Eevee’s chin with his other hand, forgetting to retract the other hand that was covering Lisa’s waist.
Lisa obviously felt a little embarrassed, but when she thought of what happened just now, she suddenly realized that she had been fooled by Xiaozhi before. She was about to blame Xiaozhi for his impropriety when she suddenly heard footsteps approaching from the corner.
Before she could react, the uncle and the members of the elite team rushed over. They were stunned when they saw the scene in front of them. The uncle was not very surprised, but just teased: “Although I know that you two are old acquaintances, isn’t it a bit inappropriate to ‘reminisce’ here?”
Xiaozhi and the other man also realized the awkwardness of their current position and stood up quickly. Lisa seemed to be trying to hide the blush on her face. She quickly pointed to the door and said to the uncle and the others: “Let’s leave quickly, be careful they catch up with us.”
The uncles and the others knew that now was not the time to joke, so they quickly followed, while Xiaozhi spontaneously stayed behind to cover the rest.
Harvest after the war (old version)
I don’t know what the uncle and the others did, but the enemies didn’t catch up until Xiaozhi and the others came out of the tunnel.
After coming out of the ventilation duct, everyone took a short break. The uncle took this opportunity to introduce Xiaozhi and Lisa to the members of the elite team.
The captain was a man who looked to be in his forties. Almost half of his hair was gray. He looked like a veteran member of the Rocket Team. This man gave Xiaozhi the same feeling as Mr. Tachibana in the restaurant. Although he was a member of the Rocket Team, Xiaozhi did not see any negative qualities such as madness, recklessness, and arrogance from him. If he was not wearing the Rocket Team’s combat uniform but sitting on a chair reading a newspaper, Xiaozhi would have suspected that he was just an ordinary middle-aged uncle.
The uncle called the other party Mr. Nan, and Xiaozhi followed suit. The man nodded to Xiaozhi and said with some regret: “I am really old. My body can’t keep up with the pace of young people. Should I retire?”
Several team members nearby tried to dissuade him. It was obvious that Mr. Nan said it in a joking tone, but they didn’t seem to take it as a joke. Mr. Nan seemed to be very popular among the team members. Xiaozhi guessed that this was the first time he said such a thing, so the team members were so worried.
The most eye-catching thing about the other five team members is their hair. I don’t know if there is a saying or if it’s just for fun, but their hair is dyed into five colors: red, yellow, blue, green, and pink. Their combat uniforms are also dyed the same color as their hair. Their appearance gives Xiaozhi a strange sense of déjà vu.
After the uncle introduced everyone, he started to contact the female captain. He had to report the progress of the mission in a timely manner to avoid the feint attack over there being too extreme and unable to escape.
The uncle quickly finished communicating with the other party, and smiled at Xiaozhi and the others with a relaxed smile. He sat down on the ground and said, “We can have a good rest now. The support from the company has arrived. I heard that except for the people who are on missions outside, all other members of the combat department have arrived.” He looked at the box that Mr. Nan had been holding in his hand and sighed, “I don’t know what’s in it that has mobilized so many people.”
Mr. Nan just smiled. He used his right hand to block the box and said jokingly, “Don’t even think about opening it. This thing is a hot potato. The fewer people who know about it, the better. Besides…” He looked at the uncle as if to warn him, “Haven’t you learned your lesson yet?”
The uncle seemed to be hiding something and laughed loudly, then changed the subject, “Mr. Nan, you finally came back, do you want to go to Mr. Ju’s for a meal?”
Mr. Nan nodded and said, “I can rest after I finish reporting the task this time. Let’s go together tomorrow.”
Xiaozhi and his friends replenished their supplies on the spot, mainly to heal the Pokémon of the elite team.
Should we say they are indeed elites? Most of their Pokémon are second-stage evolutions or even final forms. Mr. Nan’s Pokémon even has a Crowhead. Xiaozhi remembered that it needed a Dark Stone to evolve, and the price of a Dark Stone… Xiaozhi could probably afford it if he worked non-stop for three years.
Xiaozhi once again sighed at the high welfare of the combat department. He turned his head and looked at Lisa with some expectation.
Lisa looked at him and knew what Xiaozhi was thinking. She said helplessly: “I only have Eevee. I’m not a full-time fighter. Why should I catch so many Pokémon? It’s very expensive to raise Pokémon.”
This sentence reveals the truth. Generally speaking, where do trainers need to spend money when training Pokémon?
First, the main problem that most trainers have to face is Pokémon food. Pokémon of different attributes and types have different needs for food. But one thing is very similar, the stronger the Pokémon, the more food they need. In particular, some Pokémon with abundant stamina have much greater food needs than ordinary Pokémon (here I would like to mention a foodie who has eaten several islands of citrus fruits). So if you carry too many Pokémon, it will be a serious burden to replenish them. This is also the reason why the official league stipulates that each trainer can only carry 6 Pokémon.
Of course, there are solutions. The most common method is to capture grass-type and ghost-type Pokémon. Grass-type Pokémon don’t need to eat as long as they get enough sun when not fighting, and ghost-type Pokémon replenish their energy by absorbing ghost energy, and most of their food is the same. Ghost energy is more abundant in places or weather such as cemeteries, caves, and continuous cloudy days, which is very helpful for ghost-type Pokémon to absorb energy. In fact, there are many other ways to find alternatives, such as using sunny days or praying for rain to achieve similar purposes mentioned above.
The second point is the learning of moves. All move learning machines must be registered with the trainer’s personal information when purchased, and they are expensive. In addition to the high price, those powerful moves also require other conditions.
If a trainer has enough money and is willing to participate in the regional league of the alliance, he will definitely not catch only 6 Pokémon. What should he do with the extra Pokémon? Unless the trainer is a client or researcher of some research institute, most people’s extra Pokémon can only be taken care of by Pokémon breeding centers, which is also a big cost.
After bandaging the wounds of all the Pokémon, Xiaozhi and his team rushed back to the temporary base. At this moment, this place has become the gathering place of Team Rocket. The battle seems to have ended. Many gangsters have been captured and tied up. After opening the door of the base, Xiaozhi and his team finally met the person in charge of this operation.
Mr. Nan did not come in with them, but left the black market under the escort of a combat team, apparently to hand over the mysterious item.
The person in charge smiled and said to Xiaozhi and the others, “I have learned from the survivors that your active performance contributed greatly to obtaining the item. What rewards do you want now?”
Xiaozhi looked at the uncle and wanted to hear his thoughts, and Lisa did not interrupt. The uncle thought for a while and said indifferently: “For me, just give me points and then…” The uncle hesitated and said, “With these points, I should be able to submit an application for promotion to the leader of the combat team, right? Then I’ll trouble you to take care of me.”
The person in charge nodded and looked at Xiaozhi and said, “This new guy’s strength is unexpected. Since you are also planning to become the battle leader, why don’t you just let him become a member of your team?”
This sentence was said to Xiaozhi, and Xiaozhi nodded and had no objection to this request. Although the uncle seemed mysterious, he did help Xiaozhi a lot, and he would be happy if he could help the uncle.
Seeing Xiaozhi nod, the person in charge smiled with satisfaction, and then said to Xiaozhi and Lisa: “What kind of reward do you two need?”
As if they were in need of something, Xiaozhi and Lisa said in unison: “Please help me convert all the points I can get into cash!” After they finished speaking, they looked at each other with some confusion. Xiaozhi thought of Lisa’s brother’s situation and seemed to understand her difficulties.
The person in charge seemed a little surprised by Xiaozhi and his friends’ choice. He asked patiently: “You should know the importance of points, right? Although points can be exchanged for cash, cash cannot be exchanged for points. You have to think it through.” Xiaozhi and his friends nodded in agreement but did not change their decision.
The person in charge roughly understood what was going on. He thought for a while and said, “You seem to be short of money… Let’s put it this way. Actually, because of the special nature of this mission, the higher-ups have given us a lot of operating funds. Generally speaking, this money will be used to comfort the injured team members and provide pensions for the dead. Although it is a bit against the rules, your performance today has reduced our casualties a lot. I can give you 9,375 yuan in cash at the normal ratio of 1 to 6.25. In addition, I can also put you on the list of seriously injured. You can take a month’s paid leave and receive a medical subsidy of 10,000 yuan, and the points will still be transferred to your account. How about this condition?”
Although Xiaozhi always felt that cheating was not a good thing, he was still tempted when he heard that there was so much money, and Lisa agreed without hesitation.
After distributing 19,375 yuan to the two and chatting for a few more words, the person in charge asked Xiaozhi and the others to go back and have a good rest and report to the company next month. Before leaving, Xiaozhi also received a document from the person in charge, asking him to take the document to the Human Resources Department to go through the formalities of becoming a regular employee and registering an account after returning to the company. Lisa volunteered to take Xiaozhi and said she would take him to go through the procedures. After seeing the interaction between the two, the uncle said that he was going to visit Mr. Ju, and reminded Xiaozhi to meet at Mr. Ju’s restaurant tomorrow because he had something to tell Xiaozhi.
Xiaozhi and his partner followed a group of wounded soldiers back to the company. Lisa led Xiaozhi to a three-story building, and after explaining their purpose to the receptionist, they were led to the door of an office on the second floor. She pushed Xiaozhi and said, “Hurry up and go in, be quick, I don’t want to wait outside for too long.”
Xiaozhi nodded and pushed the door open. As luck would have it, the person in the office was Ms. Lisa, who was a little surprised when she saw the document in Xiaozhi’s hand.
Ms. Lisa took the document from Xiaozhi, opened it and read it, then exclaimed, “You are the fastest person to be promoted to a regular employee that I have ever seen. It seems that the higher-ups are very satisfied with you.”
She quickly tapped the keyboard with both hands and said to Xiaozhi: “Akai has found a treasure this time. I was worried that White and the others would harm that idiot, but now I can feel more at ease with you here.”
After a while, it seemed that the data had been entered. She turned the notebook over and said, “Enter your own password. It’s best to remember it. It will be very troublesome if you forget the password.”
Xiaozhi thought about it and typed a string of numbers on his notebook. This was his ranking in the League Tournament in the dream world, and it was also his last memory of that world. No matter what the result was, the story of that world ended his dream. This dream that lasted for 8 years ended, and he woke up.
For some reason, Xiaozhi once again thought of his adventurous companions in the dream world.
I don’t know how Xiaogang is doing in the gym. If it were in real life, it wouldn’t be so easy to quit the position of gym leader and travel.
Ash wasn’t too worried about Misty’s words, and he didn’t know if she had achieved her dream of becoming a Water Pokémon Master.
Xiaojian became Dr. Oak’s assistant in his dream. I wonder how he is doing in reality?
I wonder what Xiaoyao and Xiaoshun are doing? Xiaozhi thought of the Manaphy and wondered if Xiaoyao also had some special abilities?
Xiaoguang’s words are a bit worrying. I wonder how that daredevil is doing? Xiaozhi remembers that her mother is a top coordination trainer in the dream world, but… Xiaozhi remembers the huge gap between his dream world and reality and doesn’t think it has any connection with reality. Maybe Xiaoguang just expects her mother to have such a brilliant past, so her mother in the dream is a coordination trainer. Maybe in real life, she is an urban white-collar worker, a Pokémon scholar, or an armored rhino rider?
Speaking of armored rhinoceros riders, I naturally think of Serena. I wonder what she is doing now. Is she already an outstanding armored rhinoceros rider in reality?
I don’t know what Yurika and Citron are doing. I hope Citron can now take on the role of gym leader and not bother Mr. Robot with everything.
I don’t know how Alice and Tendou are doing. She has become a champion in the dream world, and I don’t know if she has defeated Mr. Adek in real life.
After the recollection ended, Xiaozhi shook his head and warned himself in his heart: “The dream world is different from real life. It will not do them any good to contact them with my current identity. Don’t think too much.”
He calmed down and asked Ms. Lisa, “Is there anything else to do, Ms. Lisa?”
Ms. Lisa gave Xiaozhi a communicator similar to a handheld game console, let him see the most important Team Rocket points redemption software on it, then taught Xiaozhi how to operate it and let Xiaozhi leave.
Lisa waited outside the door for a long time. After Xiaozhi came out, she complained that he was so slow that her legs were numb.
Xiaozhi smiled and said to him: “Thank you for your hard work. Let’s go eat together later. I have a lot of things I want to ask you.”
“Are you treating?”
“Yes, sure.”
“Can I eat anywhere? Can I order as much as I want?”
“…You should be able to guess that I’m short of money too, right?”
“Then at least give me the leftovers so I can take them home to eat.”
“……good.”
Past Events (Old Version)
The two came out of the logistics company, and Lisa took Xiaozhi to the shed to find her bicycle. The place she wanted to eat was a bit far from the company, so she suggested that Xiaozhi sit on the back of her bicycle and she would take him there.
Seeing her enthusiasm, Xiaozhi didn’t refuse. On the way there, he already knew that Lisa had been in this town for two years. He wondered if the store she recommended had any delicious food. He planned to buy some and bring them back for the two girls.
It was just noon and it was cloudy so the temperature outside was not too high. Facing the breeze from the bicycle, Xiaozhi sat at the back of the bicycle and looked at Lisa who was pedaling hard in front of him and asked: “Lisa, when did you wake up from that world?”
Lisa answered while looking at the road ahead: “Actually, I didn’t stay in that dream for too long. After leaving that city, I had Eevee so trainers kept challenging me. But I didn’t know how to fight so I kept losing and then I woke up.”
After she finished speaking, she thought for a moment and then said doubtfully, “In fact, I didn’t know I was in a dream world at first. I was taking my brother to see a doctor there when I was suddenly sucked in. When I woke up and saw my brother, I thought he was just dizzy from not getting enough sleep!”
At this moment, Ibrahimovic was sitting in the basket in front of the bicycle. Seeing Lisa happily chatting about things, he also shouted “Buyi Buyi” happily.
Lisa was amused by its cute appearance and laughed. She looked at Eevee tenderly and said with emotion: “Xiaozhi, do you remember where you helped me capture Eevee?”
Xiaozhi didn’t have a deep impression of this and could only vaguely say that it was on a small hill. Lisa nodded and replied: “That’s where I found it. When I went there, I was actually just looking for proof of your existence but I found it by accident, and it still remembered me.”
She turned back to look at Xiaozhi with a confused and overwhelmed look. She suddenly stopped the car, poked Xiaozhi with her hand and said, “That accident also happened in reality, but the other people who appeared in the dream at that time all exist in reality except you, Xiaozhi.”
She stared at Xiaozhi and asked, “Xiaozhi, you are a trialist, right? Don’t be so quick to reject me. I have done a lot of research. Only trialists can move freely in that world. Others can only stay in the dream world for a short time and then be driven out. But there seems to be a saying that trialists will be driven out after failing too many times in a row in the dream world. I wonder which one I am.”
Xiaozhi didn’t know how to evaluate this girl. She clearly asked Xiaozhi to reveal his identity in a positive tone at the beginning, but then she changed the subject herself. Did she want him to admit it or lie?
Xiaozhi didn’t hesitate for too long. He said directly: “If what you said is true, I am indeed a trial-taker and I have just awakened, so I don’t know many things that happened in the real world. If possible, can you tell me some major events that have happened in recent years?”
Lisa didn’t expect Xiaozhi to tell her so frankly. She was still a little confused. She said hesitantly: “You just told me so straightforwardly? I warn you that there are many private research institutions out there that like to capture those trial participants for forced research. I heard that those who were captured have never been seen out. Aren’t you afraid that I will tell on you?”
Xiaozhi shook his head and said, “You won’t, I believe you.”
Lisa blushed a little at what he said. She quickly rode her bike again and looked at Eevee to change the subject: “Where’s your Pikachu? Why didn’t I see it today? Is it injured?”
Xiaozhi fell silent after hearing this. Lisa didn’t hear Xiaozhi’s answer and realized that she had said something wrong, so she quickly apologized to Xiaozhi.
Xiaozhi just sighed, looked at the dark sky and said softly: “I will find him, but that will have to wait until I have dealt with things here.” He will do it when Airi and Akemi’s conditions have improved and he is fully prepared.
…After a while, the bicycle stopped in front of a sushi restaurant. Lisa parked the bicycle and took Xiaozhi into the store.
The waiters in the store seemed to be very familiar with Lisa. Every time they met someone, they would greet Lisa, and Lisa would respond with a smile.
Lisa led Xiaozhi to sit at a table, and a waiter came over immediately. When he saw Lisa, he looked at Xiaozhi and the others with an unpredictable smile. Lisa felt a little uncomfortable being stared at by her. She snatched the menu from the waiter’s hand, pointed at all the expensive sushi on it with her hand, and said something shocking in the waiter’s increasingly bright eyes: “Don’t take these expensive ones, and give me one portion of the others.”
The waiter pouted, muttered something under his breath, took the menu and left. Lisa did not forget to remind him to get a portion of sauce for each sushi.
Xiaozhi took the menu from her and took a look at it, estimating the price in his mind. The price of sushi is not expensive, but the dishes added in it are expensive. The price of meat-filled sushi is generally high, because there are no ordinary animals in the wild now, and most people who want to eat meat need to rely on farms. The location of farms is very demanding. If they are built in the wild, they are likely to be attacked by Pokémon. If they are built in the city, the cost is too high because of the large area. For various reasons, the price of meat products remains high.
The ones filled with vegetables and fruits are much cheaper. After removing all the high-value sushi from Lisa’s menu, there are more than twenty dishes of sushi left, but the total price is only a little over a hundred dollars, with an average of just over four dollars per dish, which can be considered affordable.
While waiting for the food, Xiaozhi and Lisa chatted a lot. Regarding the major events that happened in recent years, Xiaozhi deliberately asked a few more questions and heard many familiar names from Sally’s answers.
In addition to the Pokémon riots in Kanto, there have been various major events in other places. The awakening of the ancient monsters Groudon and Kyogre in Hoenn led to the movement of continental plates. It is said that because of their fight, many coastal areas of Hoenn were submerged and several islands appeared in the sea. In the end, it was Champion Daigo and Miss Haruka who solved the crisis.
There were also many abnormal phenomena in the Sinnoh region. It was said that many towns disappeared inexplicably, and people in some places suddenly became old or young inexplicably. It was said that it caused a great panic at that time, and the Sinnoh Alliance almost collapsed. At that time, Miss Bamboo and the Four Heavenly Kings took a lot of effort to investigate the source of the incident, and cooperated with a group of trainers to defeat the Galaxy Team to end the chaos. When Lisa said this, she whispered to Xiaozhi: “I also saw my idol Xiaoguang Miss there! Her ivory pig looks really reliable, and the blizzard is as good as the one in the gorgeous competition!” Xiaozhi remembered Xiaoguang’s high-speed star and nodded, motioning Lisa to continue.
There was a big commotion in the Unova region. It seemed that a certain villain organization had launched an uprising, occupied several cities and fought against the Pokémon League. The leader, Mr. N, also possessed the power of the legendary hero Zekrom. They were almost successful, but a trainer named Douzi appeared halfway. She led Reshiram and repelled Mr. N. Although the battle between the two sides has stopped now, who knows when it will start again.
What Lisa said was beyond Xiaozhi’s cognition. What happened here was too different from what Xiaozhi experienced in his dream. What happened in reality? Xiaozhi thought of the green-haired young man and didn’t know what to say. I hope Alice is okay… But with her strength, there shouldn’t be any problem, right?
The plot of Kalos is much simpler. Team Flare tried to change the world with ancient weapons, and Miss Serena, the champion of the previous league competition, defeated them. However, the ancient weapons still changed the environment of Kalos. I heard that in many places, vegetation has grown wildly over large areas, squeezing out the living space of Pokémon, leading to conflicts between town residents and Pokémon who were forced to migrate.
Xiaozhi didn’t expect to hear Serena’s name here. He asked hesitantly, “How is Miss Serena doing?”
Lisa rolled her eyes at him and said speechlessly, “Come on, she’s Carlos’ star. There’s such a big gap between us, how can I know how she’s doing? But I did hear that after the former queen, Ms. Pachira, abdicated, there was a big call from the public for Ms. Salina to take over.”
It sounds like Serena is very strong now, but she didn’t reveal her fighting talent in the dream. I don’t know why. If I can meet her in the future, I really hope to have a fight with her…
Lisa paused when she said this, and when she looked at Xiaozhi, her eyes were a little serious: “The situation in these areas is actually better than the next area.”
Xiaozhi’s heart sank when he heard this. If the shifting of continental plates, the confusion of time and space, the outbreak of war, and the alienation of the natural environment of the entire region were not bad enough, then what would be the rest?
“Alola is shrouded in black fog, and the entire Alola region has become an unknown place. The Pokémon League has sent rescue teams there seven times, but until now no one has returned, and there is no information feedback. The entire Alola region seems to have disappeared.”
Lisa kept sighing as she spoke this. The whole world was not at peace, but the Kanto region, which had experienced such a huge chaos, was actually the quietest place right now.
Xiaozhi was also a little confused. The huge gap between reality and dream made him feel a little absurd. He thought of the things in the dream world that seemed so beautiful now, and suddenly understood that maybe it was because reality was too cruel that the time in the dream was so beautiful? Maybe it was not only Darkrai and Cresselia who maintained that dream world, but also thousands of ordinary people who longed for a better life.
Xiaozhi was very worried about Liliae and Maou, but with his current strength, he could do nothing. He clenched his fists, looked at Lisa in front of him and said loudly: “Lisa, let’s go for special training later!”
Lisa was stunned for a moment and then cried out in confusion: “Huh? What? Why is it so inexplicable…”
But Xiaozhi obviously didn’t pay attention to her answer, as he had already started writing today’s training plan in his head.
Lisa’s House (Old Version)
When Xiaozhi had planned out his training plan in his mind, the sushi was finally ready and plates of sushi were served in wooden bowls and plates.
A serving of sushi contains about twelve pieces, each of which is about 1.5 times the size of a one-yuan coin. Even a young man like Xiaozhi feels full after eating three servings.
These tree fruit sushis taste very good. The flesh of the blue tangerine in the blue tangerine sushi has a light sweetness, which blends with the aroma of glutinous rice. It is neither overly sweet nor as boring as eating dry rice. The combination of the two actually complements each other.
The other sushi also has many unique features, although the taste is not the most delicious food Xiaozhi has ever eaten. But even with the most stringent standards, this sushi restaurant can be said to be good value for money.
Lisa had finished eating a long time ago. Seeing Xiaozhi stop eating, she handed him a glass of water. After watching Xiaozhi finish drinking, she said to the waitress, “Can you please pack up the remaining dishes for me?”
The waitress seemed to have known she would say this and had prepared a take-away box in advance.
Xiaozhi went to the front desk to pay the bill, and when he turned around, he saw Lisa coming out with a lot of sushi. She put the sushi in the basket in front of the bicycle, and Eevee and Chimp hadn’t finished eating yet. Eevee saw his owner rushing out, so he opened his mouth wide and swallowed all the remaining sushi. His mouth was stuffed full, and he looked so cute.
The cowardly bug was much more straightforward, he quickly sucked the few remaining sushi into his mouth one by one. The soft sushi was instantly chewed up by the mouthparts and swallowed into the stomach, and it was finished in a few bites.
The driven Eevee saw that his seat was occupied and made an unhappy cry. Lisa quickly touched his head to calm him down. The cowardly bug was not so hypocritical. After eating and drinking, he climbed directly onto Xiaozhi’s legs, opened the Poké Ball in Xiaozhi’s pocket with his front paws, and crawled in.
看到莉莎还在和伊布互动，小智突然提到∶“这么多寿司应该挺重的，要不我来骑车把你们送回去吧。”
Lisa was stunned for a moment, and suddenly blushed as she thought of something, and nodded hesitantly. The Eevee on the side saw that the owner stopped stroking her and didn’t know what happened. It rubbed Lisa’s palm with its fluffy head and made a coquettish sound.
Xiaozhi got on the bike, turned around, and patted the back seat to signal Lisa to get in. Lisa sat on the back seat sideways, put Eevee on her lap, held it with one hand, and held the corner of Xiaozhi’s clothes with the other hand.
Xiaozhi looked at her and said a little embarrassedly: “Actually, you can put your arm around my shoulder, it will save more energy.” He was embarrassed to mention the several “accidents” that happened during his short bicycle ride. After all, it was not a glorious thing.
Unfortunately, Lisa seemed to have misunderstood something, and blushed as she put her hand on Xiaozhi’s shoulder…
Lisa’s home was only a few hundred meters away from the sushi restaurant, and Xiaozhi arrived quickly on his bike. It was a four-story apartment building. Xiaozhi helped Lisa carry the sushi upstairs. When Ibrahimovic saw that they were home, he jumped out of Lisa’s arms and happily went up to the third floor, calling out something at the door.
When Xiaozhi and the others went upstairs, the door had been opened from the inside, and Xiaozhi heard the sound of children playing with Eevee.
When they entered the room, they saw three children playing with Ibrahimovic.
The three children came up to greet Lisa after seeing her. Lisa patted their heads, took the sushi from Xiaozhi, opened a few boxes and put them on the table for them to eat first, and put the rest of the sushi in the refrigerator.
At this moment, another voice came from the room: “Sister, come and see, I have edited today’s video!”
The three children were sitting at the table eating obediently. After hearing this, Lisa took Xiaozhi into the room where the sound came from.
The voice came from a teenager of about fifteen or sixteen years old. He was sitting in a wheelchair with a desktop computer in front of him. He was typing on the keyboard and seemed to be busy with something.
Hearing the sound of the door opening, the person turned around and was surprised to see Xiaozhi. He said in surprise: “Sister, do you really know this humanoid Pokémon?”
Lisa knocked his head and scolded him: “Leo, how can you call someone so rudely? You should call Xiaozhi brother.”
Leo stuck out his tongue and greeted Xiaozhi again. Lisa also introduced the boy in front of him to Xiaozhi.
He is Lisa’s younger brother, and he and his sister had gone to Fenglai City for treatment. Xiaozhi had heard of him there by chance, but this was the first time they met.
Lisa and her brother are not residents of Fenglai City, but of Jinhuang City. Lisa said that their parents are actually merchants in Jinhuang City, so they have the money to support them to go to such a far place for medical treatment. Perhaps it was a coincidence or perhaps it was God’s will, when Lisa and her brother went to see a doctor, the “Kanto Riot” began. As one of the largest cities in the Kanto region, Jinhuang City was one of the main targets of Mewtwo’s attack. Lisa and her brother’s parents were also killed in the attack. When Lisa and her brother rushed back after hearing the news, they only saw their parents’ graves…
Lisa’s eyes dimmed when she said this. Xiaozhi wanted to go forward to comfort Lisa, but she shook her head and continued, “Because the bank was also destroyed by Mewtwo, my parents’ money in the bank was gone. And Leo’s illness still needs treatment, so I can only look for a job everywhere, but people like me who have no social experience can’t find any high-paying jobs. In the end, I joined Team Rocket.” Lisa looked at Leo’s legs with some regret when she said this, “It’s a pity that it’s still a step too late. Because the treatment was too late, Leo still has sequelae.”
Leo was quite optimistic. He pointed at the computer screen and said to Xiaozhi: “I think this is good. It is precisely because I can’t move around that I can concentrate on studying computers. In addition, I also manage an online account for my sister. Now I have tens of thousands of fans. I am considered a well-known online influencer in the whole Jinhuang City.”
Xiaozhi then turned his attention to the computer screen. In addition to the other application interfaces that he couldn’t understand, in the center of the computer screen was an online account called “Shao takes you to see the world”. The interface currently displayed was a video to be released. Xiaozhi asked curiously what this was doing?
Leo clicked on the video titled “Mysterious man storms the gang’s base and beats the thugs to a pulp.” The video showed a blurry man holding a shield and a baseball bat, killing thugs and Pokémon.
…Xiaozhi looked at this familiar scene and said uncertainly: “Is this… me?” Leo nodded, pointing at the glasses on Lisa’s head and said: “Those glasses are the cameras I made. When I have nothing to do, I can use them to observe the world my sister sees, and then capture some interesting content and post it online.”
Lisa nodded and took over the topic, “It was he who saw your battle through these glasses. But don’t worry, Xiaozhi, you can see that the surrounding environment has been changed, and the faces of those gangsters have been blurred. You can’t tell it’s you just by looking at the video.”
Lisa and the others seemed to think that Xiaozhi would be angry because they recorded their videos without permission, but Xiaozhi just thought it was fresh. He pointed at the screen and asked: “But why are you working so hard to do this? Can you make money just by increasing fans?”
After hearing what he said, Leo understood that Xiaozhi was not angry anymore. He carefully explained to Xiaozhi how to make money in this way.
First of all, the number of views. If you want to watch a video that is longer than 30 minutes, you have to pay a fee. Of course, the price is low, and it only costs 0.1 yuan to watch a video. Excluding the 50% commission of the platform, Lisa and her brother can earn 0.05 yuan for each view. In addition, the platform will arrange advertising space for long videos and insert ads in the middle of the video. This also requires the consent of Lisa and others, and they can also get publicity fees for inserting ads. Finally, the platform itself provides daily salary subsidies to its online promoters. As long as the video is released on time and the number of views is acceptable, they can get this money.
Lisa and her friends’ videos had been viewed about 2,000 to 3,000 times before, and they could earn about 100 to 200 yuan per video, including advertising fees. This salary was actually not bad. Xiaozhi thought of the two little girls at home and became interested in this industry. If Airi and Mingmei’s illnesses could not be cured…it seemed that they could make a living from this.
Of course, the two girls were still young, and Xiaozhi didn’t intend to let them consider money so early. But Xiaozhi still made up his mind to come to Lisa’s house more often in the future to ask Leo for advice on how to use the network.
After posting the video, Lisa pushed Leo out of the room to prepare for lunch. The three children had already finished eating and were now reading picture books with Eevee. Lisa poured a cup of tea for Xiaozhi, then tied an apron and prepared to clean up.
Xiaozhi sat on the chair, watching the interaction between the three children and Eevee, and released Chibra.
Compared to Eevee, Frightbug has no advantage in appearance, but this Pokémon that has never been seen before still attracted the children’s attention. Except for the only little girl among the three who was a little afraid of bug-type Pokémon, the other two children greeted Frightbug.
The timid bug glanced at them and ignored them, instead finding a cool place to lie down. The two children were not afraid of strangers, and curiously surrounded the timid bug and poked it with their index fingers. Xiaozhi took out a handful of Pokémon food from his pocket and handed it to them.
After receiving the Pokémon food, the children thanked Xiaozhi and then carefully fed the food to the slug. The slug started eating when it saw the food in front of it. With Xiaozhi next to it, the slug did not feel threatened by the “little giants” in front of it. The children laughed happily when they saw the slug eating. A little boy who was feeding the slug even talked to another little boy about the feeling of the slug’s mouth rubbing against his palm.
The children and Scarecrow immediately became familiar with each other. While touching Scarecrow, they asked Xiaozhi the name of this Pokémon. Xiaozhi answered them and seeing that they were interested, he chatted with a few children about some little knowledge about Pokémon.
Soon, three children gathered around Xiaozhi to listen to his story. Xiaozhi also learned their names: the two boys were Xiaozhen and Xiaoli, and the girl was Xiaoyou.
They told Xiaozhi their story. Originally, they lived in an old uncle’s house. Lisa got to know them later, but one day the old uncle suddenly disappeared. Lisa explained to them that the old uncle was busy with something important and went to a far place. The old uncle asked Lisa to take care of them, so Lisa took them to her home.
Xiaozhi roughly guessed the truth of this story. He touched the heads of the three children and didn’t know what to say. It seems that death is a very common thing in the real world. Xiaozhi remembered his previous experience in the black market… Even though he didn’t have the intention to kill, many gangsters died because of his behavior. Xiaozhi didn’t think he did anything wrong. This operation not only caused casualties among the gangsters, but he also saw the bodies of the Rocket team members on the way back. If he didn’t resist, he might become one of them, wrapped in a black cloth bag and burned with fire, and only a small wooden box would be left.
Xiaozhi thought of the two little girls at home, their happy smiles when they saw him coming back, and their peaceful faces when they fell asleep at night. He couldn’t imagine how they felt when they saw the little wooden box he turned into.
Xiaozhi doesn’t want to die. He wants to live well, even if it’s just for the two little girls. Not to mention Hanako and those friends. The Pokémon he met in the dream world are still waiting for him.
His determination to become stronger became stronger. Seeing Lisa taking off her apron after finishing her housework, Xiaozhi proposed to her again: “Let’s go train Pokémon, Lisa.”
Seeing a doctor and purchasing training equipment (old version)
Lisa looked at Xiaozhi helplessly. Xiaozhi knew she was unwilling from her expression, so he pulled her out of the door and reminded her: “Lisa, have you forgotten the battle today? Have you ever thought about how many people died in an armed conflict involving only a few hundred people? If I wasn’t there, how dangerous it would be for you? You and Ibrahimovic’s combat skills are too poor. Next time you encounter such a situation, you may not even be able to protect yourselves. Do you really think this is okay?”
Lisa seemed to have not really thought about this. She was shocked by Xiaozhi’s words and covered her mouth when she thought of the scenes that happened before. Xiaozhi saw that his words had taken effect and continued to increase his offensive. He put one hand on Lisa’s shoulder. When Lisa subconsciously looked at him, he said: “We can’t fight without encountering crises every time. For this kind of thing, it’s better to rely on ourselves than on luck. So let’s work hard together to become stronger! Until we can protect our family, until we can protect everything in our hands, and never stop until we achieve our goal.”
Lisa was stimulated by his passionate words and nodded subconsciously. Xiaozhi smiled with satisfaction. He thought about it and asked Lisa where there was a suitable place to train Pokémon nearby. Lisa thought for a moment and pointed to an unfinished building in the distance.
It was an abandoned building that looked like it had been abandoned for years. It was surrounded by walls, but it seemed that no one had taken care of it for a long time and the walls were covered with creepers. From the perspective of concealment and spaciousness, this building was undoubtedly an excellent choice, but this kind of sparsely populated place was also likely to be home to some small Pokémon.
Xiaozhi turned on the communicator issued by Team Rocket, which clearly displayed the current time: 13:20. Just as he was about to speak, Lisa turned on her own communicator and asked Xiaozhi to add her contact information.
Xiaozhi was a little overwhelmed, he just wanted to check the time and didn’t know the other functions of the communicator. Seeing that Lisa kept urging him, he could only clumsily press the buttons on the communicator to try to find out where the so-called contact information was.
Lisa found his clumsiness amusing and teased him, “So there are things that Mr. Xiaozhi is not good at?”
Xiaozhi said helplessly: “I have been in the dream for too long. I just woke up and don’t know much about these new things. Lisa, please teach me.”
Lisa demonstrated the communicator to Xiaozhi herself. After both of them added their contact information, Xiaozhi finally understood what the world looked like now and the new word “telephone”.
Xiaozhi reminded Lisa that there might be Pokémon there and asked her to be careful. After agreeing with Lisa to meet in front of the unfinished building at 3 o’clock, Xiaozhi said goodbye to Leo and the three children and left Lisa’s house.
Xiaozhi plans to go to the pharmacist to pay back the money. Although the symptoms are very mild, the two girls’ symptoms have indeed improved. This time he is not only going to pay back the money, he also wants to ask the lady if there is a better medicine. Even if the money is not enough now, it can become his long-term goal.
The street to Lisa’s house was about 3 to 4 kilometers away, and even Xiaozhi took more than ten minutes to run to the drugstore.
The door of the pharmacy was open, and the pharmacist was dressed more formally. Her hair looked well-groomed, and her short hair looked black and shiny, which matched the square-framed glasses. Her white coat seemed to be washed frequently, and even Xiaozhi could not see any dust on it. She seemed to be reading something about medicine, her gray eyes staring at the book intently, and she would occasionally turn the page with her slender fingers.
The last time I came, it was already late, and the pharmacist was sitting in the backlight, so I couldn’t see her face clearly. Now it seems that the pharmacist is a mature woman with delicate features in her twenties. Her skin seems to be as white as milk because she rarely gets exposed to the sun. The pharmacist looks like this, revealing an intellectual beauty that makes people think she is a competent doctor at first glance.
Xiaozhi waited in front of her for a while, and seeing that she was still absorbed in watching, he could only cough lightly. When the pharmacist heard the voice, she looked up and noticed that Xiaozhi was thinking. It took her a long time to remember: “Are you… the young man who was going to buy painkillers and quick-acting healing spray from me that day? What happened? Is the medicine ineffective? Or has the condition of the two children changed?”
Seeing that she was about to speak, Xiaozhi interrupted her quickly: “No, no, I’m here to pay back the money.” After saying that, he took out the IOU he had prepared long ago from his pocket and put the cash on it.
The pharmacist did not take the money, but seriously asked Xiaozhi where the money came from. Of course, Xiaozhi could not directly tell her that he was from Team Rocket, so he could only hesitantly explain that he was engaged in some high-risk profession.
Seeing that Xiaozhi was obviously not telling the truth, the pharmacist could only say helplessly: “There is no rush to pay back the money. Don’t be stubborn just for the sake of face. If handing over the money will affect your life, I won’t accept it.”
After she finished speaking, she stared into Xiaozhi’s eyes. Xiaozhi felt a little uncomfortable being stared at, but he still answered affirmatively: “Please rest assured, I could have paid the money last time I came, but I didn’t do it for the same reason you are worried about now. I recently completed a difficult task and received a lot of bonuses. I came here today not only to pay you back, but also to ask you to see if there is any medicine that is more suitable for them to use.”
The pharmacist noticed that Xiaozhi had nothing to hide this time, so she took the money from him. She put the money in the drawer and took off her white coat, revealing a white shirt and dark jeans underneath. She said to Xiaozhi, “The specific drug selection can only be made after I diagnose the patient. Let’s go and take me to see the two patients.”
Without waiting for Xiaozhi’s response, she had already packed her medical kit, locked the front door, and left the pharmacy through the back door with Xiaozhi.
There was a small car parked at the back door of the drugstore. It looked somewhat similar to the ladybug, except that the entire car was red without the black spots.
The pharmacist’s current demeanor was completely different from the lazy look she had shown the last time they met. After asking Xiaozhi about the location of his home after he got into the car, she turned out of the parking space and drove in that direction with her foot on the accelerator.
Xiaozhi didn’t know whether to say this lady’s driving skills were good or bad. This lady didn’t seem to want to wait for anyone. She always liked to overtake when there were other vehicles in front. The steering wheel in her hands was like a spinning top. Xiaozhi’s head was a little dizzy because she often changed lanes. Xiaozhi couldn’t help but miss the uncle’s driving skills. Riding in the uncle’s car was like walking on flat ground with few bumps on the road, which formed a sharp contrast with the pharmacist’s car. Although the pharmacist’s driving skills seemed to be very good, if Xiaozhi had to choose, he would definitely choose to ride in the uncle’s car.
Soon, the Ladybug arrived at the dilapidated old town. The pharmacist didn’t dare to drive too fast on such a narrow road. With Xiaozhi’s guidance, she slowly drove to the familiar dilapidated house.
As usual, Xiaozhi exchanged secret signals with the two girls inside the door and the door was opened. Mingmei saw the beautifully dressed girl behind Xiaozhi and asked hesitantly, “Has Xiaozhi got a girlfriend?”
Xiaozhi was startled by this and stepped forward to ruffle the hair of the little girl who had no eyesight. He explained to the pharmacist: “This is my sister Mingmei. She is still young and ignorant. Please don’t be surprised.” After that, Xiaozhi looked at Mingmei and said hesitantly: “This is… the pharmacist…”
The pharmacist was amused by this address. She pointed at herself and said, “When introducing someone, you should say their official name. It’s impolite to just say their occupation. Next time you encounter this situation, just ask them to introduce themselves. Hmm… Let me start from here. I’m Yosano Akiko. You can just call me Yosano.”
Xiaozhi nodded, invited Miss Yosano in, and explained the situation of his two sisters to her. Miss Yosano gave the two girls a full set of examinations and asked her Pokémon Miss Skirt to use some skills with healing effects on the two girls.
After completing the whole set of examinations, she asked Xiaozhi to go to her pharmacy to get the medicine tomorrow, and then took Xiaozhi out the door. As soon as he went out, Xiaozhi was about to ask for details, but he saw that Miss Yosano’s expression changed from being calm just now to being extremely serious.
Xiaozhi realized that something was wrong and then heard Miss Yosano’s voice.
“The burns on that Mingmei girl aren’t too serious. I’ll prescribe some medicine for her when I get back. She’ll be fine after taking it for about a year. The problem is that little Airi girl,” she said with a downcast look, “the injuries on her legs should be from an accident at birth, which caused her calves to be underdeveloped. Her leg bones are too fragile to support her walking. Medication won’t work in this case. To cure her completely, she can only go to a central hospital in a big city for surgery to strengthen her bones… The price of that kind of surgery… is not something you can get by doing some ‘high-risk’ work, so you’d better be prepared.”
After hearing the expected bad news, Xiaozhi could only nod silently and say goodbye to Miss Yosano who got in the car.
After returning home, Xiaozhi chatted with the two girls for a while, took out a bag of candy he bought from a store on the way back and handed it to the two girls. He also drew illustrations about Pokémon with the two girls for a while (Xiaozhi planned to use double-sided tape to stick these illustrations to his handwritten Pokémon encyclopedia). Seeing that the time was almost up, he told the two girls that he had to go out for a while and asked them to lock the door and be safe.
Xiaozhi did not go directly to the abandoned building, but went to a fitness equipment store. Although the official restrictions on the purchase of skill learning machines and energy cubes without a trainer certificate, there are no restrictions on the use of training equipment by people and Pokémon.
There are a lot of training equipment in the store. In addition to providing training equipment for Pokémon of various sizes, there are more training equipment for humans. There is also a special gym inside, and through the glass you can see a lot of people lifting weights inside.
After communicating with the store manager, Xiaozhi bought the weighted vest of the cowardly bug. He also bought a set of weighted suits including weighted wrist guards, weighted vests, and weighted leggings. You can choose the material of the weight block yourself. Sand is the cheapest, and the most expensive is a certain alloy. The color of that alloy is very beautiful. It is not a single color, but a colorful and gorgeous color. And the weight of a piece is three or four times that of the same volume of iron.
Xiaozhi weighed the counterweight in his hand and finally put it down reluctantly. Although it was three or four times heavier than iron, its price was thirty or forty times that of iron. With Xiaozhi’s current wealth, he could not afford such a luxury item.
Xiaozhi bought a set of weight blocks from the store manager that could fill up the entire weight-bearing suit, and at the store manager’s suggestion, he also bought a sports backpack. All together, he spent less than three hundred yuan.
After putting the weight into the weight suit, Xiaozhi put it on and set off. There were still more than 40 minutes before the time to meet up with Lisa, and Xiaozhi planned to run over with the weight suit on his back.
Special training begins (old version)
When Xiaozhi arrived, Lisa was already waiting there. Although the weather was not hot today, they still bought ice cream cones.
Seeing Xiaozhi coming, Lisa ate the ice cream cone in her hand in two bites and went to meet Xiaozhi. She saw Xiaozhi sweating profusely and took out a bottle of water from her small bag and handed it to Xiaozhi.
Xiaozhi took it. The water seemed to have just been thawed and most of the bottle was still ice. Xiaozhi took a sip to quench his thirst and then returned the bottle to Lisa.
Eevee was still trying to lick his ice cream with his little tongue, but his mouth was too small to imitate Lisa. Seeing that Xiaozhi and Lisa were watching him, he could only speed up, but he ate too fast and his teeth were frozen. He could only stick out his tongue and stare at the cone in front of him in a daze.
Xiaozhi and Lisa were amused by its funny behavior. Seeing that the little guy couldn’t solve the “enemy” in front of him for a while, Xiaozhi summoned the timid bug and put on the weighted vest he bought before. After communicating with the timid bug through the waveguide and adjusting the weight of the weighted vest, he started warming up.
Although they are said to be warming up together, in fact, the main warm-up is still for Xiaozhi himself. As an arthropod, Xiaozhi can achieve the purpose of warming up just by stretching his body.
After a while, with Lisa’s encouragement, Eevee successfully defeated the “opponent”. Xiaozhi also finished warming up and reminded Lisa to follow him, then he took the lead in opening the door.
The door made a “zi-zi” sound as Xiaozhi pushed it. The iron door had long been rusted because no one had maintained it. Xiaozhi saw that the other side of the door was originally locked, but for some reason half of the lock disappeared, leaving only the other half mixed with the lock on the door.
Across the door was a building surrounded by green plants. When he pushed the door open, Xiaozhi saw a few Pokémon flash by. He originally wanted to train in the building, but he was worried that the Pokémon would regard the building as their territory and Lisa would be attacked if he went in rashly, so he gave up the idea. Xiaozhi decided to complete Lisa’s training in the grass behind the door first.
As usual, Xiaozhi first asked Lisa if she had brought any Pokémon food. Although he had already replenished two servings of Pokémon food when he returned home, he wanted to know how much Lisa knew about Pokémon trainers. After seeing Lisa’s blank look, Xiaozhi could only shake his head helplessly and whispered: “I don’t know how you became a member of the battle team.”
Lisa obviously heard what Xiaozhi said, and she refuted him a little embarrassedly: “The captain who led me was a kind-hearted person. He knew that I had no money during that time, so he took me with him when he was promoted to combat team leader.” She said with some regret, “It’s a pity that he later died in an accident while performing a mission, and I didn’t have the time to repay him… The children in my family were also orphans adopted by him. After he left, I felt sorry for them and took them in. Fortunately, these children are very sensible, otherwise I don’t know if I can take care of them.”
Seeing that she was getting more depressed the more she spoke, Xiaozhi interrupted her and said, “So we have to become stronger to prevent such tragedies from happening in the future, right? Lisa, what has happened cannot be changed, but the unpredictable future is still waiting for us. If you only know how to look back, be careful not to bump into the telephone poles, okay?”
Encouraged by Xiaozhi, Lisa also adjusted her mentality. She rubbed her face with her hands and smiled: “You are right, the captain is gone, I should take the responsibility of taking care of these children. I have to become stronger. I am ready. Xiaozhi, let’s start!”
Seeing that she was in a much better mood, Xiaozhi nodded and responded, “Well, let’s have a warm-up match first. I need to be familiar with Ibrahimovic’s physical condition so that I can adapt to the situation. Come on, you attack first.”
Eevee and Chilly were already prepared. The two sides faced each other, with Eevee staring at Chilly, barking “Buyi Buyi” with gnashing teeth as if to scare him, but his cute appearance was really not scary.
The coward did not respond to the threat. He kept making small jumps to allow his body to adapt to the weight of the weighted vest.
At the beginning of the battle, Lisa gave an order to Eevee: “Use Lightning Flash!” After hearing this, Eevee ran quickly, constantly gathering normal energy in its body to increase its speed and rushed towards the coward.
Xiaozhi did not let Chicky fight back but let him use the round shape to block the attack head-on. I don’t know if it was because the weighted vest increased Chicky’s weight or Eevee’s attack was too weak, but Eevee was bounced back after hitting Chicky, and Chicky did not suffer much damage.
Lisa didn’t seem to notice the situation and still shouted excitedly: “Zebra, give it another flash of lightning and defeat Coward!” After hearing this, Zebra swung its body to shake off the dust on its body and then rushed straight towards Coward as before.
This time, Xiaozhi didn’t need to give any orders. The Scarecrow paid attention to the distance between Eevee and him, and the moment the two got close, he suddenly moved to the side and avoided the attack.
Under Lisa’s command, Eevee continued to attack the slug, but as it became familiar with the weighted vest, the slug could easily dodge its attacks. Even if it was hit, the damage caused by Eevee was better than nothing because of its round defense.
Ibrahimovic’s strength was quickly exhausted and he lay on the ground gasping for breath, unable to move, while Coward was just a little tired and didn’t have many scars on his body.
Lisa was still encouraging Eevee to keep fighting, and Xiaozhi could only sigh and stop Lisa’s behavior. He let the timid bug continue with the previous daily training, and he walked to Eevee, stroked its head with his hand, and fed it. Lisa also came over and squatted beside Eevee, feeding it water while Eevee was chewing food.
After seeing that Eevee had recovered, Xiaozhi asked Lisa to take Eevee back. He asked her, “Do you know why you failed?”
Lisa answered subconsciously: “It’s because you are too strong, Xiaozhi, that’s why there is nothing we can do.”
Xiaozhi looked at the colorful-haired girl in front of him who was lying and said, “Have I ever commanded a coward before except at the beginning?”
“That’s because the coward is too strong…”
“Don’t just look for the reason from me and the coward, Lisa.” Xiaozhi stared at Lisa and said in a persuasive tone: “Lisa, have you ever thought that there is something wrong with your tactics?”
Lisa didn’t quite understand, so she asked in a tone of inquiry: “But how can we win a battle if we don’t attack our opponent?”
Xiaozhi smiled. Her thoughts were very similar to his own at the beginning of the dream world, but Xiaozhi could not change her thoughts by traveling along the way like in the dream world. He reminded: “But Pokémon can learn more than just attack moves, right? What do you think the role of those transformation moves is?”
Lisa tilted her head and thought for a while, puzzled: “But those moves can only take effect in the short time when both sides come into contact, and they can’t last throughout the entire battle. I always feel that they are useless…”
Xiaozhi guessed what she would say so he reminded her: “Is it really useless? Didn’t you notice that every time Daredevil dodges Eevee’s attack, he is just a little bit away? If Eevee uses Sand Throw to reduce Daredevil’s judgment and hinder Daredevil’s observation, can he still accurately dodge Eevee’s moves?”
Lisa’s eyes lit up when Xiaozhi said this and she exclaimed: “So there is such a use for throwing sand?”
“Yes, not only that, but the combination of many moves can often achieve the effect of 1+1 greater than 2. However, Lisa, you are still a long way from that day. Let’s learn the basics first.”
After confirming the strength of Lisa and Eevee, Xiaozhi also began to assign training tasks to them. Lisa is a typical rookie trainer. Instead of letting her grow up like herself in the dream for a few years before achieving success, it is better to teach her some conventional battle ideas and basic common sense from the beginning, observe other people’s battles and accumulate experience before starting to engage in actual combat.
Eevee’s shortcomings are also obvious. The sporty girl next to Xiaozhi obviously treats Eevee as a pet, so Eevee is not very skilled in releasing its moves. Moreover, because it does not fight often, its combat experience and physical strength are very insufficient. Instead of letting it participate in actual combat to hone itself slowly, it is better to lay a foundation for basic skills first, master the skills, and build up its physical strength before participating in actual combat.
His own training with the slug was more complicated. The slug’s proficiency in the moves was already very good, so now in addition to training his physical strength, Xiaozhi also had a more difficult task waiting for the slug, which was to combine the insect resistance and the water jet. Although Xiaozhi had never tried to do this before, Xiaozhi felt that it was possible to succeed.
Insect Resistance is a special type of move. The effect is to wrap yourself with insect energy, forming a thin film on the body surface. When it hits the enemy, the insect energy will cause damage to it. Water Jet is a physical type of move. When used, it will wrap itself with water and accelerate itself to attack the enemy by continuously spraying water backwards.
Although both moves seem to cause damage by contacting the enemy, they are fundamentally different. From the perspective of energy, although Bug Resistance also hits the enemy, the real damage is caused by the insect energy wrapped on the surface, and although Water Jet also hits the enemy, the water around the body only has an acceleration effect, and it is the body of the cowardly bug that causes damage to the enemy. From the perspective of attack method, Bug Resistance only covers the surface of the body, while Water Jet surrounds itself. The actual coverage of the two skills does not overlap, so there is also the possibility of releasing them together.
Of course, it is extremely difficult to achieve this. It requires the Pokémon to be able to use both types of energy freely and to do two things at the same time. Of course, this is a long-term goal. Now Xiaozhi will only let Chipmunk continue to practice the proficiency of these two skills.
As for Xiaozhi himself. Through the previous battle, Xiaozhi found that as long as he infused the wave power into his body, his physical fitness would be greatly enhanced. Even if he did not use the power of the wave power now, Xiaozhi still felt that his body seemed to become stronger. The power of the wave power seemed to be improving his body and making him stronger.
So now Xiaozhi plans to use more wave power to infuse his body, and then consume the wave power in his body through high-intensity training, and repeat this cycle.
Before he knew it, the sun was about to set. Xiaozhi was doing high-leg exercises while explaining the attribute restraint of Pokémon to Lisa. After seeing the sunset in the sky, Xiaozhi finished the last paragraph and stopped exercising. At this moment, he was sweating profusely, and he didn’t know if it was because he consumed too much energy that his body was very hungry. It seems that this kind of exercise method requires preparing food in advance to fill the stomach, Xiaozhi thought to himself.
Lisa handed the bottle of ice water to Xiaozhi at the right time. Even though she had placed it in a cool place before, after a few hours, all the ice in the bottle had melted, forming a layer of crystal water droplets on the outside of the bottle. Xiaozhi pulled off the water droplets, wiped his face with it, then drank most of the bottle of water in one gulp and returned the bottle to Lisa.
Seeing Lisa put the bottle away, he asked curiously: “We have been talking for so long, aren’t you thirsty?”
Lisa answered him in a hoarse voice: “It’s okay, I can go back and drink some water.”
Xiaozhi looked at her for a long time, and said inexplicably: “You don’t dislike me, do you? I’m sweating all over and I stink…”
“No dislike!” Lisa interrupted Xiaozhi’s self-deprecation and drank the remaining water in the bottle with a red face under the latter’s gaze. Xiaozhi then smiled brightly and turned to look at the sunset in the sky again.
Today’s sunset is beautiful. The setting sun is looming under the fiery clouds in the sky, and a half moon is already looming on the other side of the sky. The moon and the sun are reflected on both sides of the sky as if supported by an invisible balance. This colorful day has finally come to an end.
Xiaozhi’s smile became peaceful, and the waves accumulated in his body were completely discharged. He said softly: “Let’s stop here today, Lisa, see you tomorrow.”
Lisa was stunned for a moment before she came to her senses and nodded, explaining to Xiaozhi that she had to pack up and then go back, letting Xiaozhi go first.
She squatted down blankly as she watched Xiaozhi’s back go away. Her face flushed as she looked at the empty bottle in her hand. She murmured softly, “Indirect kiss or something… Did you do it on purpose, you bastard?”
Ibrahimovic was rolling happily on the grass. When he saw Lisa squatting down, he ran back to her and licked her cheek with his little tongue.
(ps: I will explain the transformation skills in detail. The author wants to write about the real Pokémon world, so I personally made some changes to the transformation moves that affect the battle. First of all, I changed the moves that enhance attributes into stances. For example, the effect of using Sword Dance is to increase the attack power. If you want this effect to take effect, you must keep the Sword Dance stance. If you are not proficient in this move, you may be hit by the enemy’s moves and the Sword Dance stance may be interrupted, causing the effect of the skill to disappear. The same is true when you are summoned back to the Poké Ball. Moves such as barking and wagging the tail that use body movements to reduce the opponent’s ability will only take effect for a short period of time after use and cannot be stacked. The reason why the author set it up this way is also very simple. If the Pokémon world is real, it is impossible that you can become weak if you bark a few more times. Of course, I have other ideas about those moves involving energy, which the author will mention when he writes about them later.)
Confession (Old Version)
Before Xiaozhi got home, his stomach was empty, so he had no choice but to order a bowl of noodles at a roadside noodle shop. After eating, he saw a refrigerator in the roadside shop. Thinking of the ice cream that Lisa and Ibrahimovic had eaten before, Xiaozhi decided to buy one for Airi and Mingmei. The shop also sold painting pens and drawing boards, so Xiaozhi bought two. Seeing that there were many snacks in the store, Xiaozhi bought some too, and spent more than 200 yuan without realizing it.
Holding a large bag of things in his hand, Xiaozhi felt a little annoyed at his extravagant spending, but when he thought of the two little girls at home, he felt that the money was worth spending. Xiaozhi somewhat understood Miss Hanako’s feelings in the dream. Even if they were not real relatives, living together day and night would cultivate real family affection.
When they got home, the two girls had already prepared the meal. Although Xiaozhi had eaten noodles before, it did not stop him from having another meal. Airi and Mingmei liked the drawing board that Xiaozhi brought them very much. After dinner, they held it in their hands and drew with the paint pen.
When he bought the drawing board, he was given 20 sheets of white paper for free, but seeing how the two little girls were enjoying it so much, he might have to buy more in a few days.
After tidying up the table, Xiaozhi took out his clothes from the closet. These were left behind by his previous “self”. It was a set of brown work clothes. It was said that it was what Mingmei’s father wore when he was young. Mingmei’s mother gave it to Xiaozhi after her husband passed away.
The fabric of the clothes is very thick. It has been worn for seven or eight years. Except for a few scratches from sharp objects and then repaired, there is no damage. This is a short-sleeved top with long pants. Mingmei’s father must be heavy. Even with Xiaozhi’s current height, this outfit looks very loose.
This house does not have a separate bathroom. Before, I simply built a small shed inside the house with wooden boards and used the faucet to collect water for bathing.
Maybe it was due to the aging of the pipes, or maybe there was something wrong with the water source itself. The water from the tap in the house always smelled of rust and was not drinkable at all. Drinking water could only be obtained from other places. In addition to the small river outside the town, the other places he often went to were the open-air fountain in front of the hospital and the washbasins at the back doors of the restaurants. However, Xiaozhi, who had “woke up”, did not go to these places, but went directly to the water plant to buy two buckets of water and brought them home.
Maybe what he said was true… If he hadn’t joined Team Rocket, he wouldn’t have been able to do much better than him with his badly injured body. This society is both real and cruel. He has no ID, no parents, no savings, and he has to support a newborn baby and a four or five-year-old girl in addition to himself. Xiaozhi couldn’t imagine how the other self who woke up after being dragged into the dream had survived to this day as a ten-year-old child. In fact, all the memories from the Kanto riot to the arrival of this small town in the past six months were hidden in the deepest part of his heart, and even Xiaozhi himself couldn’t see them.
In fact, the biggest gift that Xiaozhi got after waking up from this world was not the two memories of Darkrai and Cresselia about waveguide, but the behavioral habits left by another self who had passed away.
In the long struggle for survival, the other self learned to stay calm no matter what the situation was, thinking about how to survive every moment. Even if the body was replaced with a soul, such behavior habits were still engraved on the body, so that Xiaozhi would not be dominated by emotions during the battle and could better think about how to win. This helped Xiaozhi a lot. If Xiaozhi’s previous fighting method relied on courage and the bond between himself and Pokémon and the flash of inspiration at the critical moment, now Xiaozhi can rely on the knowledge he gained from his 8 years of travel. At the beginning of the battle, he can know the strengths and weaknesses of the Pokémon of both sides, and roughly estimate the opponent’s tactics based on the type of the opponent’s Pokémon. He can make targeted tactics from the beginning of the battle and accumulate advantages from the beginning.
The soul was split into two, and the two completely different lives that lasted for eight years were combined to finally form the current Xiaozhi. Although I was a little self-boasting, the current me who was both passionate and calm, imaginative and logical, and could change the situation through the power of wave guidance and grasp the situation through calm judgment was probably much stronger than the me in the dream world.
After taking a shower, they washed their clothes. Xiaozhi urged the two girls to wash their faces and feet. Because Airi’s legs and feet were inconvenient, Xiaozhi and Mingmei usually took turns washing her feet. Today, Mingmei had to take a shower, so the task of washing Airi’s feet was given to Xiaozhi.
It’s still summer so it’s okay to wash your feet with cold water, but if it’s winter, Airi’s weak body won’t work without hot water. In fact, Xiaozhi also plans to move. He had no money before, but now he has a huge sum of 20,000 yuan in his hand. Xiaozhi also has this idea and plans to ask the uncle and Lisa the next day.
Airi’s feet are very soft, and every time Xiaozhi washes her feet, he is afraid that he might hurt her by pinching her too hard. So he only uses a towel to wash her feet like wiping porcelain. Airi is always naughty when washing her feet. Sometimes when she sees Xiaozhi approaching, she will splash water with her feet to wash Xiaozhi’s face. This naughty behavior always makes Xiaozhi pull her ears, but Xiaozhi, who loves this little girl, will not really pull hard. This makes Airi always a little unscrupulous, which gives Xiaozhi a headache.
Airi didn’t do that today. Xiaozhi noticed that she looked at him strangely, so he asked, “What’s wrong, Airi? Are you unhappy about something?”
Airi didn’t seem to want to answer directly, but seeing Xiaozhi’s concerned look, she couldn’t help but say it directly: “Xiaozhi-niang is not the same Xiaozhi-niang as before, right?”
This sentence was a bit difficult to understand, but Xiaozhi still understood it. Because of the excessive surprise, he was stunned for a moment. After reacting, Xiaozhi wanted to make amends but was still noticed by Airi.
The fingertips of her hands kept entangled, just like her tangled heart. Xiaozhi knew that he could not hide it anymore and could only say disappointedly: “When did Airi find out?”
Airi looked at Xiaozhi’s face, which was the same as before, and answered softly: “Since the day you came back, my brother… Although my brother used to smile, his smile was full of fatigue and a sense of forcing. My brother, your smile is so warm, it looks like the rising sun, and others are infected by your emotions. It seems like you have become a different person.”
Xiaozhi could only smile bitterly, this kind of details in life would probably not be noticed by anyone except his family members who lived with him day and night. He scratched his head in distress but when he heard Airi still calling him brother, he at least knew that the little girl did not treat him as a stranger.
Looking at the little kid staring at him blankly, Xiaozhi asked tentatively: “What does Airi think? Does Airi hate me because I lied to her?”
Airi answered him a little bit at a loss, “I don’t know… Big brother, what happened to the original big brother? Doesn’t he want me anymore? Is Airi immature? I… I’m sorry, Xiaozhi, you’ve been so good to me and Mingmei, and I really like having you around, but… I… I miss him a little bit. He said he would see the day when I stand up and walk…” Airi looked like she was about to cry, with tears in her eyes. Xiaozhi saw her like this and quickly held her in his arms and comforted her softly, but it backfired. Airi burst into tears after he held her in his arms.
Xiaozhi gently stroked her head with his hand. The helpless look of the little girl reminded Xiaozhi of Laplace. He put his head close to Airi’s ear and gently answered Airi: “He didn’t abandon Airi, he was just too tired and wanted to have a good rest, so he asked me to take care of Airi. It’s my fault for keeping it a secret from you.”
He wiped the tears from Airi’s face with his sleeve, adjusted his posture, squatted down, looked into Airi’s eyes and said: “Airi didn’t do anything wrong so she shouldn’t apologize. I should be the one to apologize. I’m sorry Airi, I didn’t make myself clear… He cared about you when he left and told me a lot about you two… It’s because he didn’t abandon you that he asked me to take care of you. If you become depressed because he’s gone, he won’t feel good either.”
Airi looked at Xiaozhi with tears in her eyes and asked in a sobbing voice: “Is this really the case?”
Xiaozhi smiled and looked at the little girl in front of him. She nodded gently and answered affirmatively: “Of course it’s true.”
“Will my elder brother leave me too?”
“No, I will always be by your side as long as Airi needs me.”
“Really? Always and forever?”
“Well, forever and ever.”
The little girl seemed to be satisfied with the answer. Perhaps she had let go of the knot in her heart or perhaps she was relieved of the emotions that had been suppressed for so long. She squinted her eyes and fell asleep. Xiaozhi quickly wiped her feet and put her on the bed and covered her with a blanket.
Mingmei’s footsteps were heard behind him. Xiaozhi smiled bitterly and thought that the little girl’s knot had been untied and there was another little girl waiting for him behind him.
Just as Xiaozhi was thinking hard about how to explain to the other party, Mingmei hugged him gently. She buried her head in Xiaozhi’s back and said to him: “Actually, I knew it a long time ago. Xiaozhi brother is back again. The previous Xiaozhi brother was very reliable but he was not Xiaozhi brother at all. So although I am very grateful that he has always taken care of us, I still can’t open my heart to him. That person has been tense all the time. I was actually worried that something might happen to him… When I saw you come back that day, Xiaozhi brother, I guessed the result. I’m afraid that big brother…”
When she said this, Xiaozhi could hear the loss in her tone, but Mingmei didn’t cry like Airi. With a little regret for the deceased, Mingmei continued: “He lived too hard, and this result may be the best ending for him. No more running around, no more trying to relieve Airi’s pain, and no more worrying about money… He is finally free.”
She let go of Xiaozhi, walked in front of him, put her hands behind her back, and said solemnly: “Welcome back, Brother Xiaozhi.” Then she stood on tiptoe and kissed Xiaozhi on the face, and while Xiaozhi didn’t react, she threw herself on the bed and curled up in the quilt.
Xiaozhi was stunned for a long time before he reacted. Although Mingmei looked short, she was already fourteen years old and had a distinct personality. Xiaozhi touched the place where he was kissed and thought helplessly, “I was actually pranked by a little girl.” He looked at Mingmei who was hiding under the quilt and refused to come out and smiled: “Airi, Mingmei, good night.”
At this moment, the communicator in his pocket rang. Lisa sent him an emoticon of a sleeping Pikachu. Xiaozhi smiled and clumsily typed a good night message to her.
Without waiting for the other party to reply, he put his phone back into his pocket and lay down on the sofa. He blew out the only candle in the room and slowly closed his eyes. He had spent a lot of energy today, so he planned to take a night off and have a good rest.
Uncle’s Secret (Old Version)
The next day, after Xiaozhi woke up, he went out to buy breakfast and some ingredients for the two little ones. Although meat products were expensive, Xiaozhi, who had money in his pocket, still bought some.
I told the girls who just woke up to be careful. Airi was much closer to Xiaozhi today. When she saw Xiaozhi coming back, she asked him to hug her. She looked like a normal eight-year-old girl being intimate with her brother. She didn’t look like she cried yesterday. When Xiaozhi touched her head, she squinted her eyes, just like a charcoal rat.
Mingmei didn’t come over to fix Xiaozhi’s collar as usual, but sat on a chair to eat breakfast. When Xiaozhi looked at her, she would lower her head to avoid his sight.
Xiaozhi didn’t take it too seriously, thinking that the little girl was just a little shy because of yesterday’s prank. After all, this girl usually behaved like a little adult, and the playful thing she did yesterday was totally inconsistent with her previous style.
After saying goodbye to the two girls, Xiaozhi left home. He still remembered the agreement he had made with the uncle and rushed to Mr. Tachibana’s restaurant.
The uncle seemed to have arrived there a long time ago. The sun had just risen and there were no other customers in the store except the uncle.
Seeing Xiaozhi coming, the uncle said something to Mr. Tachibana and led Xiaozhi to the backyard. There was a table set up there, and the uncle and Xiaozhi sat down on the chairs beside the table.
He pondered for a while and asked Xiaozhi a question: “Boy, do you know what factions there are in Team Rocket?”
Xiaozhi was not even familiar with the situation of Team Rocket in this town, so naturally he didn’t know what was going on inside Team Rocket. At this moment, he could only shake his head.
The uncle sighed and said in distress: “I shouldn’t have mentioned this to you so early, but there’s no way I could tell you were so good at fighting. The noise you made yesterday was so loud that it attracted the attention of some high-level officials. Do you know what those people who went back yesterday called you? There were all these strange rumors about you being a humanoid Pokémon, a Berserker, and Zoroark disguised as a human. So now I can only reveal some information to you in advance.”
Xiaozhi was left in tears and laughter by these rumors. The humanoid Pokémon Berserker was fine, but Zoroark was too far-fetched. Could there really be a Pokémon that could disguise itself as a human without being discovered?
The uncle obviously didn’t notice what Xiaozhi was thinking. He coughed and explained to Xiaozhi: “Although each cadre can be said to have his own faction, in general, the current Rocket Team can be divided into three factions. The most powerful one at present is the radical faction. They are the first group of members who are loyal to Lord Banmu after Lord Banmu inherited the leadership of the first generation Team Rocket. Under the leadership of Lord Banmu, Team Rocket has continued to grow. In order to expand, they have made many violations of the rules set by the first generation. Today, Team Rocket has become the underground helmsman of Chengdu, Kanto, and its influence has also radiated to the Unova, Fengyuan, and Sinnoh regions. But the price is that the reputation of our Rocket Team has been completely ruined, and it has become the main target of the alliance. We have completely deviated from the goal of the first generation, and now we are just a group of terrorists.” The uncle sighed when he said this, took the teapot on the table and made a cup of tea to moisten his throat.
Xiaozhi didn’t know what to say. The image of Team Rocket as a bad guy had been completely integrated into the impression of ordinary people. If he suddenly shouted in the downtown area that Team Rocket was coming, I’m afraid everyone would be so scared that they would keep quiet and look around. Once they saw the black uniform with the R logo, they would scatter and run away. Even he himself would not have joined Team Rocket if he hadn’t been forced to do so.
The uncle finished his tea and continued, “The next most powerful group is the trainers who joined Team Rocket because they were disappointed with the League due to the Kanto riots 8 years ago. They call themselves reformists. Although they are disappointed with the League, they are not as hostile to the League as the radicals are because of the League’s suppression. Over the years, they have been promoting the corruption and incompetence of the League, secretly supporting capable officials to take office, and trying to use the power of Team Rocket to eradicate the termites in the League. Their goals are also unrelated to the goals of the first generation, and because they conflict with the policies of the radicals, the two groups often quarrel. Although the strength of Team Rocket has indeed improved a lot with their joining, its cohesion is far worse than before. I don’t know if this is intentional on the part of the League.”
Xiaozhi noticed that the uncle used the same name for them whether he was referring to the radicals or the reformists. The reason was obvious. Sure enough, the uncle immediately mentioned: “Finally, the weakest group at the moment is us conservatives.” At this point, the uncle asked Xiaozhi a question: “Xiaozhi, what do you think is the original intention of Team Rocket? Why was Team Rocket established?”
This question obviously caught Xiaozhi off guard. He had never thought about this before. In his impression, it seemed that Team Rocket was born to do bad things. He thought about it for a long time but had no good ideas. In the end, he could only ask hesitantly: “Is it… to capture dreams?”
This answer made the uncle laugh. He laughed so hard that he fell backwards and said speechlessly: “You don’t really think that we have to build such a huge villain organization just to catch Mew?” He didn’t wait for Xiaozhi to answer and continued: “Since it is Team Rocket, it is natural to build rockets. The original ideal of Team Rocket is to go into space. Xiaozhi, have you ever thought that every shining star in the night sky is a planet like our world?”
Xiaozhi couldn’t answer this question. What is space like? Are there other Pokémon in space besides Deoxys and Meteorite? Xiaozhi was stunned. He couldn’t help but be interested in this idea.
“The first generation’s wish was to go into space and see if there were any planets like ours in this universe. The following words were actually said to me by Uncle Tachibana. During the time of the first generation, Team Rocket had always been in a cooperative relationship with the Alliance, and both sides shared technology to build manned rockets. In fact, we already have the ability to travel in short distances in space. What is hindering our progress into the universe is not technology but… Rayquaza.”
The uncle’s eyes dimmed when he said this, and Xiaozhi was afraid that what he was going to say next might not be good news.
“Everything went smoothly at the beginning. Both the Alliance and Team Rocket had piled up a huge amount of scientific research results and almost extravagant financial investment on that rocket. According to calculations, the rocket they manufactured can even withstand the direct impact of meteorites with a diameter of less than 500 meters. Both sides also formulated a specific plan to lure out the Rayquaza and even had many backup plans. Everything seemed perfect. When the first generation of the first generation boarded the rocket, he promised Chief Banmu that he would be back soon. Unfortunately, they missed one point, that is, there was more than one Rayquaza. Before that day, human observation records had never found the existence of multiple Rayquazas, but that day… there were as many as ten Rayquazas blocking the manned rocket. They suddenly appeared from the back of the moon, destroyed the rocket, and then disappeared. They appeared for less than a minute in total. The weather station that observed this phenomenon was urgently isolated by the Alliance at the time. In order to prevent the news from being spread, the Alliance took the lead in launching an attack on Team Rocket. Lord Banmu was ordered to take other members including Uncle Tachibana to hide and start fighting against the Alliance… You are almost clear about what happened next, right?”
Xiaozhi’s eyes widened when he heard this. The core of this matter was not the sudden appearance of so many Rayquazas, nor the sudden suppression of Team Rocket by the Alliance, but the more critical reason why the Rayquazas were hidden. Since the beginning of observation records, only one Rayquaza has appeared. Why did the remaining Rayquazas suddenly appear on that day? Why did they have to stop humans from leaving the earth? Was the purpose just because humans invaded their territory or…
Xiaozhi began to understand the alliance’s actions. No matter what the reason was, if Rayquaza’s information was exposed, the alliance that had just settled down would probably fall into chaos again.
The uncle did not explain too much about the alliance but continued to talk about the conservatives. “After that incident, most of the members of Team Rocket indulged in destroying the alliance because of their hatred for the alliance. Only a few people like Uncle Orange still insisted on completing the ideals of the first generation. Even now, although we are still working hard, the difference in resources, the gap in the number of people, and the most critical number of talents are far less than the other two factions. You have outstanding talents and joining us is not a good choice. If you want to join another faction, I will recommend it to you. What is your decision, Xiaozhi?”
Xiaozhi answered without thinking: “I want to see what the universe is like. I want to know if there are any new Pokémon outside the world. Let me join, uncle.”
The uncle nodded: “I will explain this to my superiors later, but Xiaozhi, do you have any plans for this month’s vacation?”
Xiaozhi told the uncle about his training appointment with Lisa and invited him. The uncle shook his head and refused, after all, no one likes to be a light bulb.
He asked Xiaozhi to open the communicator and transmitted a software with a garbled name to Xiaozhi’s communicator. To open this software, a special account was required. The uncle gave Xiaozhi a note and asked him to fill in the account number according to the information on it.
After logging in, there is a simple page which seems to be a task platform. There is a location in the upper right corner. The uncle asks Xiaozhi to fill in the location information of the town. After filling in the information, task information will pop up on the task acceptance interface.
The uncle explained to Xiaozhi: “This platform was built by us conservatives. We have a special website on the Internet. Others send us commissions through that website. We collect the information and verify the authenticity of the information they reveal. After that, we will forward it to this software.” The uncle scratched his head helplessly when he said this: “Sometimes, because there are too many tasks to complete, we will transfer the tasks to members of the other two factions.”
At this time, he showed his communicator, which also had an icon for accepting tasks: “The combat team leaders of Team Rocket will also receive similar software. The functions are similar to ours, but the tasks are assigned by superiors. Many tasks are mandatory and you can’t refuse them. But this is also an advantage. The combat team will not be responsible for the normal work of the logistics company because they have to be on standby all the time. On the bright side, if the superiors don’t assign us work, we can take a day off or take other tasks to earn extra money.”
Xiaozhi nodded. It was still early today. He looked at the communicator in his hand and planned to take a simple task to test the waters. The uncle saw his thoughts but stopped him: “We have another task now.”
Xiaozhi was stunned for a moment: “Aren’t we on vacation?”
“Indeed, but don’t forget that we have already formed a combat team. Now there is no third person except you and me. And a team needs at least five people. We have to find people.”
“So we are now…”
“Go to the branch office and ask your superiors for someone, and see if there are any suitable candidates in other combat teams.”
Xiaozhi nodded. He turned on the phone and explained to the uncle: “I’ll ask Lisa if she wants to transfer to our group.”
Alola’s Clues (Old Version)
As expected, Lisa agreed. After the old captain died, she was the old captain’s confidant and was not well received by the new captain. After the new captain took office, she had to do the dirtiest and most tiring work every time she went on a mission. If she didn’t have several children to raise at home, she would have wanted to quit long ago.
Personnel dispatch requires approval from the direct team leader, so Lisa also rushed over and went to the logistics company with Xiaozhi and the others.
People at the level of team leader in the combat department are usually in a dedicated office. Lisa took Xiaozhi and the others to that office, knocked on the door and went in.
There were a few people dressed in avant-garde clothes playing cards inside the door. Lisa walked over and explained the situation to one of them. The man turned around and looked at Xiaozhi and the others, nodded, signed the transfer application form handed over by Lisa, and sent them away. Lisa’s ability was average, and the captain only remembered that there was such a person in his team because of her colorful head, so he didn’t care about her leaving.
Of course, Xiaozhi and his friends don’t care what the other party thinks. As long as their goal is achieved, everything will be fine. Next, they just need to submit this report to the HR department and register it to complete the team transfer process.
Today, it was not Ms. Lisa who was working in the HR department, but another young girl. After asking Lisa briefly about the reason for the transfer, she agreed and entered the information into the computer. Finally, she did not forget to tease: “Even though you are seriously injured, you still remember your own duties. It’s amazing~”
Xiaozhi and Lisa both blushed at this remark, but the uncle didn’t care and chatted with the girl, making her smile so much that her eyes almost narrowed into slits.
After leaving the HR, Xiaozhi suddenly asked the uncle: “Uncle, do you still remember the little leader we captured during our first operation?”
The uncle nodded he remembered the boy in front of him very clearly, he dared to chase the deserter without even having Pokémon.
Xiaozhi actually wanted to ask the little boss for information about Alola. Fearbug is a Pokémon from Alola and it seems that it has not been hatched for a long time. The other party must have been there recently or just left. He was a little worried about Liliae and the others. Although the probability was not high, he still wanted to ask that person about their information. Xiaozhi told the uncle about his thoughts. Of course, he did not mention Liliae and the others? He just said that he had some friends in Alola who he met in the dream world.
The uncle looked at Xiaozhi in surprise. In his impression, everyone who went to the dream world would only wake up after staying in the area they were in for a year. Xiaozhi was obviously an exception, but considering his strong physical fitness, it didn’t seem strange.
He nodded to indicate that the other party was still alive. Then he used the communicator to make a call and said something to the other party in a flattering tone. The voice coming from the phone was a little distorted, but Xiaozhi still recognized Ms. Lisa’s voice.
After a while, the uncle hung up the phone and gave Xiaozhi an OK sign. He took Xiaozhi and the others to the garage, explained to a guard, got a key, and drove to the place where the little boss was imprisoned.
The end of the journey was an ordinary factory. The uncle greeted the security guard at the door and the security guard opened the door and let them in.
There was already a staff waiting at the parking lot. The uncle got off the car and handed over the information to the other party. After confirming that everything was correct, the staff member took Xiaozhi and his group to a room. He stood at the door and motioned for the uncle and his group to go in.
When I opened the door, the little boss from before was inside. His hands were handcuffed and he was whistling idly.
After seeing Xiaozhi and the others coming in, the little leader smiled with relief. He pulled the handcuffs with his hands and said impatiently: “F*ck, what on earth do you want to do? I’ve already told you everything I can. F*ck, you’re doing this again? Do you really think I’m a pushover?”
Xiaozhi looked at the uncle, and the uncle told Xiaozhi to ask whatever he wanted to ask and this return visit was just a formality, and waved for Xiaozhi to come forward.
Xiaozhi nodded and sat down opposite the little boss. He took out the Poké Ball and released the Fearless, pointing at it and asking, “Excuse me, do you remember this Pokémon?”
The little leader saw that Coward had stopped swearing and asked coldly, “Did you bring Coward here to mock me?”
Xiaozhi shook his head and told him his purpose: “I want to know if you have been to Alola, how long you stayed there, and what the situation was like in Alola when you left.”
The little leader looked at Xiaozhi’s young face and said disdainfully: “Why? What good is it for me to answer you? You should have a begging attitude when asking for help. Take off my handcuffs first and then I’ll tell you.”
Xiaozhi and the uncle looked at each other and guessed each other’s thoughts. The uncle sighed in his heart that these poachers were really stupid: “Before, even if you and your team worked together, you were still no match for Team Rocket. Now, even if you hold us hostage, can you escape from here?”
He didn’t say what was in his mind, but directly confronted the little leader: “If you tell me what you know, you can leave here.”
The man obviously didn’t believe it. He said doubtfully: “Are you willing to let me go so easily? Don’t you want to know our secret trading route? Don’t you want to know if we have other companions nearby?”
The uncle looked at the other person with some pity, and he continued to explain: “That’s not important. Stranger, I want to remind you that everything in the Kanto underground belongs to Team Rocket. The so-called intelligence that you cherish is just easy for us to get.”
The uncle was right. Even in the critical situation yesterday, victory was only a matter of time for Team Rocket. Xiaozhi and his team’s actions were more about protecting the victory and reducing their own losses than turning the tide.
The little leader was stunned for a moment. He was not a man of steel. In fact, few people in his line of work were determined. The reason why he did not reveal the whole truth was that he was afraid that he would lose his usefulness and be killed after revealing the information. He thought about it and asked the uncle again: “How do you prove what you said?”
The uncle turned on his communicator and pulled out the file about the operation to show the small leader: “Your confidentiality level is only D-, do you know what this means? Even an ordinary combatant is qualified to retrieve your information, and it only costs 100 points to bail you out.” Of course, the uncle didn’t say that one hundred points was not a small number for him.
The little leader was obviously confused by his words, and seemed a little surprised that he was not taken seriously. He was stunned for a long time before he slowly said: “You really asked the right person to ask me. I was probably the last group of people to evacuate Alola. The black fog appeared very suddenly. At first it spread very slowly and no one paid attention to it. But in just one night, the black fog covered the entire Ula’ula Island. Dr. Kukui sent several teams to investigate but there was no news. Later, the Alliance began to organize people to evacuate Alola. I was reluctant to leave and thought that the Alliance might be able to solve the problem, so I didn’t leave at first. Subsequent events deteriorated sharply, and those creatures called Ultra Beasts came to the real world. The evacuation mission of the Alliance was full, and I couldn’t find a normal evacuation route, so I could only evacuate with the smuggling ship…”
At this point, he seemed to recall the doomsday scene at that time. He murmured foolishly, “Do you know what the Ultimate Beast looks like? I saw it, I saw it! Hahahaha, that monster fell from the sky. There were still hundreds of people on the dock at the time. We saw it not long after our ship left the dock. That muscular monster destroyed the entire dock in less than a minute, and then it preyed on the remaining people for fun… I don’t know what happened afterwards. At the last moment before the ship left the island, I only saw the remaining dozen people fleeing to the island.”
He glanced at Xiaozhi again: “No matter what relatives and friends you have in Alola, if they haven’t evacuated yet, they probably have no hope of survival. Which island do the people you care about live on?”
Xiaozhi quickly replied: “It’s Melemele Island, do you know the information?”
“Meilemele Island? If I remember correctly, the people of Meilemele Island were dispersed to Chengdu. If you want to find someone in the Unova region, you can go to the development zone set up there to look for them.” The little leader lowered his head and was depressed because he spoke out the unbearable memories in his heart. “I have confessed everything I should confess. Can you bail me out?”
The uncle nodded and went out to explain the situation to the staff outside. He came back after a while. He took out the key, unlocked the handcuffs of the little leader, and said to him: “You can go now.”
The man did not leave directly, but said to the uncle: “Can I join Team Rocket?” He did not wait for the uncle to answer and continued, “I am a stowaway. I don’t have an ID. Even if I am released, I can’t find a job outside. It’s better to join your Team Rocket. I have also participated in the island tour in Alola. Although I can’t say how strong I am, I am much stronger than your ordinary fighters, right?”
The uncle thought about it, nodded and said: “I will report it to my superiors. You stay here for the time being, and I will inform you when there is a result.”
The man nodded and then said nothing more.
Xiaozhi was still in a daze. Although he had a bad feeling when he heard the news from Lisa before, the news he heard from the person in front of him was still a little unbelievable. Ultra Beasts… would actually eat people… He had long known from daily life that Pokémon in the real world would hunt humans, but when he thought of those Pokémon in the dream world who looked strange but had kind personalities, he couldn’t imagine that they would actually eat people…
Xiaozhi was very worried about Professor Kukui and Liliae. If something like this really happened, he suspected that these kind-hearted guys might not leave Alola, but take the initiative to solve the problem. He clenched his fists. Now he couldn’t even protect himself (referring to the weak strength of the cowardly bug), let alone help the professor and others.
His strength was still too weak. He couldn’t even protect the people around him, let alone his friends far away. This rest time was an opportunity. Although he couldn’t confirm the current location of many of his partners in the dream, he could roughly guess where one guy was. If he happened to go to Chengdu, he could also go and see if there were any faces he knew in the development zone.
After making a plan in his mind, Xiaozhi stood up and looked at the uncle and Lisa with a firm look: “Let’s go, there are still many things to deal with later.” He turned around and faced the little leader. “Thank you for the information you provided. I hope we can fight side by side when we meet next time.” After that, he pushed the door and walked out.
Fire Dinosaur in Charizard Valley (Old Version)
There were many preparations to be made before going to Chengdu. Xiaozhi first shared his thoughts with the uncle. Lisa had no other opinions and invited Xiaozhi to let his two sisters stay at her house temporarily. The uncle was a little curious about how the relationship between trainers and Pokémon in the dream world could be brought into the real world. He secretly thought that maybe it was not only humans who were brought into the dream world, but also Pokémon. However, there were no reports of Pokémon in certain areas fainting in large numbers in recent years. Perhaps the Pokémon that were brought into the dream world had a different way of entering than humans.
The uncle also supported Xiaozhi’s idea. It was important to find friends in the dream world or to find his own Pokémon. He patted Xiaozhi on the shoulder and told him to go ahead and he could find the team members himself.
Xiaozhi thanked them. It was indeed inconvenient for him to take the two little girls with him to Chengdu this time. There are many ways to go to Chengdu, but after comprehensive consideration, the most convenient way is to take the high-speed train in Jinhuang City. The train ticket is very expensive. This is also a common problem in the Pokémon world. Steel-attribute Pokémon like to eat steel. It is easy for a section of the railroad tracks in the wild to be eaten by passing steel-attribute Pokémon. Therefore, as long as a train departs, the railway patrol team must conduct a comprehensive investigation of the railroad tracks three hours in advance. When the train departs, the patrol team must also disperse the large Pokémon or ground-type Pokémon near the railway in advance, and follow the train all the way to the terminal. Such a huge cost of manpower and material resources also means that the train tickets will not be too cheap.
The round-trip ticket for one person costs 6,000 yuan. It would be difficult for an ordinary person to save this money in a year. When Xiaozhi saw this price, he felt a little distressed. Of course, proof of identity is required to buy a ticket. An orphan like Xiaozhi doesn’t even have the qualifications to buy a ticket, so he can only ask the uncle to buy it for him. Fortunately, the identity verification of ordinary people in the Pokémon world is not strict, otherwise Xiaozhi would have to walk there.
The uncle first drove Xiaozhi and Lisa to Xiaozhi’s home, and Xiaozhi introduced Lisa to the two girls. After explaining his schedule for the next few days to the two girls, Xiaozhi and Mingmei packed their daily necessities and carried Airi to the car.
Lisa’s communication skills are outstanding, or she is very good at dealing with children. The two little girls just met her and they started chatting happily after a while. Xiaozhi felt relieved when he saw this. The two little girls were locked up at home by him. Xiaozhi was actually worried that they would become withdrawn. Taking this opportunity, Xiaozhi also wanted to let them make friends with the children in Lisa’s family.
The train ticket has been booked online for departure at 1pm. As long as he has an idea in mind, he will not delay, and leave early to solve the problem early.
The three kids got along well with the sisters, and soon they gathered together with their drawing boards and started drawing. After saying goodbye to the little ones, Xiaozhi picked up a pen and wrote down the training plan for the next two weeks and gave it to Lisa, urging her not to be lazy. Under someone’s unbelievable eyes, he got into the uncle’s car.
The car drove to the Golden City Train Station. Xiaozhi looked at the seat he was sitting on and was a little worried that he would be blamed for using the company’s car like this. After understanding Xiaozhi’s thoughts, the uncle explained the reason to Xiaozhi. Each battle team has a special car to deal with possible emergencies, so now they can use it at will.
The scenery outside the window quickly passed by, and gradually cement houses began to appear on the roadside, and finally arrived at the destination. The train station is located in the outer ring of Jinhuang City, and people are coming and going at the entrance of the train station. It can be seen that even if it costs a lot of money, there are still many people who take the train.
After receiving his ticket and paying at the ticket office, Xiaozhi said goodbye to the uncle and waited for the train to arrive in the waiting area…
Two days later, Xiaozhi got off the bus and arrived at the nearest destination, “Charizard Valley”. As a landmark attraction in Chengdu, it actually allows tourists to enter. Xiaozhi found the waiting area of the attraction according to the punctuation on the map. There were more people here than he imagined. The line at the ticket office formed a long line and people kept joining. Seeing this, Xiaozhi hurried to join the line.
This situation did not seem to be accidental. While waiting in line, Xiaozhi kept hearing words like Charmeleon and battle, which made him feel a little strange.
In addition to being a place for elderly trainers to take care of their Charizards, Charizard Valley is also one of several large Charmander breeding bases for trainers from the Kanto Alliance to breed Charmanders. Generally speaking, after the Charmanders in the valley are bred, they will be sent to the Alliance headquarters and then distributed to research institutes and Pokémon schools in various cities. There will be basically no Charmanders left. Unless a wild Charmeleon breaks in here, there will be no room for Charmeleons to survive in a valley full of Charmeleons… When Xiaozhi thought of this, he suddenly understood.
“It’s that guy.”
The line slowly moved forward until it was Xiaozhi’s turn at noon. After buying the ticket, Xiaozhi went to the rest area to wait. There were also many people sitting there, and it felt like he would have to wait for a long time. Xiaozhi let the timid bug out and had lunch with him.
Lunch was a sandwich bought from a restaurant on the road. Two slices of bread were wrapped with fresh lettuce, tomato slices, and a little cheese slice. In the middle was a thin layer of artificial meat, covered with ketchup. It tasted sour and sweet and was very appetizing. The cowardly bug also liked the taste, but his legs were too short to eat by himself and he had to rely on Xiaozhi to feed him.
There were still many people waiting. After eating and drinking, the cowardly bug did not return to the Poké Ball but stared at Xiaozhi and made a crisp cry. Xiaozhi nodded, hugged him in his arms and took out a comic book from his pocket. This book was bought at a roadside newsstand to prevent boredom while waiting for the bus at the bus station. It described another imaginary world where Pokémon were transformed into machines and people manipulated these machines to start a war.
I don’t know why Cowardly Bug particularly likes to read this. Usually Cowardly Bug is not indifferent but he seldom shows his emotions. But he was very happy when reading this comic. It seems that he is very interested in these mechanized bodies in the comics.
The comic book was not thick, and when he read it for the third time, it was finally Xiaozhi’s turn. He put away the comic book, and seeing the unsatisfied look in the eyes of the cowardly bug, Xiaozhi decided to buy a few more copies when he returned.
The person who led Xiaozhi and the others on the tour was Miss Ji Ke. She was directing people to board a large hot air balloon. Xiaozhi was the first person and happened to be standing behind Miss Ji Ke.
When everyone arrived, the hot air balloon slowly rose into the sky, and Miss Ji Ke released her little Lisa. This female fire-breathing dragon was much larger than the one in the dream world. She had a slender body, shiny skin, and the claws on her hands were extremely white. It can be seen that this fire-breathing dragon was well taken care of by Miss Ji Ke.
Miss Ji Ke is very professional. Every time we pass a scenic spot, she can quickly introduce the characteristics of it. Even if there doesn’t seem to be anything special about it, she can still tell the stories that happened here, which makes people not bored at all.
Suddenly, a voice came from the crowd, “Look, it’s that Charmeleon!” The people around him gathered around him instantly. Seeing that there were too many people over there, Xiaozhi simply did not squeeze in with them but stepped forward to watch from Miss Ji Ke’s slightly higher driving seat. With the power of the waveguide and his excellent eyesight, he could clearly see the battle in the distance even though he was in a bad position.
It was a battle between a trainer with a Charizard and a tall Charmeleon. Although the exact height could not be seen from a distance, the Charmeleon was only one head shorter than the Charizard. The muscles on its body seemed to have been well-trained, and it looked strong and powerful.
When Xiaozhi’s waveguide touched the Charmeleon, he was obviously stunned. He looked at the hot air balloon with some disbelief. This distracted performance in the battle gave the opposing trainer an opportunity. He immediately used his Charizard to release the Earthquake move to catch Charmeleon off guard.
However, this extremely effective move did not make Charmeleon fall, but instead aroused his anger. He raised his fist and dragon-attribute energy attached to it to form three sharp claws. Waving his claws, Charmeleon pounced on the opponent.
The opponent’s Charizard was not to be outdone, its fists appeared with flames and lightning, and it actually used the flame fist and lightning fist at the same time. It used its body advantage to flap its wings and fly into the air, intending to use the height advantage from above to defeat the opponent in one fell swoop.
Everyone on the hot air balloon was amazed. This superb skill made everyone doubt whether Charmeleon could catch it. Some people had already said with certainty that Charmeleon was doomed to lose, but Charmeleon seemed to have fans as well. When he heard others saying discouraging words, he actually started arguing with the other party.
Of course, the battle would not wait for their quarrel to end. The Charizard flew into the sky and soared down. The violent contact between its wings and the air actually created a sound barrier. It crashed into the Charmeleon with flames and lightning, as well as the violent air ring caused by the sound barrier behind it.
The collision between the two stirred up dust all over the ground. The ground seemed to be severely damaged and the stones splashed up broke the nearby trees on the ground. The trainer seemed to be prepared. A Psilokohama stood in front of him to block the damage.
The huge noise also scared the tourists who were watching. Xiaozhi noticed that Miss Ji Ke next to him was a little excited, as if it was very important for her that Charmeleon was at a disadvantage.
The onlookers didn’t have to wait long. Before the dust had settled, a violent flame broke out inside. The tremendous power of the flame actually burned the surrounding ground into a red heat wave that swept across the entire place. Even though the distance was still more than a hundred meters, the heat was still transmitted and the temperature of the air seemed to have risen by four or five degrees.
Xiaozhi stared at it for a long time before he muttered to himself uncertainly: “This energy… this move is… Fiery Abyss?”
The dust in the air was dispersed by this force, revealing the situation of the two Pokémon fighting inside. The situation inside surprised the passengers. The previously arrogant Charizard was stepped on by Charmeleon and was breathing heavily. It was obvious that its physical strength was already insufficient.
Charmeleon held Charizard’s neck with one hand, and with the other hand, he formed a dragon claw again, as if to end the battle. The battle seemed to have been decided, but when he saw the gem on Charizard’s head, Xiaozhi knew it was not over yet.
Sure enough, the trainer shouted loudly, and the key stone in his hand emitted brilliant colors and echoed with the gem on the top of Charizard’s head. The Charizard was wrapped in a white cocoon of light, and the huge force directly bounced Charmeleon away.
Charmeleon seemed startled by this phenomenon, but he quickly reacted and took advantage of the opponent’s lack of transformation to perform a sword dance. As Charmeleon danced, the general attribute energy gradually seeped into his body, and the muscles of Charmeleon visibly expanded.
The light cocoon disappeared, and the Charizard inside had already changed its appearance. It had grown taller, and the dragon horns on its head had increased from two to three. Short wings similar to the wings behind its back grew on its hands. The whole Pokémon looked even more majestic and domineering.
“Oh – it’s a mega evolution!”
“This is not good. I’m afraid this Fire Dinosaur is going to be defeated.”
The tourists watching were all pessimistic. After all, Charizard’s racial value was much higher than Charmeleon’s, and the gap was even greater after its mega evolution.
Xiaozhi also nodded. If that was the case, Charmeleon would not have much of an advantage, but…
The wave force connection was completed, and Xiaozhi attached a layer of wave force film on Charmeleon’s body. Seeing that Charmeleon did not resist, Xiaozhi began to invade the waveguide into Charmeleon’s body. The waveguide circulated in the blood vessels, and after figuring out Charmeleon’s body structure, Xiaozhi began to use the waveguide to stabilize Charmeleon’s body. The waveguide promoted blood circulation and formed an effect similar to adrenaline, and more waveguides formed a film similar to the outside of the body in Charmeleon’s body, making Charmeleon’s body tougher.
To use the terminology in the game, Ash’s Wave increases Charmeleon’s attack and defense by one level.
Feeling the growing power in his body, Charmeleon turned his head to look at the hot air balloon but immediately turned away to face the Super Charizard opposite.
Mega Charizard was burned by the previous Fiery Abyss, and the opposing trainer also noticed this and ordered Mega Charizard to use long-range attacks. But Charmeleon was too familiar with these fire moves. During the years he stayed in Charizard Valley, he constantly challenged other Charizards, and in the end, all the Charizards in the entire Charizard Valley were defeated by him, so he was too familiar with the way Charizard released skills.
The big fool in front of him was very similar to the one in his dream. He only pursued the power of skills and the speed of attack, but did not pay attention to fighting skills, making the opponent’s melee moves full of flaws in the eyes of Charmeleon.
It was right to use long-range skills after being beaten by him, but the Fire Dinosaur could dodge long-range moves by muscle memory, but if it dared to get too close.
Just as Charizard thought of this, he saw Super Charizard approaching slowly from high in the sky. Because he was losing strength due to the burns, and his moves were constantly being dodged, Super Charizard could only descend even though it was too close and dangerous.
But it obviously did not anticipate how powerful Charizard was. When it was still more than 20 meters above the ground, the Super Charizard wanted to release a big explosion to end its opponent, but Charizard took the lead.
He threw an arm-sized stone at his feet into the air, then kicked his legs and jumped onto the stone. He used this jumping action to avoid the big explosion, and then stomped his right leg with all his strength to directly shatter the stone under his feet. With the reaction force, he quickly attacked the Super Charizard. The flying energy in his body was activated, and a strong wind blew behind him, further increasing the speed of the Charizard.
The trainer wanted to order Mega Charizard to dodge, but the Mega Charizard was still completing its downward movement, and its body hadn’t yet stopped. At this moment, it was affected by the Tail Wind move and could not change its body movements quickly. It could only forcibly condense a lightning fist, trying to force the Charizard back.
But just as Charmeleon had thought before, this Charizard was good at special attacks and not proficient in close combat. Its lightning punch was dodged by Charmeleon when it made contact. Then Charmeleon hugged Super Charizard and clamped Super Charizard’s wings with both hands. Its body began to spin at high speed, and a vortex of flames spurted out of its mouth, taking Super Charizard with it to form a spinning flaming top and falling down at high speed.
The trainer wanted to command his Charizard to fight back, but the dizziness caused by the high-speed rotation made it impossible for Mega Charizard to receive the trainer’s orders.
The gyroscope spun at high speed with unstoppable momentum and hit the ground hard, raising even more dust. Because the hot air balloon was moving closer than before, it was actually covered by dust.
The result this time was beyond doubt. After the smoke cleared, Charizard left its Mega form and fainted on the ground. The trainer quickly retracted Charizard and released a Pidgeot to fly out of the Charizard Valley.
Charmeleon didn’t even look at the departing trainer and went straight into the jungle next to him. He actually started meditating under a waterfall. He looked at the familiar aura on the hot air balloon again, with a serious look in his eyes. No one knew what he was thinking.
Xiaozhi smiled at him and used the power of wave to transmit a thought to him.
“wait for me.”
Conquer the Fire Dinosaur (Old Version)
Seeing the trainer leave, Miss Ji Ke beside him couldn’t help but sigh and said to herself: “We even lost last year’s championship. What should we do now…”
Xiaozhi had noticed that something was wrong with Miss Ji Ke, so he asked, “Excuse me, are you confused?”
Ji Ke didn’t know the man who was talking to her, but perhaps because this question had been bothering her for a long time, the other person’s question made her want to talk.
She scratched her head and said helplessly: “You should know this guest, right? Our Charizard Valley is responsible for the cultivation of the Alliance’s Charmanders. This work has been going smoothly until…” Ji Ke glanced at the Charmeleon who was training over there, “Everything changed after this Charmeleon came. Generally speaking, wild Pokémon will start to relax after gaining dominance in an area and start breeding instead. But for some reason, this Charmeleon is still training even after defeating all the Charmeleons in the valley. Those female Charmeleons will be attacked if they get close to him. Charmeleons pursue powerful Pokémon and are more willing to mate with powerful Pokémon than defeated weak ones… So, because of the existence of this Charmeleon, we can no longer meet the Alliance’s targets as required.”
She scratched her head again, frowned and thought for a long time, and finally raised her head and shouted: “Never mind! Anyway, the championship has been lost. I can’t go to the Four Heavenly Kings and Mr. Du, right? Anyway, I have no choice but to send the report to the higher-ups and let them figure out a solution.”
The passengers around were startled by her sudden voice. Ji Ke also knew that she was in a bad mood and apologized to them quickly. She adjusted her attitude and continued to work as a tour guide. Of course, neither she nor the passengers noticed that there was one less person on the hot air balloon.
While these people were not paying attention to him, Xiaozhi jumped directly from the hot air balloon. Because he wanted to watch the battle up close, the height of the hot air balloon was only more than 20 meters above the ground. With Xiaozhi’s current physical fitness, he would not be hurt even if he jumped down.
After learning the situation from Miss Ji Ke, Xiaozhi no longer had any worries about taming Charmeleon. He walked towards Charmeleon’s location and arrived in front of the waterfall. Charmeleon was still training under the waterfall, but his eyes were always fixed on Xiaozhi’s direction. With the waveguide released by Xiaozhi, he could also accurately locate Xiaozhi’s location.
Of course, the waveguide is not omnipotent. If the distance between the two sides exceeds one kilometer, the perception will fail. This is why Xiaozhi hurriedly jumped down from the hot air balloon. If he didn’t come down at this time, he could only sneak in at night, and then he would probably have to rely on luck to find Charmeleon.
Looking at the Charmeleon in front of him, Xiaozhi smiled gently: “Charmeleon, long time no see.”
Charmeleon just stared at him for a long moment before he stood up from his meditation and walked over to Ash.
Xiaozhi wanted to say hello, but he saw the flame energy gathered in Charmeleon’s mouth and then a jet of flame swept over and directly burned Xiaozhi’s face black and singed his hair.
Xiaozhi touched his burnt hair and smiled helplessly, then he walked over and hugged Charmeleon as if they were reuniting with old friends and said with relief: “I finally found you.”
This sentence seemed to have stimulated Charmeleon’s heart. Ever since he was abandoned by the trainer whose appearance he could not remember, he had dreamed of Xiaozhi in his sleep. Following the steps in his dream, he stumbled all the way to Charizard Valley, but after arriving here, he rarely dreamed of Xiaozhi. He had no idea about the situation and could only devote his energy to training. He felt that perhaps his strength was not enough. If he was stronger, he might be able to break through the barrier of dreams and reunite with his partners in dreams.
But it seemed that he didn’t need to think about these things at the moment. The familiar embrace reminded him of the night when they met in his dream. He was exhausted and was held in the arms of the person in front of him and sent to the Elf Center for treatment.
Xiaozhi also felt Charmeleon’s emotions through the wave guide, and he responded: “I just woke up not long ago and came to see you, you can’t blame me for being too slow.”
Charmeleon let out a soft dragon roar, but did not blame Ash. He just pointed at the Poké Ball on Ash’s waist and urged him on.
Xiaozhi also took out the Poké Ball that he had prepared long ago from his waist. Charmeleon touched the center of the Poké Ball, and the shining red light wrapped him into the ball. Xiaozhi raised the Poké Ball and smiled softly as if reminiscing about the past: “I have captured Charmeleon.” Now he is not as free as before, and he can no longer laugh as recklessly as in the dream, but he does not regret it.
After releasing Charmeleon, Xiaozhi looked at the hot air balloon that was going away and asked Charmeleon: “How about a competition after such a long time?” Xiaozhi pointed to the terminal in the distance and said, “How about we run to that house without being discovered by the people in the hot air balloon? Whoever gets there first wins?”
The Fire Dinosaur just snorted lightly, and the flame on its tail suddenly rose higher and its body was ready to attack.
With the cry of little Lisa, the hot air balloon arrived at the terminal. Ji Ke directed the tourists to get off in an orderly manner. After taking little Lisa back into the Poké Ball, she directed the staff to recycle the hot air balloon, and then gathered the tourists and counted them.
“123…14, 1…Ah?” Ji Ke made a puzzled sound. She counted again, but there were still only fourteen people. She became nervous when she realized something was wrong. She couldn’t help but recall where people had been lost before, but she didn’t have too many memories. Thinking of the dangerous environment in the valley, her heartbeat quickened. Just as she was thinking about it, a voice interrupted her thoughts.
“15 is here!” Xiaozhi came running from the other side in a somewhat embarrassed manner. Ji Ke was about to blame him for running around, but when he saw Xiaozhi’s dirty appearance, he didn’t say much and just wondered why he got so dirty.
Xiaozhi just said that he accidentally fell when he went to the toilet. Ji Ke didn’t believe this, but they were not familiar with each other, and seeing that he was safe and sound, she didn’t care much and led the tourists to the specialty shop next door and said goodbye to everyone.
Xiaozhi was in a good mood after taming Charmeleon. He also bought a Charmander doll and a Charizard doll in the store and planned to give them to the two little girls when he returned.
After completing the first purpose of coming to Chengdu, Xiaozhi rushed to the next destination without stopping. Large Pokémon were not allowed to be released on the bus, so he just released the Fright Bug.
Before getting on the bus, he bought the first few volumes of the comic book at a newsstand on the roadside. After getting on the bus, the coward kept urging Xiaozhi to read the comic book. Xiaozhi tapped his head with his fingers. This little guy really likes this kind of comic book, but he doesn’t know if he simply likes the mecha style or the content of the comic book itself?
It was still a day’s drive to the immigration area, so Xiaozhi could only stay overnight in a roadside hotel. Fortunately, the Chengdu League was not strict about identity verification, and Xiaozhi was able to check in with the forged certificate from the Rockets.
In order to save money, Xiaozhi only booked an economy room, but even so it still cost 150 yuan.
The environment of the economy room is not good. As soon as you enter the door, you can see that the ceramic floor tiles are full of cracks. Although the room has been cleaned, you can still see that the furniture is very old.
Ash placed his backpack on a chair and released the two Pokémon.
After the Charmeleon came out, he just looked around curiously and then turned his attention to the cowardly bug.
The cowardly bug was also a little curious about this strange big guy, and circled around the Fire Dinosaur as if he wanted to take a closer look at it.
Xiaozhi picked up the slug so that he could look at Charmeleon at eye level, and then explained to them that there was no confrontation between the two Pokémon, after all, there was a huge gap in strength.
The Charmeleon touched the Cowardly Bug’s head, pointed his claws at his nostrils and blew out a small stream of flame, and made a bodybuilding move with his other hand, indicating that he would protect the other party from now on. The Cowardly Bug did not resist, and instead communicated with the big man in front of him.
Seeing that the two Pokémon got along well with each other, Xiaozhi felt relieved and went to the bathroom to take a shower. After all, his body was dirty and he was sweating due to the previous intense activities. His body was sticky and very uncomfortable.
After Xiaozhi finished washing, he washed Charmeleon and Squishy. Charmeleon seemed to be not resistant to water because of the special training in the past few years, and instead washed himself calmly.
After washing up, Xiaozhi talked to the two Pokémon about what happened since he woke up and his future goals. He wanted to go to Alola to rescue his friends there.
Of course, this matter cannot be rushed. According to Lisa, the latest rescue team to Alola was led by two of the Four Heavenly Kings, but there was still no news after entering with such a lineup. Although the returning Charmeleon was strong, Xiaozhi even felt that the main Pokémon of the Four Heavenly Kings would not be much stronger than Charmeleon, but he still felt that his reckless rush would not change the result much.
Xiaozhi plans to stay in Team Rocket first and build up his own strength. Once he is strong enough, he will take his new companions to Alola to check out the situation.
One year, this is the time limit that Xiaozhi gave himself. No matter what happens after one year, he will go to Alola to check it out, even if he still can’t do anything by then, he still wants to see how Liliae, Mao and the others are doing.
As the sky gradually darkened, Xiaozhi turned off the lights, said goodnight to the two Pokémon, and fell into a deep sleep on the bed. There was still a lot to do tomorrow, so he should go to bed early.
Leaving Chengdu and going home (old version)
The next morning, Xiaozhi woke up from his sleep and woke up the two Pokémon who were still sleeping. After a simple wash, the two Pokémon had breakfast and were put back into the Poké Ball by Xiaozhi.
After checking out at the front desk, Xiaozhi took a taxi to the Alola development area. Since he had already walked half of the distance yesterday, Xiaozhi arrived at the development area around noon.
This development area is located on the coast and it can be seen that it has just been established not long ago. The facilities on the streets are very simple, and many families still live in large tents. Passers-by are busy carrying large and small tools.
Xiaozhi found a staff member and told him the purpose of his visit. Apparently he was not the first person to ask this question, so the staff expertly took him to a tent and asked him to ask the people inside.
There was a young girl in the room who looked less than 20 years old. After learning the purpose of Xiaozhi’s visit, she turned on the computer in front of her and asked Xiaozhi to tell her the names of her relatives and friends, and then started to search.
The results of the search were mixed. Mao and his family had all settled in the Unova region, but there was no news about Gladion, and there was no information about Liliae and Mao. It seemed that the Aether Foundation, along with them and Dr. Kukui, had disappeared in the black fog…
After leaving the tent, Xiaozhi went to find the Alola people to learn about the black fog.
What they knew was similar to that of the team leader. An old lady told him that when she was evacuating, she did see Professor Kukui and several others riding flying Pokémon towards the center of the fog. Xiaozhi had already guessed this in his mind, so he was not surprised and just sighed.
When Xiaozhi passed by some families who looked like they were not well off, he bought some things from them at high prices under the pretext of buying souvenirs. Of course, even if he paid a higher price for these sundries, the money he earned would only be enough to buy them a dozen kilograms of rice, which actually didn’t help them much, and was just a way to comfort himself.
Xiaozhi originally wanted to go back directly, but when he saw these people still busy building their homes, he couldn’t help but join them.
He went to the recruitment office to sign up and worked for half a day.
As the sun sets, Xiaozhi, worried about his companions, boards the long-distance bus back home. He looks back at the Alola Frontier for the last time. If nothing goes wrong, this should be his last time here. He hopes that they can survive even if they lose their homes.
There are many Pokémon he has captured in Chengdu, but it was seven years ago that he came to Chengdu to adventure in the dream world. During this long period of time, no one knows where those friends have gone. When Xiaozhi was on his way, he passed by two places where he met them in the dream world but did not find them. He was very tight on time, so he could only come back to find them next time when he had free time.
After taking the bus, transferring, buying tickets, and waiting for the train, Xiaozhi finally arrived at the Jinhuang City Train Station. When he came out of the train station, the uncle was already waiting at the door.
On the way to Lisa’s house, the uncle told Xiaozhi that the remaining two teammates had been found and they could meet together tomorrow. Xiaozhi also told the uncle about his gains in Chengdu and made an appointment with the uncle to show him the strength of his Pokémon in the abandoned building later.
After arriving at Lisa’s house, Xiaozhi found that his two sisters had become little adults in Lisa’s house. Airi was using her drawing board to tell some children about Pokémon, while Mingmei was cooking in the kitchen and Lisa was helping her.
Xiaozhi whispered their names at the door. When Mingmei heard it, she rushed out of the kitchen and was about to open the door for Xiaozhi. Seeing Airi, who had stood up in a panic and was running over with a cane, she hurried to help her and opened the door with Airi and the three children who followed behind.
As soon as the door opened, Airi rushed out with the cane in her hand thrown aside. Xiaozhi quickly supported the little girl who made him worry. After the little girl fell into Xiaozhi’s arms, she kept sniffing the familiar smell like a meerkat looking for a little Rattata, as if Xiaozhi had been away for not seven o’clock but seven months.
Mingmei was watching from the side, holding the spatula she brought from the kitchen, looking a little helpless. Xiaozhi touched Airi’s head, and seeing Mingmei’s awkward look, Xiaozhi quickly pulled her over with his other hand and hugged her.
Looking at the two little girls in his arms, Xiaozhi couldn’t help but feel like he was meeting a long-lost girl even though he hadn’t seen her for just a few days. He lowered his head and whispered in the ears of the two little girls, “Did you miss me?”
Mingmei’s face flushed red at his words, and she opened her mouth and babbled something. Airi was also a little shy, and when she looked at Xiaozhi’s familiar face, she was about to speak, but suddenly turned her head away and said in a sullen voice, “I didn’t miss you. You left for so long and didn’t even call me. Did you go somewhere to have fun, stinky brother?”
Xiaozhi pinched the little girl’s nose and said embarrassedly: “I’m sorry, Xiao Aili, the places I went to were all in the wild and the signal was too bad, so I couldn’t call you. I didn’t mean it, please forgive me~”
Airi looked at Xiaozhi’s insincere apology and just puffed her lips without saying anything. The three children behind saw that the two older sisters were hugging Xiaozhi and rushed over to hug him too. Lisa came out of the kitchen and stopped them, and pulled Mingmei, who was still holding a shovel, in. If she didn’t care, the food in the kitchen would probably burn.
After carrying Airi back to her place, Xiaozhi took out the souvenirs he brought for everyone from the pocket on his back. Most of them were wood carvings and clay sculptures. Although they were not cute in appearance, they were still welcomed by everyone because they were new and novel things that they had seen for the first time.
At this time, Leo spoke from the room and invited Xiaozhi to come over. After Xiaozhi entered, Leo pointed at the screen and said excitedly to Xiaozhi: “Mr. Xiaozhi, look, the video we posted last time has received more than 50,000 hits! It has never received so many hits before.”
Xiaozhi leaned over to take a look and was not surprised by the result. The theme of the Pokémon world is Pokémon battles. Isn’t it normal that no one watches the daily life videos posted by Lisa and others? Of course, there are exceptions. In Leo’s follow list, there is an online anchor named Qishu. Even if the videos he posted were just complaints about trivial things in life, they miraculously received hundreds of thousands of views, which made Xiaozhi a little puzzled.
After watching Miss Qishu’s high-click rate video with Leo for a while, the sound of dinner was heard from the living room. Xiaozhi pushed Leo out. A table with dishes was already set up in the living room. Mingmei walked in front of Xiaozhi, looking like a caller waiting for praise. Lisa also praised Mingmei’s cooking skills.
Xiaozhi walked up to her and touched her head, and praised her as Lisa said. The food tasted really good. When Mingmei grows up, she can open a restaurant and support herself, right?
During the meal, Xiaozhi also let Bugs and Charmeleon out to meet everyone. It was the first time for everyone to see Charmeleon. Several children gathered around Charmeleon and touched it here and there. He then picked it up with his claws and put it back in its seat.
After dinner, after helping Lisa clean up the dishes, Xiaozhi asked Lisa to go to the abandoned building for exercise in the afternoon. Lisa looked a little unnatural, but looking at Xiaozhi’s burning eyes, she reluctantly agreed.
It just so happened that the uncle had an agreement with him before, so after helping Lisa with the housework, Xiaozhi, Lisa and the uncle left Lisa’s house with the two little girls. The three children waved to Xiaozhi and the others at the door, and after nodding, Leo pushed the wheelchair and pulled them into the house.
After arriving at the abandoned building, Xiaozhi and the uncle initiated a battle application and the uncle readily agreed. Xiaozhi used Charmeleon and the uncle sent out his trump card Rhydon as expected.
At the beginning, Rumble used its signature skill of turning into a circle and rolling. Although the description of the rolling skill said that the power of the skill would increase as long as it was used continuously, once it was forced to stop, its power would have to start again, so the uncle did not let Rumble attack directly but let it circle around Charmeleon.
This method was actually not very effective. Rumblestone’s rolling speed was not fast. If it was a relatively weak Pokémon, it would be fine, but with Charmeleon’s strength, Rumblestone’s movements were completely slow motion in front of him. If it was him, before rolling, Xiaozhi would first launch a sandstorm or use bluffing to limit the opponent’s performance to the greatest extent before using this move. Although Rumblestone was constantly accelerating, his movements were still firmly locked by Charmeleon. Charmeleon turned around to signal Xiaozhi to give the order to resolve the battle, but Xiaozhi just shook his head and asked him to use Sword Dance.
If it was him, before rolling, Xiaozhi would first launch a sandstorm or use bluffing to limit the opponent’s performance to the greatest extent before using this move. The level of the uncle’s Rumble Stone is actually not low. Although there is little hope, Xiaozhi wants to let it accumulate experience and complete its evolution through battle.
After Charmeleon’s random attacks failed, Rumble Stone’s rolling finally reached its limit, and the uncle immediately ordered an attack. Rumble Stone’s heavy body rolled at an accelerated rate, and a deep gully was dug in the grass beneath it, and it rushed towards Charmeleon with splashed grass roots and soil.
Xiaozhi’s order was also very direct: “Next, then use Earth Throw.”
If Charmeleon was just an ordinary Charmeleon, this order would obviously be a stupid move. The extremely effective rolling move accelerated to the limit would directly defeat Charmeleon.
Unfortunately, just like his extraordinary master, this Charmeleon was much stronger than his peers. He lowered his body and took a sumo-like stance to directly meet the whistling stone ball. When the rolling move with the whistling wind hit the Charmeleon, it only made him retreat a step before he caught it steadily. The rolling Rumble Stone gradually slowed down, and the moment it stopped, the confused look of Rumble Stone happened to meet the sharp eyes of Charmeleon…
With a loud bang, Shi Xin fell down unwillingly and his body fell into a faint due to the protection mechanism.
After taking back the Rumble Stone, the uncle looked at the smiling brat in front of him and thought to himself, “Is this brat showing off to me?”
Holidays (1) (Old version)
After Charmeleon defeated Rhydon, Ash didn’t take its Poké Ball back, but Charmeleon went to train on his own at Ash’s request.
After being apart from Charmeleon for such a long time, Xiaozhi was not familiar with his daily training methods. Charmeleon could improve his strength so much just by training, which showed that his usual training was very effective. If he resolutely changed it, the results of his training might be very ineffective. So Xiaozhi planned to observe his training methods first and then make plans.
After giving Charmeleon his orders, Xiaozhi told the uncle what he had just said and gave him some advice, “The skills of the Roll move are very straightforward. It has no effect against flying Pokémon or extremely agile Pokémon. Uncle, your Rumbler is already proficient in the Roll move. Instead of continuing to study how to speed up, you should first master the Shoot Down and Stomp moves, especially the Shoot Down. Uncle, there is no Pokémon in your lineup that can deal with Flying Pokémon.”
The uncle was enlightened by his words. He nodded and was about to leave when Xiaozhi called him: “Uncle, don’t you want to stay and train?”
The uncle shook the communicator in his hand: “I’m not as idle as you two. As the captain, I have tasks assigned by the higher-ups.”
After watching the old man go away, Xiaozhi turned his gaze to Lisa: “How about we go and take on the mission tomorrow as well?” Although their superiors will not assign them any missions because they are currently in the state of “seriously injured and resting due to illness”, Xiaozhi can still find missions to do on the conservative login system.
When they were together before, the uncle had also told Lisa about the parties in Team Rocket, so when she heard Xiaozhi’s suggestion, she just nodded. Although she didn’t like going to work, she was not used to staying at home all the time.
After seeing Lisa agreed, Xiaozhi took out the Poké Ball of the cowardly bug and said to Lisa: “Then let’s have a good battle! Let me see if you have been lazy these days.”
Lisa was a little embarrassed when she heard the word “lazy”, but she still took out Eevee’s Poké Ball and said as if to encourage herself: “Go Eevee, defeat that coward!”
The two Pokémon were released. As soon as Eevee appeared, it roared “unyi” as if trying to scare the cowardly bug, but its cute appearance obviously had the opposite effect. The cowardly bug just stared at it silently, as if looking at some poor bug.
“Use Tail Shake!” This time Lisa learned her lesson and planned to lower the Cowardly Bug’s defense first.
In Xiaozhi’s vision, through the movement of Eevee shaking its tail, Normal energy condensed on Buggy’s body and slowly eroded the shell covering Buggy. Although it was not obvious, it could be felt that Buggy’s shell had become a little softer.
Sure enough, the performance of these moves in the real world is different from that in the virtual world… Xiaozhi neither let the shrew use the round shape to offset the impact nor let him attack directly. This is not a battle. He does not want to win, but to test Lisa’s training results. “Attack with all your strength, Lisa. Shrew, let’s also block the opponent’s attack well.”
When Lisa heard that Xiaozhi did not resist, she quickly gave an order to Eevee: “Eevee, use Thunderbolt!”
Wrapped in normal system, Eevee quickly approached the Scarecrow. It can be seen that its speed has improved compared to the last time, but… it is still too slow. If the last speed was probably the normal running speed of an adult, then the current speed is probably the running speed of a teenager who often trains in sprinting.
This speed is not only not as fast as the water jet of the cowardly bug, but it is probably not much faster than the normal running speed of the cowardly bug. The cowardly bug subconsciously wanted to dodge, but he remembered what Xiaozhi said before and could only take a stance and steadily take the lightning flash.
The lightning flashed and pushed the cowardly bug a few steps away, and then the force was exhausted. Ibrahimovic just wanted to distance himself, but the cowardly bug used its purple front paws to clamp him tightly and immobilize him. He could only lower his head and look at the cowardly bug with a wronged look. The cowardly bug didn’t change his expression and just looked at him calmly.
“It seems that the “Adorable” move is immune to the cowardly bug~” Xiaozhi said jokingly, “However, if this is the only skill you have, the battle is over. Cowardly bug uses the insect resistance.”
Speaking of which, the original function of the move “Insect Resistance” is to use this move to endure the opponent’s special attack move. After hitting the opponent, the opponent’s special attack will be reduced. However, it seems that every time it is used, either it is the first attack or the opponent uses a physical attack move, and the effect of reducing the special attack cannot be triggered at all, making this move as mediocre as a collision.
Seeing that the coward was about to attack, Lisa was a little panicked but still shouted immediately: “Use Sand Throwing!”
After hearing this, Eevee subconsciously tried to use its two front hands to push away the ground, but its upper body had been clamped tightly by the Scared Bug and it was completely unable to move. It could only try to use its two back legs to use moves, but the Scared Bug would not wait for it that long. Seeing that the opponent was unable to break free, it could only release the insect attribute energy that it had stored long ago, and kicked with its hind legs to knock Eevee away.
The attack did not end the battle for Eevee, but it just fell to the ground and gasped for breath. Lisa wanted to command the little guy to fight, but Xiaozhi shook his head and stopped her.
Although they only fought once, the problems exposed were obvious. Xiaozhi was sure that Lisa had been slacking off on her physical training in the past few days, but learning to use tail wagging and sand throwing was already very good. Xiaozhi encouraged Lisa and then asked her to let Eevee master sand throwing in the next few days, and try to go from using body movements to directly controlling ground energy to release moves as soon as possible. After all, there is not much muddy ground in the city.
Lisa fed Eevee some berries, and after it recovered its strength, she let Chipmunk take Eevee to familiarize itself with the sand-throwing moves.
Seeing the two little ones practicing their moves on the grass, Lisa looked at Xiaozhi curiously: “Xiaozhi, what should I do?”
In fact, Xiaozhi didn’t know what to teach. He could only observe whether Lisa had studied hard in the past few days, whether she had memorized the attribute restraints, whether she could distinguish between physical moves and special moves, etc.
Except for outliers like him, normal trainers need to master the command of battles and the analysis of intelligence. The former mainly relies on experience, but the latter relies on the accumulation of knowledge in daily life. If you don’t remember it well, you will suffer a great loss in battle.
Xiaozhi recalled his experience in the dream world. For some reason, every time he arrived in a new area in the dream world, he would forget many things from the past. Many times, he even forgot the attribute restraint and acted like a rookie. However, in the later stage of the journey, he would slowly recover these memories. But when the memory was fully recovered, it was time to go to the next area. Not only him, but also Pikachu. In the dream world, they seemed to be involved in reincarnation again and again. It was not until he left that world that Xiaozhi thought of this incongruity.
I always feel that there are more and more mysteries in the dream world. Next time I meet the dream gods, I must ask them carefully.
Lisa’s test results were not very good. Seeing that her two sisters were still curiously watching, Xiaozhi simply pulled the two girls over and started the lesson again together with a certain “poor student”…
When the sun was about to set, Xiaozhi finally finished what he wanted to say. Chimboo and Eevee had already been taken back into the Poké Ball because they had run out of energy. If it were normal, Xiaozhi would have told Lisa that they would meet tomorrow, but there was one last thing left.
Xiaozhi waved to Charmeleon who was watching from the side and said, “Charmeleon, let’s have a duel.”
The Charmeleon nodded excitedly, and the two sides soon arrived at an open space.
After getting ready, Charmeleon took the lead in attacking. He clenched his fists and stomped the ground with one foot, creating a hole in the grass. At the same time, his body flew out due to the reaction force, heading straight for Xiaozhi.
Xiaozhi was not to be outdone. He used the power of the waves to stabilize his body. He pressed his hands down with his palms and went straight for the target.
The two figures were like tigers out of cages. When they collided, a wave of air burst out from their hands, blowing the surrounding grass outwards.
Charmeleon was not surprised to be blocked, and used its hard head to headbutt Xiaozhi. Xiaozhi was not to be outdone, and kneed Charmeleon, leaving a dent in its belly.
The two sides wrestled together, and compared to trainers or Pokémon, they were more like fighters fighting in a ring. The two sides seemed to have a telepathic connection. Xiaozhi did not use the spiral bullet, and Charmeleon did not use long-range moves. It was as if they were really two ordinary martial artists, attacking each other only with physical strength.
The two sisters Lisa and Mingmei stood there in a daze, looking at the two guys who were making the grass around them tremble. They didn’t know what to say, so they could only stay away and wait for them to decide the winner.
The two bodies fought each other so closely that they were like intertwined spiral gears. But the fight would eventually end. Charmeleon’s physical strength was comparable to Xiaozhi’s, but his combat experience was much higher than Xiaozhi’s. When the battle became a protracted war, Xiaozhi soon fell into a disadvantage. In the end, Charmeleon seized a flaw and kicked him more than ten meters away, which determined the outcome.
Covering his thigh that was kicked, Xiaozhi couldn’t help but complain about Charmeleon’s ruthlessness. Charmeleon seemed to understand Xiaozhi’s words but was too lazy to refute. His trainer was as strong as a Tyrannosaurus Rex. If he didn’t take it seriously, they might fight until dark. He was already a little hungry after the previous training, so how could he have the energy to show mercy?
Charmeleon helped Ash up, expressed his wishes to him, and then returned to the Poké Ball.
The attack from Charmeleon wasn’t serious. Ash felt much better after rubbing the affected area. He and Lisa, who had hurried over to ask about his health, waved their hands and he put the Poké Ball back into his pocket.
“Lisa, remember to go to Mr. Tachibana’s restaurant tomorrow morning to meet with other team members. I will carefully select whether there are any suitable tasks in the evening. After meeting the team members tomorrow, let’s go to do the tasks!” Xiaozhi said goodbye to Lisa.
After reminding this somewhat reckless companion to be careful on the way back, Xiaozhi and the two girls walked back home. Of course, because Airi was not mobile, Xiaozhi carried her on his back.
Holidays (2) (Old version)
Although it was late, Xiaozhi did not plan to go back now. The last time Miss Yosano treated his two younger sisters, Xiaozhi added her contact information.
During the few days in Chengdu, Xiaozhi communicated with the pharmacist several times. She gave Xiaozhi a suggestion. Airi’s disease is difficult to cure. Instead of letting her use crutches all the time, it would be better to buy her a wheelchair so that it would be more convenient for her to travel.
The place Xiaozhi and his friends were planning to go was an equipment store recommended by Miss Yosano. Xiaozhi had checked the prices of wheelchairs online in advance, and the money he saved from returning from Chengdu was just enough to make the purchase with some money left over.
It was still a long way to the store, and it seemed like a long-lost family was taking a walk outside. Airi was particularly talkative. She kept describing the fun things that happened at Lisa’s house in the past few days, and her mouth curved like a crescent when she smiled.
Mingmei had mostly overcome her fear of Fright Bug, and was now following behind him with Fright Bug in her arms and feeding him a small portion of Pokémon food.
Charmeleon was walking in the front, the flame on its tail serving as illumination in the gradually darkening sky. He grabbed the Pokémon food that Xiaozhi had handed to him earlier and chewed it in big mouthfuls, looking like he was eating a snack rather than a meal.
Soon Xiaozhi and his friends arrived at the store. After explaining the situation to the staff, they were immediately led to a wheelchair trial area, where more than a dozen wheelchairs were scattered around.
Xiaozhi put Airi down and asked her to try each one and choose the one she liked. But Airi didn’t make much choice. After comparing the price list, she chose the cheapest one and asked Xiaozhi to check out.
It was an ordinary-looking wheelchair, with a steel frame and a black seat cushion. Xiaozhi wanted Airi to choose another one but seeing the determined look in the little girl’s eyes, he had to give up.
After paying the bill, Xiaozhi put Airi on the newly bought wheelchair and pushed the little girl for a stroll on the street. There were many things to buy, including rations for Charmeleon, weight-bearing clothes, new drawing paper for the two sisters, and dinner for tonight. Tonight was destined to be a severe test for Xiaozhi’s wallet.
Carrying a lot of things, Xiaozhi and his friends finally got home. The two sisters were exhausted, and after a simple wash, they fell asleep on the bed.
After covering his two sisters with blankets, Xiaozhi climbed onto the roof. Today the moon was only half full, but the stars were exceptionally bright, like sparkling diamonds, forming a beautiful starry sky.
Xiaozhi sat on the roof and began to practice the power of waveguide. The waveguide circulated in the body, constantly compressing the blood vessels and muscle fibers to make them tougher with each cycle.
In a trance, although he was still conscious, he started dreaming again. This dream was a little different from the first one, as Xiaozhi experienced the dream from a first-person perspective.
This “self” seems to be a samurai. In Xiaozhi’s vision, he seems to be being hunted by some force. His martial arts are very superb, and he wields two swords, one long and one short. No matter whether it is a human samurai or a Pokémon on the road, he will defeat them within three rounds.
This person seemed to have no idea what mercy was. People and Pokémon that fought with him were either killed or maimed. The tragic scene made Xiaozhi frown. Xiaozhi couldn’t bear to see this scene, but he couldn’t withdraw. He could only adjust his mind and focus on the force points of the warrior’s body when he swung the sword, and forget the bloody scenes by sensing these.
At the end of the fight, the warrior fell to the ground. He and the last enemy stabbed each other in the chest at the same time. The opponent was stabbed directly in the heart by the warrior. The warrior was not very good. Although he avoided the fatal position, he was also exhausted. After seeing the opponent fall to the ground, he slowly lay down and leaned against the corner of the wall. The wounds left by the previous many battles continued to bleed. Xiaozhi could see that if the bleeding was not stopped in time, this person would soon die of excessive blood loss.
He woke up, and there was still the vast starry sky above his head. Xiaozhi was a little dazed, wondering what the end of the samurai was? He sighed, and stopped thinking about this meaningless thing and focused on his body.
No matter what his ending was, it had nothing to do with me now. Xiaozhi picked up a small branch and swung it forward, imitating the sword-drawing action of the warrior in the dream. The branch blew a strong wind but nothing else changed. The swordsman’s slashes in the dream seemed to be able to condense a sword energy with impressive momentum. It seemed that he had to practice more.
Looking at the branch in his hand, Xiaozhi wondered if he should buy a real samurai sword to practice…
The next day, Mingmei woke up naturally from her sleep. She looked at the sofa and saw Xiaozhi lying there sleeping soundly. She glanced at Airi next to her and found that the lazy bug had not woken up yet. She quietly approached Xiaozhi and called him softly beside him. Seeing that Xiaozhi had not woken up, she gradually became bolder. She poked Xiaozhi with her little hand for a while. Seeing that Xiaozhi did not respond, she threw herself into his arms, holding Xiaozhi’s shoulders with both hands, and her face pressed against his chest, constantly sniffing something, with an expression that was both happy and comfortable. She maintained this posture for more than ten minutes, and the satisfaction in her heart gradually overflowed. After a while, she held Xiaozhi’s face with both hands. Just as she was about to move, she heard a confused voice behind her.
“Sister Mingmei?”
Mingmei’s body suddenly stiffened. She turned around and saw Ai Li looking at her with a hazy look in her eyes. It was obvious that she had just woken up and her mind was still not clear. She was relieved to see her expression. She rubbed Ai Li’s little head and asked her to sleep for a while before going to the kitchen to prepare breakfast.
Xiaozhi slept in for a rare time. When he woke up, Airi and Mingmei were sitting at the table waiting for him. Xiaozhi finished his breakfast a little embarrassedly, washed up, told his two sisters to be safe at home, and went out.
When Xiaozhi arrived, there were already a few people in Mr. Tachibana’s restaurant. The uncle and Lisa were both there, and it seemed that Xiaozhi, who got up late, was the only one who was late. Xiaozhi ignored the uncle and focused his eyes on the remaining two people, one of whom Xiaozhi actually knew.
When the man saw Xiaozhi, he greeted him: “Hey, long time no see, brother.” Xiaozhi nodded in response. This man turned out to be the previous Alola poacher.
The other person was wearing a red and black stealth suit, a mask on his face, and a pair of short blades on his back, dressed like a ninja. He met Xiaozhi’s eyes but didn’t say anything, seeming to be very cold.
The uncle pulled him over and introduced the two new members to Xiaozhi. The name of the Alola poacher was Soma. Although he looked to be in his 30s or 40s, he was actually only 24 years old this year. His appearance was the same as the uncle’s.
The name of the other girl who looked like a ninja was Ya on her file. This girl was a bit mysterious. At that time, the uncle was planning to find a few newcomers to ask if they were willing to join his team. This girl came to him on her own initiative, bringing a letter of recommendation from a conservative cadre.
Since joining the team, she has not had much communication with the uncle. Every time the uncle talks to her, she will just write on a note to answer. I don’t know if she is not good at communication or has some physical problem.
When the uncle introduced the ninja, she took out a note and wrote “I am Miyabi, please take care of me.” Xiaozhi was somewhat familiar with the name but could not remember where he had seen it.
After the uncle introduced each other, he took everyone to the restaurant to eat some cakes and then left with the two of them. Before leaving, Xiaozhi and the two of them added contact information in case of emergency.
After the uncle and his two main companions left, Xiaozhi and Lisa looked at each other in bewilderment. The two new members seemed a little unreliable. The uncle also had this feeling, so he had been taking the two of them out to take on missions in order to get to know them better.
The uncle had explained this to Xiaozhi through the communicator. Xiaozhi took out the communicator from his pocket, sat next to Lisa, opened the task app, and looked for a suitable task with Lisa.
The conservative software has a very detailed classification of tasks. They divide the tasks into 9 levels. Only by completing tasks continuously can you upgrade your level and accept tasks of corresponding difficulty. This system avoids the possibility of newcomers failing tasks due to overly difficult tasks, but the rigid upgrade system will also dampen the enthusiasm of those capable trainers. It is a mixed blessing.
Of course, Xiaozhi and his friends couldn’t think so much. Even the level one missions still had seven or eight pages waiting for Xiaozhi and his friends to choose. Xiaozhi and his friends read several pages. I don’t know if it’s because the level is low, the missions are relatively simple. Many of them are to help find lost Pokémon or capture wild Pokémon.
The rewards for the missions are pretty much the same, basically a few hundred yuan. Although it sounds like a lot, tasks like finding lost Pokémon are time-consuming and laborious, and there is a high possibility that your efforts will be wasted because someone else has found it first. As for the mission of catching Pokémon, you have to know that one Poké Ball costs 200 yuan. If you don’t master the method, you will lose money if you lose a few more. “No matter what kind of mission I take, it seems that the money is not easy to make…” Xiaozhi sighed.
Looking at the lost information above, Xiaozhi could only shake his head. Even if he had a Pokémon suitable for finding the target Pokémon, he would have to rush to the location where the Pokémon was lost to look for it. The round-trip fare alone was not worth it. He could only pray in his heart for those who lost Pokémon, hoping that their Pokémon could find their way home.
After turning the page, before Xiaozhi could take a closer look, Lisa suddenly pointed to a task information on the screen and asked Xiaozhi to pay attention.
That was a somewhat special task:
Mission Level: 1
Objective: Help the client teach his child to catch Pokémon
Require:
1. Help the client’s child catch the Pokémon he needs. (The client must provide the Poké Ball)
2. It is necessary to film a video of the executor teaching his children for evidence collection.
3. After accepting the task, you must inform the client in advance of the time you will perform the task. Once both parties have agreed on the time, you cannot regret it.
Mission reward: 2000 cash, 5 bottles of good medicine, 20 mission points.
The reward for this task is much higher than other tasks, and the difficulty is not great. It is also located right in the town, so it is no wonder that Lisa took a fancy to it at first sight. However, Xiaozhi was still keenly aware of the loopholes in it. Just in case, he sent a private message to the client before accepting it to ask what type of Pokémon his child likes and whether there are any distributed near this town.
The other party replied quickly, saying that the requested Pokémon types were indeed distributed nearby. After Xiaozhi confirmed with Lisa again, he finally accepted the task and paid a deposit of 200 yuan.
Xiaozhi and his friend’s first mission is finally about to begin.
Holidays (3) (Old version)
The time agreed with the client was in the afternoon. While there was still time, Xiaozhi and his companions warmed up in Mr. Tachibana’s backyard to get their Pokémon into the best condition. They agreed to meet at the place agreed with the client in the afternoon and then left.
Xiaozhi went to buy some vegetables, and then went to a nearby bookstore to buy some picture books and magazines, intending to take them back for his two younger sisters to pass the time.
After lunch, Xiaozhi said goodbye to his two sisters again and went to the agreed place.
It was a small villa. Although real estate in the Pokémon world was not expensive, the manpower and material resources required to maintain the normal operation of the villa were still not a small amount. It seemed that the employer was a rich man, Xiaozhi thought silently.
Xiaozhi did not go in, but waited for Lisa on a seat on the roadside. This task did not limit the number of people who could carry out the task. The client even emphasized that the person who accepted the task should be strong, and even required that the strength of the person who accepted the task be assessed before the task was carried out.
Xiaozhi and Qiqi continued to look at the comic book about the mechanized Pokémon for about thirty minutes, and Lisa also came over.
Because she heard that the mission was in the jungle, she changed her clothes. She wore a white T-shirt with a Psyduck head on the upper body, a white and black plaid shirt on the outside, and denim shorts for easy movement on the lower body. She also had a shoulder bag full of medical supplies on her waist. In terms of her clothes, she was undoubtedly very young and beautiful, but she still had that strange makeup on her face. She was obviously a young girl, but the heavy makeup on her face ruined the overall beauty and looked a bit out of place.
Seeing that Lisa didn’t seem to have any sense of responsibility, Xiaozhi didn’t know whether he should remind her or not. He could only subconsciously ignore the sense of incongruity and knocked on the door with her.
The person who opened the door was a woman in her forties who looked a bit like a maid. After telling her their purpose, Xiaozhi and his friends were led to the study on the second floor.
In the study, a middle-aged man and a little boy who looked no more than eight or nine years old were reading a book together. There was a knock on the door. After the man answered, the maid opened the door and led Xiaozhi and the other boy in.
The middle-aged man looked at Xiaozhi and the other man for a while and said, “Hello, although it may be redundant, I still want to confirm that you have no objection to the content of the task?” Seeing Xiaozhi and the other man nod, he stood up and said, “Then let’s go to the back garden and let me test your skills.”
This person seemed to be used to speaking in the tone of a superior. Xiaozhi and Lisa frowned when they heard his tone, but they couldn’t say anything since the other party was their sponsor.
This middle-aged man is not a trainer. His Pokémon is a Nidoqueen. Although it looks scary, Xiaozhi can tell from its short horns, fat limbs and 1.3 meters tall that this Pokémon has not been carefully trained and was probably forced to evolve into Nidoqueen by wearing the Moon Stone right after it evolved into Nidona. If a Nidona is trained normally and evolves into Nidoqueen, its height is generally over 1.6 meters.
It is enough that Xiaozhi does not intend to use Charmeleon to attack this kind of opponent.
Seeing that the one sent by Xiaozhi was Coward, the opponent obviously looked down on him and directly ordered Nidoqueen: “Use Freeze Ray to defeat it.” Nidoqueen’s mouth immediately began to condense ice energy, intending to defeat the little guy in front of it in one fell swoop.
Xiaozhi’s order was also decisive: “Scared Bug, use the water jet to attack her mouth.”
Fright Bug’s extremely fast attack hit directly, and the condensed ice energy was interrupted before it could be released. If a Pokémon is proficient in this move, it can actually change the move at this time and transform the Freezing Beam into Freezing Fang. Even if it misses the opponent, it can avoid counter-injury itself. But this Nidoqueen obviously did not have such quality. The accumulated ice energy burst out directly in Nidoqueen’s mouth because of being interrupted, and directly froze Nidoqueen’s mouth. That Nidoqueen obviously did not encounter such a dilemma. She fumbled with the ice covering her mouth with her hands, and looked panicked.
Xiaozhi did not miss this opportunity and gave another command: “Use the water jet to attack the opponent’s legs.”
The cowardly bug did not hesitate and jumped directly into the air with a fierce stream of water to hit Nidoqueen’s calf. The Nidoqueen was still in a panic and obviously didn’t pay attention to the lower body. This weak move actually made the opponent lose balance and fall to the ground, creating an effect similar to a lower body kick.
Nidoqueen felt a little dizzy after falling down, and the middle-aged man gave her orders repeatedly without any response. Xiaozhi could only sigh that such a battle really made him lose his energy. He ordered the cowardly bug: “Use sand to attack Nidoqueen’s eyes and then continue to use water jets.”
First, Nidoqueen’s mouth was blocked, and then she suddenly fell to the ground, hitting her knees and hurting her. Now sand and gravel got into her eyes, and the whole Pokémon fell into confusion and rolled around on the ground. This defensive posture naturally gave the timid Pokémon a great opportunity to attack.
Although Nidoqueen is in her final evolved form and has a very strong body, she cannot withstand the continuous attacks from the restrained moves. After being attacked three times in a row by Chicano, she finally runs out of energy and falls down.
The middle-aged man took back the Pokémon with a dazed look on his face. Xiaozhi praised the cowardly bug and took it back into the Poké Ball. He looked at the middle-aged man in front of him and said, “Sir, did I pass the test?”
The middle-aged man stared at Xiaozhi blankly and could only sigh. He waved to the little boy behind him and replied: “I didn’t expect the gap between my strength and that of a formal trainer is so big. My child is in your hands now.”
He turned around, gave the little boy a few words of advice, and then left, leaving the three of them some time alone together.
Xiaozhi squatted down and greeted the little boy: “Hello little boy, can you tell me your name?”
The little boy looked at Xiaozhi with sparkling eyes and quickly revealed his personal information to Xiaozhi.
The two communicated with the little boy for a while and then prepared to set off. The middle-aged man disappeared somewhere, so Xiaozhi could only say hello to the maid and then left with the little boy.
The little boy’s name is Azhe. The Pokémon he wants to catch is the Poliwag, which can be found in streams or along the banks of lakes.
Referring to the map, Xiaozhi and the other two walked towards their destination. Along the way, many Pokémon appeared, such as Grasshopper, Caterpillar, and Pidgeot. Most of them were not aggressive and quickly dodged when they saw Xiaozhi and the other two. Only a few would take the initiative to fight, but their weak strength made even Lisa easily deal with them.
During the period, when defeating a Pidgeot, Ash asked Lisa if he wanted to capture it, but Lisa refused on the grounds that this bird Pokémon was too weak and couldn’t even beat her Eevee.
Xiaozhi had no choice but to feed the poor Pidgeot some blue oranges and put it on the branch of a big tree. If he left it there, the Pidgeot would most likely be eaten by a passing carnivorous Pokémon.
After many twists and turns, after Lisa’s Eevee achieved another two-hit combo, Xiaozhi and his friends finally reached their destination, a small river.
Pushing aside the weeds by the river, Xiaozhi and his friends soon discovered the water-attribute Pokémon living there.
There were a few Psyducks on the shore staring at each other stupidly, not knowing what they were doing. The river was clear, and from time to time a horned goldfish jumped out of the water, splashing waves. Of course, the most common was Magikarp, a Pokémon that was distributed almost all over the world. Because of its weak strength and outstanding reproductive ability, this Pokémon appeared in the diet of almost all aquatic carnivorous Pokémon. Just now, a mullet was chasing a Magikarp and swam past Xiaozhi and the others.
Unfortunately, with so many Pokémon, there was no sign of the Mosquito Repellent. Ash and the others could only hide themselves and walk through the lush weeds by the river, carefully paying attention to any movements in the river.
Today, Xiaozhi and his friends were not very lucky. After walking along the river for more than an hour, they encountered at least 78 kinds of Pokémon, but the Pokémon they wanted was not there. In order to avoid having no harvest today, Xiaozhi proposed a suggestion to Azhe: “Why don’t you go with us to capture other Pokémon first to accumulate experience, and then capture the scorpion when you meet it.”
Ah Zhe was obviously bored of walking, and nodded repeatedly when he heard what Xiaozhi said, and started to choose his opponent at Xiaozhi’s signal.
Soon he found a target, a furry ball that was leisurely dozing on the branch of a big tree.
This was undoubtedly an excellent fighting opportunity. Xiaozhi threw the Cowardly Bug’s Poké Ball and pointed it at the fur ball and ordered: “Use Water Jet to attack him.”
The ball of fur obviously didn’t react in time, and the water jet knocked it off the tree, causing secondary damage.
At this time, Xiaozhi added to Azhe: “Before catching Pokémon, you must first use attacks to weaken the opponent’s physical strength, so that the possibility of catching it is higher.”
The fur ball was hit unexpectedly and fell to the ground with a cry of pain. He looked around and soon found the opponent who attacked him, an ugly insect with a purple body covered with a white shell.
It let out an angry cry, gathered insect-attribute energy from its mouth and pounced on the cowardly bug. But its speed was too slow, and the cowardly bug easily dodged it even without Xiaozhi’s command.
Xiaozhi ordered the cowardly bug to fight back with Bug Resistance and then continued to explain to Azhe: “The move this fur ball just used is Bug Bite, which is a move with good damage, but its speed is too slow so it can’t hit my cowardly bug. And because this fur ball just took a lot of damage, in order to prevent the water jet from accidentally hitting the opponent’s weakness and directly defeating the opponent, so now I can only use Bug Resistance, which does not do much damage to fur balls with insect attributes, to weaken the opponent’s physical strength.”
As Xiaozhi and Chucky intentionally held back, Maoqiu’s physical strength was constantly weakened, but he did not fall down for a long time. Xiaozhi also explained the key points of catching Pokémon to Azhe in his spare time while directing the battle.
For example, the most important point is why we can’t just defeat the opponent and then capture it. There are actually two main reasons for this. If you defeat the opponent and capture it when it is in a dying state, the opponent is likely to have a psychological shadow on the trainer. Some stubborn Pokémon will not obey the trainer’s command and think that they are being captured against their will and run away. Only when the opponent maintains basic willpower and fights against the trainer, and loses in the final capture phase, or is defeated and convinced, will the Pokémon be truly obedient.
The second is a more practical problem. After being beaten into a near-death state, Pokémon will slowly absorb the surrounding energy to recover from injuries. If they are suddenly trapped in an unfamiliar environment and cannot absorb energy, they will subconsciously stop this energy-absorbing behavior to avoid continuous useless behavior that aggravates physical exhaustion. This change will not change even if the Pokémon is released from the Poké Ball again. After all, the Pokémon has lost consciousness and cannot observe changes in the surrounding environment. If you don’t rush to the Pokémon Center to find Miss Joy to treat this state, in order to survive, the Pokémon will even absorb the fat and energy in the body like self-mutilation to stimulate the residual attribute energy in the organs to convert it into vitality to recover from injuries. Of course, if you have money, you can spray the Pokémon with powerful medicine and eat a vitality fragment, and nothing will happen, but this will undoubtedly increase the cost of capture.
Due to the continuous battle, the battle between the timid bug and the fur ball has moved to the river. With the last blow from the timid bug, the fur ball was hit hard into the water, half of its body was out of the water, and it was breathing tiredly. Xiaozhi immediately patted Azhe on the shoulder and shouted: “Now, throw the Poké Ball!”
Azhe quickly threw out the tennis ball he had prepared long ago, and it turned into a parabola and shot straight towards the ball of fur. Just before the two were about to meet, a Pokémon with a light blue belly and a tadpole-like pattern of circular eyes suddenly splashed out and knocked the ball of fur away. It was narrowly captured by the Poké Ball.
The Poké Ball shook a few times and then fell silent, leaving only three people looking at each other in bewilderment. The furry ball saw that everyone was in a daze and fled the scene in two or three steps.
Xiaozhi: “…”
Ah Zhe: “…”
Lisa, who was watching the show, “…”
So… all the teachings before were in vain? How did a tadpole suddenly appear out of nowhere and was captured by a ball with full health? Xiaozhi was a little mad.
Holidays (4) (Old version)
After a long silence, Xiaozhi coughed to remind Azhe to put away the Poké Ball, and then changed the topic to discuss the Pokémon breeding plan with Azhe.
There are two final evolutionary forms of the mosquito tadpole, the mosquito swimmer (fast swimming frog) with water and fighting attributes and the mosquito frog king with pure water attributes. The two different evolutionary forms have different breeding directions.
Kamasutra is good at physical attacks and can learn many boxing-type moves. It is also a good output position in the team. His even attribute distribution gives him good physical strength. If the opponent has a melee-type Pokémon that is too strengthened, he can also withstand the opponent’s moves and use the Ba Toss move to force the opponent to leave the field. If it is a Kamasutra with the Leisurely characteristic, using the Waterfall Climb move in conjunction with the Rainmaker move can also cause high damage.
The cultivation direction of Frog is a bit simpler. After all, its hidden characteristic is rainfall. This special characteristic makes it one of the cores of the rainy day team. Most famous water-attribute Pokémon trainers will capture a Pokémon with this characteristic. In addition to the characteristic of moisture, which can only improve the living environment of agricultural products in most cases, Frog, whether it is a water storage characteristic or a rainfall characteristic, is more commonly used as a supporter and special shield by using its good body rather than being a damage dealer. Some trainers even let it carry the Zero Fruit (to wake up Pokémon from sleep and use Tidal Swirl (trap the opponent) + Song of Destruction (all Pokémon affected by the skill within three rounds lose their combat ability) + Guard + Sleep (fall into sleep state, full physical recovery) to forcibly replace the opponent’s ace Pokémon.
Of course, Xiaozhi only mentioned these briefly. Now Azhe is not even a novice trainer, so it is too early to consider these things.
Xiaozhi looked at the communicator and saw that it was already three o’clock in the afternoon. Considering that the return journey would take time, Xiaozhi asked Chucky and Eevee to fight off the Pokémon that actively attacked Xiaozhi and his group.
When Xiaozhi and his friends returned to the town, it was already past five o’clock. Since they had contacted Azhe’s family through the communicator before, the driver was already waiting for Xiaozhi at the entrance of the town.
Azhe’s car is a four-seater sedan. Although it has four wheels like the vans and freight trucks in the logistics company, its appearance is very different. The appearance of this car is like a pair of leather shoes that have just been oiled. It is shiny black and looks very beautiful. The seats inside are made of some high-end material, but they are actually more comfortable to sit on than the sofa in Lisa’s house.
Xiaozhi and the other boy had been busy for the entire afternoon and were already a little tired. At this moment, they sank directly into their seats, looking more like two limp Dittos than two young adults.
The car arrived at Azhe’s house very quickly. Although they were reluctant to leave the comfortable seats, Xiaozhi and the other two got out of the car immediately. The maid had been waiting at the door and took Xiaozhi and the other two to the study.
The gentleman was still reading. Azhe saw his father walking over awkwardly and handed him the ball in his hand. The father and son chatted for a while, and the middle-aged man asked Azhe to take a shower first. The little boy and Xiaozhi waved their hands, and the other pointed at his communicator and winked at Xiaozhi before leaving. When he came back, Azhe took the initiative to find Xiaozhi and added his contact information to discuss with Xiaozhi how to train Pokémon. Xiaozhi did not refuse. Seeing the little boy’s expression at this moment, Xiaozhi guessed that the other party probably meant to contact him later using the communicator.
After saying goodbye to Azhe, only Xiaozhi and the other two were left at the scene. Xiaozhi asked Lisa to send the video of capturing Pokémon that she had recorded earlier to the client.
After watching the video, the middle-aged man nodded and praised, “I can’t believe that someone like you is an unknown trainer.” He paused and said, “In fact, I also dreamed of becoming a trainer when I was young, but unfortunately my father prevented me from doing anything and I could only inherit the family business…”
When he said this, his eyes were full of gloom, as if he was recalling the past that he could not bear to look back on, but looking at the magnificent decorative furniture around him, one could only say that he was a bit Versailles.
At this time, there was a knock on the door. The middle-aged maid came in with a tea set and made a cup of tea for Xiaozhi and the other two. The middle-aged man took a sip of the teacup and continued, “My child loves Pokémon as much as I did when I was young. I don’t want to force him to inherit the family business like my father did, so…” He stared at Xiaozhi and said, “I apologize for my previous arrogant behavior. If you don’t mind, can I hire you to be my child’s Pokémon instructor?”
His statement surprised Xiaozhi and Xiaozhi. In the Pokémon world, ordinary teachers and Pokémon instructors are two different concepts. When it comes to this, we must first explain the classification of education in the Pokémon world.
First of all, a child born in the Pokémon world starts primary school education when he is 5 years old, systematically learning linguistics, mathematics, Pokémonology, and ideological and moral education. After 5 years, the top 40% of students will be promoted to a special Pokémon school through comprehensive performance assessment, while the remaining 60% of students will continue to attend ordinary middle schools unless they have special skills. After 6 years of graduation, they will find a job and become a social animal, living a lonely life. Students who go to Pokémon schools are different. On the first day of school, they can not only receive their first Pokémon (such as the three starters), but also enjoy subsidies from the alliance. Not only are tuition fees waived, but they can also receive a Pokémon training resource every month. It can be said that as long as students can successfully graduate from Pokémon schools after 6 years, their initial Pokémon will at least be comparable to the level of elite trainers, which is much higher than those who can only go to ordinary schools and have to work hard to take the trainer certificate.
Of course, as the old saying goes, every gift from fate has its price already marked, and the assistance from the Pokémon League is not free. The graduation rate of Pokémon schools has always been low. Since its inception, the graduation rate of Pokémon schools in all regions has never exceeded 30%. So what will happen to those unqualified members? This is about the League’s subsidies. Before receiving the subsidies, everyone must sign a contract acknowledging that the subsidy is a scholarship for top students. If the person who signed the contract cannot graduate successfully, he must choose to join an official company related to the League and work for at least two years.
Although this contract looks like an unfair clause, in fact, signing this labor contract is equivalent to being a civil servant in real life. Joining the league itself has a good salary and many benefits. Most people are reluctant to leave even after working for two years. Even if they are really not interested in this, they will only be 18 years old after two years. It is not too late for them to travel as trainers at this age.
Back to the source, the profession of Pokémon instructor is extremely difficult to get a job because of its own particularity. For example, in the Kanto Johto region, in addition to those top students who graduated from the Pokémon School and continued to study at the Silver Academy and obtained a diploma, ordinary people who want to get this job must at least get the badges of the eight major gyms in one region. How difficult is this? The League Conference does not limit the age of participants. In theory, even a 90-year-old octogenarian can participate in the conference as long as he has collected 8 badges. Travel trainers in a region account for about 10% of the total number. According to the survey report of the Kanto region last year, the total number of registered trainers in the Kanto League last year was more than 187,000, which means that at least more than 10,000 people are on the journey to challenge the gym. How many of these people can collect 8 badges? Even the conference with the largest number of participants rarely has more than 300 applicants, which means that only 3% of trainers can successfully collect eight badges.
Xiaozhi felt that the other party’s decision was a bit abrupt, and he had already promised Azhe that he would help him, and now he promised his father again, which was a bit…
But the client seemed to see the reason for Xiaozhi’s hesitation, and he said, “Sir, I have been in the business world for many years and I understand one thing: a relationship between two people that is maintained by only one side’s contribution will not last long. Only mutual assistance and support can last forever. Ah Zhe is still young and cannot help you, so I can only hire you to temporarily maintain the relationship with money.”
The client was about to say something when Xiaozhi interrupted him and said, “How can you be sure that my teaching ability is better than that of a professional league instructor?”
The client came over and answered him in front of Xiaozhi: “I am sure that your strength is not weaker than theirs, and you are very concerned about Azhe, unlike those top students who come to the Pokémon school for part-time jobs who are perfunctory, and Azhe also likes you very much, so you must be the most suitable candidates.”
He continued, “I know that trainers like you won’t stay in one place for too long. We can teach you online. You just need to spare an hour every day to teach Azhe.”
He dug out a box from under the desk and handed it to Xiaozhi: “This is the latest model of mobile phone, which is equipped with a virtual reality call function, which will make your teaching more convenient. How about I give it to you as a gift from Azhe to become your apprentice.”
Xiaozhi quickly pushed the box back, not daring to accept this expensive gift. The client handed it to him again, as if if he didn’t accept it, it would mean he was unwilling to teach his own child. The two of them pushed each other back and forth and fell into a stalemate.
Lisa, who was watching from the side, finally couldn’t help it anymore and took the box. Seeing Xiaozhi and the others looking at her, she said to Xiaozhi speechlessly, “You were planning to teach that kid Azhe anyway, weren’t you? Since his parents think it’s necessary, why don’t you take the salary and let them feel at ease? If you keep making excuses like this, I’m afraid the food will be cold when we go back!”
Xiaozhi thought about the scene of him and the client shirking responsibility and felt that there was some truth in it. Although this was not his original intention, the client did not seem to be someone who needed the money. He seemed a little petty by always being concerned about this, so he nodded and agreed to it.
The client quickly negotiated the salary with Xiaozhi. He also wanted to keep Xiaozhi and his partner for dinner, but Xiaozhi refused.
Taking some pastries given by the maid, Xiaozhi and Lisa said goodbye to Azhe who came to the door, and hurried towards home. As Lisa had said before, if they were any slower, the food would be cold when they got home.
Holidays (5) (Old version)
Not long after Xiaozhi and his friends left the villa, he received the mission reward in his personal account. The money had been stored in the account, and the five bottles of good medicine needed to be collected from the nearest outdoor computer machine. Xiaozhi found the place according to the prompts.
It was a machine similar to an ATM. When Xiaozhi found it, there were 15 of them lined up in a row. Several young people were operating them. Xiaozhi found one of them, logged into his account, and took out the good medicine.
With a ding-dong sound, several bottles of good medicine fell to the exit. Xiaozhi took them out and handed them to Lisa. Lisa took the medicine and put it in her waist bag, and rejected Xiaozhi’s request for transfer, saying that she didn’t contribute much and these good medicines were enough. Unlike the prices in the game, the medicine in reality as a daily supply cannot be that expensive. The standard price of a bottle of ordinary medicine is 50 yuan. Good medicine is a common product for mainstream trainers. Because of the shortage of supply, the effect is much higher than that of medicine and the price is also higher. Although the official price is 120 yuan, the retail price in most places is around 200 yuan.
Although it is not very attractive, Lisa’s small waist bag is actually a space backpack. During the previous training, Lisa showed Xiaozhi her waist bag. In addition to more than a dozen bottles of wound medicine, seven or eight bottles of good wound medicine and some status recovery medicine, there were actually two rare vitality fragments. In addition, there were some energy cubes, which were probably the rewards for Lisa’s previous missions. These valuable supplies could probably make five figures if sold. I don’t know why they have been kept, but these items have a long shelf life, and they will not expire in the constant temperature environment of the space backpack. However, Xiaozhi and Lisa have discussed some wound medicines that are close to the expiration date and plan to use them in the recent training plan.
After getting the medicine for the wound, I finished my work for the day. When passing by a convenience store, I bought Lisa a bottle of orange soda. The two of us parted at a fork in the road, agreed to meet again tomorrow, and then waved goodbye.
When he got home, the two sisters Airi were already sitting at the table waiting for him. Mingmei felt the temperature of the plate and found it was a little cold, so she took it away and heated it up again.
After finishing his meal and taking a shower, Xiaozhi just relaxed when his latest communicator, called a mobile phone, vibrated. Xiaozhi opened his phone and saw the profile picture of Azhe, but the strange thing was that his hair was very long and tied into a single ponytail at the back, which looked a bit feminine.
Xiaozhi didn’t think too much and accepted the call. The phone started to project light. Because Xiaozhi was facing the phone, the projection was directly projected on Xiaozhi, making him shine brightly, making Xiaozhi a little confused. Soon, Ah Zhe’s somewhat restrained voice came from the other end of the phone: “Mr. Xiaozhi, hello… not for a long time… long time no see.”
Xiaozhi was a little confused about the effect of the light shining on his body, but the single parent still greeted him.
Azhe on the other end told the reason why he called in a disjointed manner. He didn’t know how to get along with the mosquito-sucking tadpole, because the mosquito-sucking tadpole was not used to his master unless he fought to subdue him. When Azhe let him out before, the little guy kept running around everywhere. Azhe had no choice but to use the Poké Ball’s retraction beam to bring the mosquito-sucking tadpole back into the net.
After Xiaozhi understood the situation, he thought for a moment and quickly came up with a solution. He said to the other end of the phone, “The mosquito coil tadpole may not be able to adapt to the unfamiliar environment. Azhe, isn’t there a small pond in your back garden? You can put it there first and see…” Before Xiaozhi finished speaking, there was a sound of closing the door on the other end of the phone. He quickly spoke out to stop it, “Wait a minute, Azhe, you have to prepare the food that the mosquito coil tadpole likes first. In order to attract his attention, it is best to prepare the fruit that he is more familiar with. Although those processed Pokémon foods are also OK, unfamiliar food is definitely not as attractive to the mosquito coil tadpole as familiar things. I personally recommend blue orange or berry fruit. If you don’t have them at home, you can feed it tomorrow, but remember not to let the mosquito coil tadpole out in advance. If he comes out and is hungry and you can’t give him food, his first impression of you will be worse, and it will be much more difficult to capture him.”
Azhe’s footsteps went away, and he was obviously going to ask the maid. After a while, Azhe’s voice was worried and anxious, asking: “What should I do, Xiaozhi brother, Dad went out to meet a client, Mom went to a friend’s party, the maid has to stay at home to protect my safety, the driver came home from get off work, and there is no food suitable for water-attribute Pokémon at home… Can I give the food of Nidoqueen to Mosquito?… Will Mosquito be in trouble if it is hungry?” Obviously, Azhe on the other side of the phone was more worried about the health of the Pokémon than capturing Pokémon, and his voice was a little flustered.
Xiaozhi smiled and consoled him, “First of all, Nidoqueen is a Poison-type and Ground-type Pokémon. Don’t feed Pokémon food targeting her to Mosquito. Although it won’t affect the body, it will probably cause indigestion. I know you’re worried about Mosquito’s health, but you seem to underestimate the physical condition of Pokémon. Life in the wild is very hard. The number of tree fruits is limited, and Pokémon will compete with each other. It’s impossible to find enough tree fruits to fill their stomachs every day, so how to conserve physical strength as much as possible and how to endure hunger are compulsory courses for Pokémon in the wild.” At this point, Xiaozhi lowered his voice and whispered, “Many Pokémon become trainers’ Pokémon because their trainers can fill their stomachs, so try to prepare a rich meal for the first meal you meet. If you feel bad about letting Mosquito go hungry today, prepare a rich meal for him tomorrow.”
After hearing what Xiaozhi said, Azhe felt relieved. Only then did he realize that Xiaozhi’s posture towards the phone was a little strange. He looked at Xiaozhi who was using the new phone as an old-fashioned phone and put the phone to his ear, and then he realized what was happening. He quickly reminded Xiaozhi to put the phone flat. After Xiaozhi did as he was told, the light shining on him condensed into a virtual image, revealing Azhe’s face and the room behind him.
Xiaozhi was a little amazed: “The power of technology is really amazing.” Only then did he notice that Azhe had been taking notes in a notebook. However, his notebook was a little strange, it was light purple, and there was a red bow on the cover, which looked more like a style commonly used by girls.
Although he felt it was a bit strange, Xiaozhi did not ask any questions. Although he had a good impression of the other party, they had only known each other for one day so it would be better not to interfere in other people’s private affairs.
After chatting with Azhe for a while about his experience with Pokémon, Xiaozhi hung up the phone with him.
As soon as Xiaozhi put down his phone, Airi and Mingmei leaned towards him and listened to their conversation secretly.
When Airi saw him put down his phone, she stretched out her hand to take it. When Xiaozhi didn’t stop her, she started to fiddle with this new gadget with great interest.
Mingmei heaved a sigh of relief after learning that the other person was a boy and went to do the housework.
Airi fiddled with her phone for a while and felt a little bored, so she dragged Xiaozhi to draw the homemade Pokémon illustrated book. After these days of hard work, Xiaozhi has finished drawing the Pokémon of the Kanto region. Of course, he only wrote about the native Pokémon. In recent years, it seems that because of those legendary Pokémon, disasters have occurred frequently, and Pokémon in many regions have spontaneously begun to migrate. Many Pokémon from other regions have also settled in the Kanto region. Because of the large number, they have even affected the local ecological environment. Xiaozhi has seen on TV that there are now many more hunting swallowtails and pigeons living in the Evergreen Forest. There are even people on the Internet forwarding the air battle video of the proud pheasant and the Pidgeot.
Of course, this has nothing to do with Xiaozhi. He writes the Pokémon encyclopedia just for his own interest, and more importantly, he wants to find something for the two little guys to do.
If Airi likes drawing, Mingmei prefers reading. She was reading when Xiaozhi and Airi were making a Pokémon encyclopedia together.
The light of the table lamp suddenly became dim, and Xiaozhi took it apart and replaced the batteries. After a short period of darkness, the two little girls put down their work and cleaned up the table. Airi said deliberately that the sudden dim light interrupted her thoughts and she felt bored and wanted to go to sleep.
However, Xiaozhi’s waveguide could clearly sense the emotions of the two little girls. They were used to being frugal, and although they were reluctant to notice the power consumption of the lights, they still planned to turn off the lights and go to sleep to extend the time for replacing the batteries.
This action also made Xiaozhi sigh a little. After the two sisters went to bed, Xiaozhi talked to them about the story in his dream. It is worth mentioning that in real life, there is actually a trainer named Red in the Kanto region, and he is also a famous league champion. After knowing this, Xiaozhi changed the name back to his own name when telling the story. Although Xiaochi and Red cannot be said to be exactly the same, it is possible that the champion was called Xiaored when he was a child. It would be troublesome if the name is repeated and people feel offended.
Xiaozhi didn’t notice that he actually put himself and the league champion on the same level in his mind, thinking that he would have more contact with people of that level sooner or later. Although the identities of the two sides were very different at the moment, he did not lack confidence in reaching that peak.
Of course, this confidence is not blind. In fact, at this moment Charmeleon is already qualified to challenge the Four Heavenly Kings. With his level, he should have evolved long ago. Xiaozhi doesn’t quite understand why Charmeleon has been suppressing the power of evolution, but as an old partner and the original trump card, Xiaozhi unconditionally believes in his choice.
Feeling his sisters’ breathing gradually calm down, Xiaozhi left the room and came to the open space outside the house, and released Charmeleon and Chinchilla.
The training he was going to perform today was a little special. He wanted to guide his two partners to control the power of waves.
This idea is somewhat far-fetched, but Xiaozhi is not without basis. After communicating his idea with his two partners, Xiaozhi imitated the voice in the original dream and gave guidance to the two partners. However, the difference between him and that voice is that he has an extremely precise grasp of the power of waves. He can directly let his waves flow continuously in the bodies of Charmeleon and others, allowing them to skip the step of feeling the power of waves and proceed directly to the next step. Avoiding the most difficult step will make things much easier later.
Xiaozhi has an idea to let all his Pokémon with fighting talents learn to master the power of wave. He thought of the towering tree and the Lucario. In the dream, he went to that place and Lucario came out of the seal of the cane. If it were in reality, would Lucario still be alive and well in the cane? He must go there when he has time in the future, maybe… he can do something.
Holidays (6) (Old version)
In the early morning, when it was still light, Xiaozhi woke up. Airi was still sleeping soundly on the bed, with her two little hands on the quilt, snoring softly, like a dozing kitten.
Mingmei was already up and was making breakfast in the simple kitchen. Xiaozhi seemed to have learned the method of continuously pulling the dough to form noodles as thick as hair from his other self who was working in a noodle shop while fleeing during the Kanto riot, and later taught it to Mingmei.
Xiaozhi went out to the breakfast stall in the street market and bought a few cups of soy milk. He also bought a cup of ordinary milk for the timid bug, which was said to be mixed with some Mou Mou milk. I don’t know if it was mixed or not, but the price was much higher. After buying it, Xiaozhi put it to his nose and smelled it, and it tasted the same as ordinary milk.
Not knowing whether it was true or not, Xiaozhi had no knowledge in this area and it was difficult to argue with his boss, so he could only make up his mind to exchange his points in the Rocket Team for Mou Mou Milk, and then buy ordinary milk and do it himself later.
Xiaozhi had already looked through the exchange system in the past few days. The items redeemed with Team Rocket’s points were much cheaper than those bought outside, ranging from the most basic supplies to various Poké Balls, different skill learning machines, Pokémon eggs, and even powerful Pokémon.
The dazzling array of goods is like a department store, which makes Xiaozhi overwhelmed these days, so he has not made up his mind to exchange anything. Now he thinks that compared with those fancy things, the supplements that replenish nutrition for Pokémon are more important.
When they went back to eat noodles, Xiaozhi released both Pokémon. Pokémon didn’t like milk, but after learning that drinking this sticky white liquid could help it grow, it drank it obediently.
Charizard had a good reaction to the soy milk. He drank two cups of soy milk in one breath and still felt unsatisfied. He smacked his lips and stared at the soy milk in Xiaozhi’s hand, forcing Xiaozhi to pass him the soy milk he hadn’t even taken a few sips of.
Airi and Akemi wanted to do the same, but Charmeleon measured their heights and shook his head, indicating that they should drink by themselves, which was a bit like an older brother.
After breakfast, Xiaozhi closed the door tightly and went out with his two sisters. Before they parted yesterday, Lisa invited Xiaozhi to her house, and now was the perfect time to keep the appointment.
When they arrived at Lisa’s house, the first to rush over were the three little ones, but they welcomed the big sister more than Xiaozhi, and soon they started playing. Mingmei rolled up her sleeves when she saw the dirt on the floor, and skillfully picked up the tools to clean up.
Lisa didn’t seem to expect Xiaozhi to come so early. She was still asleep when Xiaozhi called her, and now she had just finished washing up and hadn’t even put on makeup.
Lisa looked a bit strange to Xiaozhi. Her hair didn’t seem to be combed properly. Her natural curly hair was hanging there and swaying up and down with her body, which looked a bit playful. Unfortunately, the dyed hair looked a bit abrupt, destroying the overall natural beauty. Without the thick eye shadow, her emerald green eyes looked bigger than usual. However, her sleepy look made her eyes seem to be covered with a layer of mist. This hazy feeling gave people a dreamlike beauty, which added a bit of brilliance to her already beautiful eyes. She didn’t have time to apply lipstick on her lips, revealing a pink color. Her mouth was slightly open, as if she was surprised at Xiaozhi’s speed, or she hadn’t reacted to the sudden lively atmosphere. Her face was not painted with various cosmetics. It was not the usual overly white color, but the same healthy wheat color as her arms. This did not affect her appearance, but because it was closer to nature, it added a bit of vitality to her.
It can be seen that Lisa has just changed her clothes. Today she is wearing a white shirt and red bib shorts. The close-fitting clothes make her already slender and strong long legs look even more exquisite. She seems to have not had time to change her shoes. She is wearing flip-flops. She seems to be a little nervous because Xiaozhi has been staring at her. Her little toes are stretched and bent unnaturally. Her restless look is a bit playful.
Being stared at by Xiaozhi, Lisa blushed. She felt that the atmosphere was gradually becoming a little strange and finally had to ask reluctantly: “Xiaozhi…why are you looking at me?”
Xiaozhi scratched his head and answered embarrassedly: “I felt that you looked better today than usual, Lisa, so I took a few more glances, and the clothes you were wearing looked a little familiar.”
Lisa’s face turned even redder when she heard his explanation, but she still explained: “I wore this outfit when I was in Windy City. I also wore this outfit when I captured Eevee.”
Xiaozhi thought for a moment and then recalled, then said excitedly: “Hey, I remember that Eevee could use the high-speed star at that time, why didn’t you use it when you fought with me, Lisa?”
“Is…is there?” Lisa was caught off guard by the speed with which Xiaozhi changed the subject. She lowered her head and looked at Eevee who was jumping out of the bathroom.
Eevee felt a little uncomfortable being stared at, and finally flicked its tail. A bright little energy star appeared, spun towards Ash, and dissipated in front of him.
“Eh?” Lisa was stunned by this scene. She picked up Eevee in disbelief and scratched its soft hair on its chest. She said half complaining and half jokingly, “Why didn’t you tell me this move?”
Eevee scratched its ears with its little paws and made a “Yibui, Bui” sound, as if to prove that even if it told its trainer, his trainer wouldn’t understand.
Xiaozhi also stepped forward and touched the little guy’s fluffy head, and said happily: “This is a good thing. We can also make up for the training of Speed Stars in the future. I know a lot of techniques for using Speed Stars.” At this point, Xiaozhi remembered the two-tailed monster in his dream who wanted to participate in Pokémon Ping Pong. As for the skills with Speed Stars, he was undoubtedly the best Xiaozhi had ever seen.
The two hadn’t talked for long when Xiaozhi’s new phone made a sound. Xiaozhi held it up and answered it. Sure enough, Azhe appeared, but the difference was that he was holding a cute looking tadpole in his hand.
“Did you capture the mosquito coil so quickly?” Xiaozhi greeted Azhe and the mosquito coil with some curiosity.
Azhe answered him embarrassedly: “No, I was really worried about Pokémon last night, so I asked the maid to go to the nearest Pokémon store to buy tree fruits for me. When the maid came back on the Toucan, it was already 12 o’clock in the evening. I was afraid that you fell asleep, Mr. Xiaozhi, so I didn’t disturb you.” When he said this, his eyes were full of apology. He not only felt that he had violated the teacher’s ideas, but also blamed himself for occupying the maid’s rest time so late.
After hearing this, Xiaozhi’s eyes softened. The little boy in front of him would become a trainer with strong empathy in the future. Such a trainer would undoubtedly be a good destination for Pokémon. He gently comforted Zhe and told him that since he had already asked others for help, he should not think too much and should just think about how to repay the maid in the future.
After talking on the phone with Azhe for a while, Xiaozhi taught him some tips on raising water-type Pokémon and comforted him a few words before hanging up the phone.
At this time, Lisa had already changed her shoes. Xiaozhi discussed today’s schedule with her for a while and decided to go back to the company together to redeem the remaining points.
The exchange price of a dozen Mumu Milk is 100 points. According to the previous calculation, a dozen can be used for more than a month. Xiaozhi exchanged three dozen. Then there are Poké Balls. Ordinary people can only buy the most common red and white Poké Balls in the Poké Shop. This kind of ball not only has a low success rate in capturing Pokémon, but also has a general environment and is not comfortable.
Of course, special Poké Balls have various functions and are also much more expensive. Xiaozhi bought a Net Ball and a Deluxe Ball for Chucky and Charmeleon respectively, and also prepared a Healing Ball for the third Pokémon in the future. There were not many points left, and Xiaozhi remembered the sword skills he had learned in his dream before, so he simply looked for it, and finally found what he wanted in the self-defense items column.
In real life, Pokémon are much stronger than ordinary people. It is not easy for ordinary people to defeat Caterpillar with weapons, so this kind of self-defense weapon focuses more on functionality than the so-called lethality.
It was a pitch-black straight blade with an unopened edge. Its attack method was also a bit strange. It did not rely on the knife itself, but on activating the button on the handle, which would cover the blade with a layer of weak electric current, which had a chance of paralyzing the Pokémon when it hit the Pokémon.
Compared to a sword, this weapon is more like an extended electric baton, and its eye-catching appearance makes people feel uneasy.
Perhaps this is also the reason why its price is not high. Self-defense weapons either focus on convenience, such as folding sticks and electric batons, which can be hidden in pockets close to the body so that no one can tell whether they are real or fake. Or they focus on functionality, such as net guns and folding shields, which can still perform well even if they are discovered by others.
The designer of this thing probably wanted to find a middle value and make a universal self-defense prop, but the “electric knife” that was actually made has neither good concealment, after all, a 1.1-meter blade cannot be hidden well. It also has no good functionality, after all, this may make people worry. Moreover, when carrying this “electric knife”, others don’t know that it is an extended electric baton, and they will only think that this person is a dangerous person and may be more wary of this weapon.
For various reasons, the price of this useless weapon that looks very cool is actually lower than the luxury ball that Xiaozhi just bought. Xiaozhi only spent a little over a hundred to buy it. However, unlike those that can be picked up on the computer, this kind of large items must be delivered by express delivery, and the arrival time on the software is actually within two weeks. So it makes sense that it can’t be sold, Xiaozhi sighed silently in his heart. After buying this, Xiaozhi didn’t have many points left, and bought a bag of high-level elf feed. Xiaozhi’s points successfully fell into the single digit.
Lisa’s points were much higher than Xiaozhi’s, so she had much more choices. When Xiaozhi looked over, she had already bought a Pokémon egg, and she picked and chose for a long time with the remaining points but couldn’t find a good choice.
Xiaozhi thought for a moment, and finally gave Lisa a suggestion: “Buy a move learning device for awakening power. See what kind of moves Eevee is good at. This may also help Eevee’s future evolution direction.”
The move Awakening Power is somewhat special. The attributes of different Pokémon will change when using this move. Even water-attribute Pokémon can use fire-attribute Awakening Power.
Why does this happen? Those scientists studied it for a long time, and finally concluded that the Pokémon itself prefers a certain type of energy, and the awakened power it uses is of that attribute. Of course, this is not only affected by the Pokémon’s subjective consciousness, but also by objective factors such as the Pokémon’s personality, characteristics, and the trainer’s training methods.
For Eevee, this move is even more special. After all, Eevee is the Pokémon with the most known evolutionary forms. How to choose the evolution direction of Eevee after owning an Eevee is a concern for every trainer who owns this Pokémon.
Since all Eevee evolutions are needed, why not choose an attribute that Eevee prefers? This is Xiaozhi’s idea.
After buying a Pokémon egg and a move learning machine, Lisa didn’t have many points left. Following Xiaozhi’s example, she also bought two dozen Mumu Milks and exchanged the remaining points for some supplies. In the end, all her points were used up.
After buying the things, Xiaozhi and Lisa went to the company to pick them up. Xiaozhi had a new training method to practice, and Lisa also wanted Eevee to master the awakening power as soon as possible. They would be very busy during this period.
Under the abandoned building, Xiaozhi stretched his body and rubbed his hands, the holiday was already half over, looking at the Pokémon in front of him, Xiaozhi nodded secretly, as long as they trained well in the next half month, the strength of Chicky and Eevee would be reborn.
Holidays (7) (Old version)
Time passed like a white horse, and ten days went by in the blink of an eye. During this time, Xiaozhi trained with the Pokémon in the morning and went to take missions with Lisa in the afternoon.
Most of the tasks in the system are to capture Pokémon or to repel some Pokémon bandits who steal fruits and vegetables and trample on the fields in the farms outside the town.
Although they are called robbers, most of them are actually Bug-type Pokémon like Beetle and Caterpillar, so they are not difficult to deal with.
I don’t know if it’s because she’s confident in Ash’s strength, but Lisa always brings the Pokémon egg with her every time she goes on a mission. Ash has also used the power of wave to test the Pokémon egg, but all he can see is that it’s a Pokémon with a big head. Every time Ash’s wave touches it, the egg shakes a little. It’s a very lively little guy.
Xiaozhi’s knife still hasn’t arrived. There are still four days before the scheduled time, and the logistics information of the goods is still pending shipment. If it is not shipped tomorrow, Xiaozhi plans to complain. To be honest, with this delivery speed, it’s no wonder that the store has such a low rating.
Of course, putting aside his worries, Xiaozhi is now preparing for another thing, that is, moving. After all, the old city where he used to live has no water and electricity, so it is not very convenient to do anything. Xiaozhi has long wanted to move, but there are no good houses for rent around.
Xiaozhi’s ideal house is a three-bedroom, one-living room house. Of course, the rent for a house that meets this condition is too expensive, so for now he can only ask his two sisters to find a two-bedroom, one-living room house, but this is not easy to find either. Those that meet the conditions either have harsh contracts that require a full year’s rent and utility bills before moving in, or are too far from the logistics company and inconvenient to travel. The uncle did suggest that he could stay at his house, but Xiaozhi refused him. He has received too much favor from him, and if this continues, Xiaozhi doesn’t know how to repay him.
The person who finally solved this problem was Miss Yosano who came to his house for a follow-up check. The pharmacist who overheard Xiaozhi’s distress told him directly that she had an idle property and the previous tenant had just left and she had not found a suitable tenant yet. She then took Xiaozhi to visit her house.
It was a two-story flat-roofed house that was a bit remote, but not far from the logistics company. The room for rent that Miss Yosano mentioned was a standard two-bedroom, one-living room apartment, but the room was much more spacious than any Xiaozhi had seen before. It was fully equipped with all kinds of household appliances, and there was even an LCD TV in the living room.
If the market price for a room like this is calculated, the monthly rent would be over 2,000 yuan, but the pharmacist’s price was much lower, only 1,500 yuan a month.
Xiaozhi naturally agreed to such favorable conditions. After carefully reading the terms and conditions in the contract, signing the contract and paying the money, he began to prepare for the move.
When the uncle found out about this, he came over to help. Satoshi, the uncle, and Lisa, who came to help, spent the whole morning moving the things to be moved here using the uncle’s car, which was used for personal purposes. At noon, Satoshi invited them to have a meal at Mr. Tachibana’s restaurant. After the meal, he said goodbye to the uncle and Lisa, and Satoshi pushed Airi’s wheelchair and returned to their new home with Akemi.
The furniture moved from that shabby house has not been put in place yet, so Xiaozhi and Mingmei have to put it in place slowly. During this time, Airi wanted to help but Xiaozhi sent her to draw. The little girl’s cute pouting look made Xiaozhi feel much better.
It took me three hours to sort everything out. But after finishing, I found a lot of problems. The house was too empty. There was no tea set on the table, only two chairs, no place to boil water, I had to buy a kettle later, the bed sheets were a bit thick, I was afraid I would sweat when sleeping on them in this hot weather, and there was no clothes drying pole or clothes hanger on the balcony…
Wait, those problems that were ignored in the past poverty are now popping up one by one like mushrooms after rain. Xiaozhi can only go out with Mingmei to embark on the journey of purchasing furniture.
It was not until the evening that Xiaozhi and his friends returned home with their bags. Knowing that they would be back late, Xiaozhi ordered some food from a nearby restaurant and packed it up to bring back.
In the past, when eating at this time, Xiaozhi and his friends could only eat by candlelight, which was not only dim, but also not suitable for cleaning up the dishes in the dark. But now it is different, the bright incandescent lamps illuminate the whole room, not to mention cleaning up the dishes, even mending clothes is more than enough.
Mingmei and Airi were also very satisfied with the light bulbs above their heads. Airi kept looking at the shiny thing above her head. After looking at it for a few times, she found it was too dazzling, so she squinted her eyes but did not turn her head. She still stared at it until Xiaozhi picked up some food for her with chopsticks. Then she reacted.
Although Mingmei was not as exaggerated as her, she was also very interested in the white porcelain floor. The floor of the old house where Xiaozhi and his family lived had been rotten for a long time. Usually Mingmei would just sweep the floor hastily when cleaning. But the floor here was different. The floor was white and there were not many scratches on it. After mopping it once, the floor could reflect light, which was undoubtedly a pleasure for this little mysophobia patient.
After dinner, Xiaozhi packed up the disposable lunch boxes and planned to go out to throw away the garbage and buy a few pairs of slippers for himself and his two sisters. This was Mingmei’s suggestion. When she was at Lisa’s house, the protagonists in the TV series would change their shoes into slippers before entering the house. Xiaozhi also thought it made sense. After all, the floor looked clean and it would be bad to step on it and make it dirty.
When he went out, Xiaozhi noticed that the light of the neighbor next door was on. There were three suites on the second floor of this building. Miss Yosano did not tell him the information of the other two households. She only told him that she lived on the first floor and he could find her if he had any problems.
Xiaozhi was still holding a garbage bag in his hand, so naturally he would not visit his neighbor. He glanced at the light coming through the crack of his neighbor’s door and walked down the stairs. He would meet his neighbor sooner or later, so he was not in a hurry.
After buying the slippers, Xiaozhi also bought some vegetables at the nearby vegetable market and even bought three pounds of meat at the butcher shop. This really cost a lot of money, but now his life is slowly getting better, and Xiaozhi can afford to spend more than 100 yuan.
After returning home and putting her things away, Airi pushed her wheelchair over and asked Xiaozhi to accompany her to draw. She placed the drawing board in front of the sofa next to the LCD TV and directly placed it on the solid wood coffee table. Because it was too high, she folded the height of the drawing board stand.
Xiaozhi carried Airi to the sofa and let her draw, then released Chippy and Charmeleon. The two Pokémon were also curious about the new environment. Chippy slid freely on the floor, and could slide far away with a flick of its two front legs. After all, it was a Pokémon that had not yet fully grown up. Although it usually looked serious, its innocence had not completely faded. Charmeleon was much more reserved. Seeing the flammable objects around, he subconsciously moved his tail further away and gathered a faint blue energy around the flames for Xiaozhi to see.
This is the result of Charmeleon’s training in the past few days. He can temporarily condense the waveguide in his body to a part of his body to strengthen his defense ability. Charmeleon pressed his tail down, and when it was still five or six centimeters from the floor, it was bounced back by the reaction force of the blue energy. The nature is similar to Xiaozhi’s waveguide shield. If used skillfully, it will be of great help in future battles.
The cowardly bug was not to be outdone. It condensed a ball of blue energy in its mouth, forming a continuously rotating sphere. But when it was about to take shape, it dissipated with a pop like a bubble.
The slug was stunned for a moment, staring at the location where the energy ball dissipated, and Xiaozhi hurried forward to comfort him. The wave missile move was something that the slug could not master originally, and Xiaozhi’s ability to release it was probably due to his own talent. Of course, this was not accidental, after all, Xiaozhi relied on waveguide to communicate with the slug at the beginning, and the waveguide of this slug was naturally one level higher than that of its peers, so it was not a fantasy that it could use the wave missile fluently in the future.
After comforting the timid bug for a while, Xiaozhi poured it a bowl of ordinary milk with Mou Mou milk, and added some crushed tree fruits according to its eating habits. Should this dish be called tree fruit milk? Xiaozhi thought silently as he watched the timid bug eating happily.
Speaking of which, ever since Gnat was given Moumou Milk to drink, its size has really grown a bit. Xiaozhi once measured it. Before, Gnat was only 42 cm long, which was 8 cm less than the standard size in the illustrated book. After taking Moumou Milk, only ten days later, Gnat’s size reached 47 cm. The whole Pokémon looked a lot stronger.
While marveling at the magic of Pokémon, Xiaozhi also reminded himself that supplements like Moumou Milk did not have any significant effect in the dream world, but in the real world, they could cause such strange changes in the Pokémon’s body. Before taking Moumou Milk, Xiaozhi also fed the Pokémon every meal, but there was no such obvious change in his body.
I’m afraid that many things in this world are different from the dream world. This is not the first time that Xiaozhi knows this, but Xiaozhi did not expect that even the growth of Pokémon would be affected by it. Xiaozhi’s gaze turned to Charmeleon. He had always thought that Charmeleon became so strong through his own training, but now it seems that he may have eaten a lot of such supplies.
Charmeleon and Xiaozhi were in tune with each other, so he naturally knew what Xiaozhi was thinking. Thinking of what he had done before, Charmeleon couldn’t help but blush. The reason why he had the current strength was not just because of his own training. Most of the Charizards in the Charizard Valley had their own trainers. These trainers would send some supplies suitable for their Charizards to eat every once in a while. Of course, although these foods were helpful to Charizards, due to various reasons, such as not being in the right appetite, not being used to eating, or not having any obsession with becoming stronger, and not caring whether to eat or not, there would always be a lot of food left that was not consumed, and most of them were thrown into some corner at random.
As for Charmeleon, who had a strong obsession with becoming stronger, he couldn’t beat his evolved form when he first arrived at the Charizard Valley. At that time, let alone looking for supplies himself, even if he did nothing, these defeated enemies would come and bring him supplies. To put it another way, Charmeleon was worshipped by all the Charizard trainers in the valley at that time, so naturally he had no shortage of supplies. His initial primitive accumulation relied on picking up these discarded supplies.
This initial history was not glorious, so he never mentioned it to Xiaozhi.
Since the two of them didn’t use wave resonance, Xiaozhi naturally had no idea what Charmeleon was thinking. After turning on the TV so that the two Pokémon could watch TV to avoid being bored, he started drawing with Airi, who was getting a little impatient and pouting while waiting.
Because they waited too long, Airi punished Xiaozhi by making her sit on him, but the little girl’s light body was not a burden to Xiaozhi at all. Holding her in his arms was like holding a large rag doll. However, she was still wearing old clothes. In order to save trouble, he had prepared loose clothes for Airi. Although it must be said that Airi still looked cute even in these loose clothes, Xiaozhi still planned to buy his two sisters a few new clothes when he had time in the future.
After drawing with Airi for a while, Xiaozhi carried the little girl, who looked a little sleepy, to bed. Mingmei was still reading a book in the room. After Xiaozhi reminded her not to read too late, he closed their door and went to his own room with the two Pokémon.
Looking at the spacious master bedroom, Xiaozhi nodded with satisfaction. If Xiaozhi were to say what he was most satisfied with about this house, this would be it. The house was spacious enough, and Xiaozhi’s room could accommodate Charmeleon and Squirtle, not to mention that the two Pokémon no longer had to stay in the Poké Ball at night. Although the environment in the Luxury Ball and the Tent Ball was much more comfortable, it was still the best feeling to sleep with Pokémon.
Today, Xiaozhi did not let the two Pokémon exercise, but just let them have a good rest. A taut bowstring will break sooner or later, and relaxing in moderation is the best option.
Lying in bed, Xiaozhi couldn’t help but think of Pikachu again. Xiaozhi actually had a guess about where this first partner was. If there was a place that Xiaozhi was most impressed with, it was undoubtedly Alola. His first real championship was achieved there. In this world where his mother didn’t exist and Professor Oak had nothing to do with him, if Pikachu still remembered him, it would definitely be in Alola. This is why Xiaozhi has always cared so much about Alola.
Looking at the two Pokémon who were still working hard to practice the power of wave even though Xiaozhi said they could rest, he silently thought, “Wait for me, Pikachu, and everyone in Alola, I will definitely come to find you.”
Holidays (8) (Old version)
When he woke up the next day, Xiaozhi contacted Lisa and decided to meet at the abandoned building later. After having breakfast at home and saying goodbye to his sisters, Xiaozhi went out.
When Xiaozhi arrived at the building, he had not seen Lisa yet. He released the two Pokémon and discussed his plan with them first. He planned to go inside the building this morning.
From the first day he came here, Xiaozhi felt that there were Pokémon living here, but after so many days, Xiaozhi never saw them appear in his sight.
It is generally a good thing that the other party refuses to contact you, which means that the Pokémon territory here is not very strong, and such Pokémon will not be too aggressive. If this is in the wild, Xiaozhi will not disturb the other party.
But this is a location far from the center of the town, and the building cannot stand here forever. If development is to be carried out, it will have to be demolished sooner or later, and then there will inevitably be a conflict between the construction party and the indigenous Pokémon.
He wanted to see how strong the Pokémon living here were, because if it was a weak Pokémon, the construction team would generally capture it and release it back into the wild, but if it was a stronger Pokémon, it was hard to say. There were always reports on TV about construction teams being attacked by Pokémon during construction, and even casualty lists appeared. Those Pokémon that killed people would be sentenced to death if caught, no matter what the hidden reasons were.
In short, if it is a powerful Pokémon, it is best to release it into the wild in advance. This is the best choice both for the safety of possible future construction teams and for the Pokémon inside.
After waiting for a while, Lisa finally came. She was dressed similarly today. The only difference was that her eyeshadow was a little lighter. Without her weird eyeshadow, she looked better. Xiaozhi had wanted to complain a long time ago. If she was uglier after putting on makeup than before, why bother? Unfortunately, she didn’t seem to be aware of it.
After talking with Lisa about my purpose for today, she was obviously a little surprised. After all, everything had been peaceful for so many days that she had long forgotten the news that Xiaozhi mentioned at the beginning that there were Pokémon here.
However, she was also very decisive and let the Eevee on her shoulder jump down and get into a fighting stance.
After more than half a month of training, Eevee’s spirit and energy have obviously improved a lot, and even the luster of its fur has become brighter, which is a manifestation of the Pokémon’s abundant energy.
Xiaozhi also let Chicky come forward. Chicky’s strength improved a lot and he also learned the Metal Claw move with the help of Charmeleon.
Charmeleon was left by Xiaozhi with Lisa to prevent her from being attacked. With the help of Eevee and Eevee, Xiaozhi and Lisa entered the abandoned building.
There aren’t many green plants in the building, and there’s a lot of dust accumulated inside because it hasn’t been cleaned. In this kind of environment, using a sand shovel might even cause a sandstorm.
Xiaozhi had been using the power of waveguide to sense, and the response came from the third floor. He took Lisa and the others to the third floor, but the moment they were about to go upstairs, the breath of life suddenly disappeared. When Xiaozhi’s waveguide sensed it again, it had appeared on the roof.
Is it teleportation? Xiaozhi thought silently in his heart, if it is a psychic Pokémon, then Xiaozhi doesn’t have to worry about their safety, but since they have come in, they have to meet this “neighbor” anyway.
Xiaozhi asked Lisa to lead the Pokémon to advance slowly, and he rushed directly to the top floor. Sure enough, the moment Xiaozhi was about to reach the top floor, the breath disappeared. Xiaozhi jumped directly from the window of the stairwell without hesitation.
At this time, Lisa was constantly advancing upwards, and I reached the top floor. If the opponent was not stupid, it must be…
When Xiaozhi was about to land on the second floor, he grabbed the edge of the second-floor window, flipped in and rushed straight to the first floor.
Bodao quickly sensed the other party’s position, and when Xiaozhi arrived, he immediately noticed two small figures hiding behind a somewhat tattered cardboard box.
Noticing Xiaozhi’s approach, one of the bear-like Pokémon stood in front of the other weak Pokémon and growled threateningly at Xiaozhi, but this little guy was less than 0.7 meters tall and posed no threat at all.
Xiaozhi’s keen vision quickly discovered the abnormality of the Psychic-type Pokémon. The energy in the little guy’s body was very chaotic. As a Psychic-type Pokémon, it contained strong Fighting-type energy. However, this energy was not innate. Instead, it seemed to be forced into its body, causing the Fighting-type energy and the Psychic-type energy to constantly conflict in its body. Although the Psychic attribute restrains the Fighting attribute, the difference in the quantity of the two energies is too large, causing the Psychic-type energy to be at a disadvantage.
This was the first time that Xiaozhi saw these two energies colliding violently in a Pokémon’s body, but after a moment’s pause he immediately noticed the danger of this. The reaction caused by this energy conflict would inevitably be borne by the Pokémon itself. If allowed to develop naturally, the Pokémon itself would probably collapse into white particles all over the ground like a bubble that was constantly tightened after reaching its stress limit.
Just when Xiaozhi was about to explain that he had no ill intentions, psychic energy began to gather in the little guy’s body, and the psychic energy visible to the naked eye in the body began to decrease rapidly. If this continued, there was no way to wait until later, or the little guy might be seriously injured due to the imbalance of energy.
Xiaozhi was speechless at this time. Everything had exceeded his expectations. If he had known this would happen, he would never have bothered these two little guys. Now it seemed that if he did not take action, the situation of this Psychic Pokémon would be very bad.
Xiaozhi had to quickly cover his entire body with the waveguide and rushed towards the two Pokémon. The weak waveguide formed a barrier to push away the air in front of him. The small waveguide group absorbed the air and condensed under Xiaozhi’s feet, forming a reaction force the moment he stepped down, which acted as a running start and increased Xiaozhi’s speed out of thin air.
In almost the blink of an eye, Xiaozhi pounced on the psychic Pokémon, and the bear Pokémon next to him was directly knocked away by the momentum.
Xiaozhi thought he had succeeded. After all, this kind of instant movement that required charging was obviously a reflection of his lack of proficiency in the technique. As long as the rhythm was disrupted by others, he would most likely fail.
Unfortunately, this was just a guess based on his past experience. He overlooked one point: although he had been traveling in the dream world for 8 years, he had never captured a psychic-type Pokémon, so he was not actually familiar with the move of teleportation.
With a flash of light, Xiaozhi and the little guy disappeared from the spot.
In the eyes of the little bear Pokémon, his big sister and the strange human suddenly disappeared. The moment they disappeared, flames boiled in the little guy’s eyes. Charmeleon, covered with raging flames, was less than ten meters away from him. Noticing Charmeleon’s extremely angry eyes, the little guy rolled his eyes and fainted in fright.
The Charmeleon had obviously noticed the movement on the first floor early in the morning, but he was still a step too late when he rushed down. Watching his master disappear made him very angry, but his pride prevented him from attacking a little thing that was frightened unconscious. He could only angrily destroy the ground with his fists, smashing a huge hole in the cement floor, revealing the soil under the foundation.
Xiaozhi originally thought that he would not be teleported far, but when he appeared, he had already arrived at a forest. He did not have time to think about it, because the wave had immediately entered the Pokémon’s body and suppressed the fighting energy that began to riot due to imbalance.
This is just a stopgap measure, although Xiaozhi can suppress the fighting energy, he cannot draw it out, and can only wait for the psychic energy in the little guy’s body to slowly gather.
It seemed that because of the exhaustion of energy, the little guy had fainted, and his small body leaned limply in Xiaozhi’s arms. Xiaozhi maintained the suppression of the fighting energy while groping in his pocket, and finally found only a few blue oranges.
Xiaozhi tried to break the peel, but one hand was used to protect the little Psychic Pokémon in front of him from the Fighting-type energy, so he had only one hand free. He worked for a long time, but the fruit was no different except for a few scratches. Xiaozhi had no choice but to put it in his mouth and bite it open with his teeth.
Because it was my first time doing this job, a large piece of flesh was still attached to the peeled skin, and the overall size was reduced by half.
Xiaozhi opened the little girl’s mouth and tried to feed her, but it seemed that because she was too unconscious, she couldn’t even swallow. Xiaozhi had to take out the kettle and drink a few sips to leave some space, crush the remaining pulp, pour it into the kettle and feed it to the little girl.
Gradually, the condition of the little guy improved, but the effect of the blue orange that had been diluted twice was obviously not that good. It only healed some scratches on the body and did not play a big role in restoring energy.
Xiaozhi did have a healing ball, but first of all, he didn’t dare to interrupt the suppression of the combat energy by the wave power. Even if he could take the little guy in, the healing ball would only heal the physical injuries, and would not help with the energy recovery. At this moment, the role of the energy block was revealed. Xiaozhi vowed to prepare a set of energy blocks of all eighteen attributes when he returned this time, just in case.
Taking his eyes away from the little guy, Xiaozhi looked around and found that there was no danger for the time being, then called Lisa.
Ding~ Xiaozhi was relieved when the number was connected. At least he was still within the alliance, but he didn’t know how far he was from his home.
After wishing Lisa safety, Xiaozhi comforted the Charmeleon on the other side of the camera and asked him and Chimp to follow Lisa’s actions first and reminded Lisa that the noise made by Charmeleon was a bit loud and asked her to pay attention as someone might come to observe.
Finally, looking at the little bear Pokémon, or bear cub, that had fainted on the ground, Xiaozhi suggested: “Liza, you should capture him.”
Charmeleon made too much noise, and this place might not be as peaceful as before. The existence of Baby Bear will most likely be discovered. Xiaozhi is not sure what kind of trainer is the one who discovered Baby Bear. After all, there are quite a few gangsters here. Instead of being tamed by such a trainer, it is better to let Lisa take care of him. If they really can’t get along in the future, just let the little guy go.
After telling Lisa his idea, Lisa immediately agreed. After Xiaozhi hung up the phone, he looked around. He had to find a way out of the forest quickly, otherwise he might have to spend the night in the wild.
Holidays (9) (Old version)
What should you pay attention to in the forest? This question has different answers for different people. If you are a farmer who has strayed into the forest, I recommend that you call the nearest forest ranger hotline and hide in a bush. Of course, remember not to hang up the phone, so that the forest rangers can find you through positioning. Of course, after being found, your citizen information will be investigated to prevent you from being a thief or a criminal. After all, who would be so stupid as to go crazy and rush into a dangerous forest without a purpose?
If you are a traveler, you should take the officially marked forest roads. These places, which are cleared on time by forest rangers, are the least dangerous places in the forest. Almost all forest resources are at a long distance from this road. As long as your luck is not too bad, you can pass it smoothly. Of course, if you relax your vigilance like this, there may be one more missing person reported in the news.
If you are a herbalist, you have to be careful and keep your Pokémon alert at all times. After all, some of the herbal resources distributed in the forest are guarded by Pokémon, and you may fall into the abyss if you are not careful.
Unfortunately, Xiaozhi is not any of the above three types of people. If he is stupid enough to call the ranger, he might even have to go to the police station for questioning. After all, he is a complete “three-no” household and is still a glorious combat member of Team Rocket.
This put him in an awkward situation. How could an ordinary person who didn’t have any Pokémon on him, had to distract himself and take care of a “little burden” and didn’t even know where he was survive in a forest full of dangers?
The power of the wave was activated, Xiaozhi held the little burden in his arms with one hand, and used his lower limbs to kick the monkey monster in front of him away. Seeing that the other party fell into a coma, Xiaozhi stepped forward and picked two pear-like fruits from a small tree.
Fortunately, he didn’t have to think about what an ordinary person would do if faced with the above situation, but he also encountered a serious problem.
He is lost.
Xiaozhi’s wave force detection range has already reached one kilometer. Logically, as long as he is not too far from the town and keeps walking in one direction, as long as he detects traces of human activities and finds someone to ask for directions, he can find the way back quickly. But unfortunately, he has not detected any traces of human activities, let alone the forest road that exists in every forest.
Xiaozhi stuffed the berries into his pocket, which already contained five or six berries of various colors. Fortunately, the pocket of his overalls was relatively large, otherwise it would not have been able to hold all of them.
He had been wandering in the forest for several hours before, but couldn’t find a way out. The sun was already setting in the sky. Confirming that he couldn’t get out of the forest today, Xiaozhi began to collect dry branches and dead leaves to ensure that he could light a bonfire before dark.
It’s been sunny recently, so it’s easy to collect these. He collected a lot in a short while. Only then did Xiaozhi have some free time to look at the Pokémon in his arms.
He pinched the little girl’s white face with one hand, and looked at her cute sleeping face with some distress. Just looking at her appearance, it is really hard to tell what kind of Pokémon this little girl is. Her hair is covered with a hood that looks like broom grass, covering her head. Only the thatch on her forehead reveals a little light red tip.
The dress-like silk ribbon on the petite body seemed to have been coated with a layer of dyed fruit, dyeing the originally white body into the same earthy brown as broom grass. The two identical colors combined with the dim environment in the abandoned building was an excellent protective color.
Her limbs were tied with iron rings like handcuffs, and at the base of the rings there was a short piece of chain with a broken end.
This is a Ralts. Xiaozhi doesn’t know why she is here, but looking at the shackles on her and the excessive fighting energy in her body, he can guess something.
He frowned deeply and murmured softly, “Team Rocket again?”
Xiaozhi is not stupid. The place where the experiment was conducted on Ralts was most likely not in this town. With the vigilance of this Ralts, it is impossible for it to stay in the place where it escaped for too long. The camouflage color on her body is more concealed in the forest than in the city. The place where this little guy was captured and experimented on is most likely an underground laboratory in the forest somewhere of Team Rocket.
Of course, there were almost no clues at the moment, and even if Xiaozhi guessed, he wouldn’t get any results, so he simply sat down and tried to uncuff the little guy.
The shackles were locked very tightly, and Xiaozhi couldn’t move them at all with his strength. He could only try to release a small wave ball and slowly try to melt the shackles.
After trying for a while, the effect was just better than nothing. Xiaozhi really wanted to find a saw so that he would have a tool that would allow him to exert all his strength.
“Saw… Saw…” Xiaozhi lowered his head and thought, and suddenly he said thoughtfully: “Although I can’t find a saw, if I imitate the waveguide power in the shape of a saw and rotate it continuously, wouldn’t it also be able to imitate the effect of a saw?”
Xiaozhi tried, but he couldn’t imitate the saw. Even if the waveguide ball was slightly flat, it would break and dissipate instantly. Xiaozhi immediately figured out the reason. The change in shape caused the pressure on the wide side to decrease, and the pressure on the narrow side to increase. When the waveguide at the high pressure position is rotated to the low pressure position, the shape will change. When the waveguide at the low pressure position is rotated to the high pressure position, the waveguide ball will break due to too much force. If the speed is slow, it’s okay. If the speed is fast, he can’t react.
After trying for half a day without success, Xiaozhi could only pick up a few hard pebbles, mix them into the water, and then wrap them with the power of waveguide to form a water ball with pebbles, which began to rotate at high speed and slowly grind the iron ring.
As the sky grew darker, Xiaozhi lit a bonfire with his lighter. At this time, the handcuffs on Ralts had been taken off by Xiaozhi. It was much easier to take them off after a gap was made by a stone on the handcuffs. Xiaozhi bit one side with his mouth and used his other hand to exert force. The small wave ball on his fingertips kept sawing the ever-widening gap, and soon he was able to tear off one of the shackles.
It seemed that the little guy’s hands were tied too tightly before. After the handcuffs were opened, there were red marks all around the inside, and it felt like a dent when touched.
Xiaozhi remembered that in his dream, he had met a Ralts when he went to Fengyuan for adventure, but the real world was very different from it. The white silk ribbon on her body was more like her own battle suit than clothes. The material was extremely tough and elastic, and this layer of clothes could effectively relieve the impact.
The body hidden under this layer of silk battle suit is small and delicate, and the limbs are very soft, as if it is a child who has not grown up yet. Both the hands and feet are very weak, and it doesn’t look like it is good at close combat. I really can’t understand why those male Lalulas can evolve into the handsome fighting Pokémon Aledo through the awakening stone.
But this has nothing to do with this little guy. It’s a pity that there is so much fighting energy in her body. If it were a male Lalulas, he could use fighting moves to release this energy, then her body would not feel so uncomfortable.
Just when he thought of this, Xiaozhi suddenly found that Ralts’ eyes blinked. Xiaozhi felt the energy in this little girl’s body. Her Psychic energy was still not much. If she only relied on natural recovery, it would be difficult to recover in two or three days judging from the current recovery speed. However, relying on this energy, she would not fall into the previous crisis state.
If wild Pokémon want to replenish their energy quickly, they can only rely on their own subjective absorption of free energy in the air or actively produce energy after eating fruits to fill their stomachs.
The little girl had just woken up, so Xiaozhi laid her flat on the pile of weeds that he had prepared earlier to avoid scaring her. This was Xiaozhi’s original mattress for the night, but now it was a good choice for the little girl. He also placed a few berries in front of the little girl. Although he had not studied what flavor of berries Lalulas liked, Xiaozhi deliberately kept a few berries with a sweeter taste based on his intuition, and hid in the bushes on the side.
Lalulas squinted her eyes for a while, then suddenly turned over and her superpowers covered her whole body, looking around vigilantly. She soon found the berries around her, but she did not taste the berries as Xiaozhi wished, but threw them away directly.
Seeing the precious food being thrown away, Xiaozhi couldn’t help but reach out, and this movement naturally made a noise. Xiaozhi realized that something was wrong and hurriedly explained to the little girl that he had no ill intentions, but she obviously didn’t have time to listen to Xiaozhi. The moment the strange noise appeared, she activated the teleportation to escape, but Xiaozhi had already anticipated it and rushed to the ground.
Maybe he just woke up, or he didn’t have much energy in his body, anyway, he was a step too slow this time and didn’t transmit. Because of the impact, the little guy’s hair was pushed away, and his panicked and unwilling eyes, like rubies, stared at Xiaozhi, his hands struggling randomly, but the weak strength had no effect at all.
For fear of hurting Laltus, Xiaozhi placed his hands on the little guy’s head and back, and put his body in a plank position without pressing on Laltus.
Fearing that the little guy would use his limited psychic energy to escape, Xiaozhi stared at him seriously and said in a gentle tone: “Lalvace, I have no hostility towards you. I can help you. You can feel that your body is in a bad state now, right? If you force yourself, you will drag yourself down. Do you still remember the baby bear? If you keep holding on like this… don’t you want to see that little guy again?”
Xiaozhi doesn’t think that he is a good eloquent person, and in fact it is true. The effect of the words just now was not the previous words of worrying about her, but the last word “baby bear” that made the struggling Lalulas stop.
Xiaozhi knew that the little guy must have misunderstood something, but the two sides had not yet established basic trust, so no matter how much he explained, it would be in vain.
While Ralts didn’t struggle, Xiaozhi once again used the power of wave to suppress the Fighting-type energy in her body that had just begun to become chaotic due to the intense activity. This time, since the owner of the body had woken up, he didn’t need to touch the body to control the flow of energy. After using wave to suppress the Fighting-type energy in a part of the body, Ralts took the initiative to use her own energy to cover the outside of the wave power with another layer. The double protective shield suppressed the Fighting-type energy tightly, causing it to calm down again.
Xiaozhi picked up the discarded fruit and cut it into two halves in front of the little girl. He ate the smashed side that was close to the ground and handed the remaining intact side to her.
The little guy was very vigilant. He watched Xiaozhi swallow it before taking the fruit and eating it in small bites.
Seeing that the other party’s attitude had finally softened, Xiaozhi breathed a sigh of relief and shared his dinner with him.
After eating the berries, Xiaozhi sent another message to Lisa, asking her to take care of his two sisters. He also said that everything was fine with him but it was too late and he had to stay outside for a day, so she didn’t need to worry.
Seeing that Ralts was staring at him after eating the berries, Xiaozhi thought about it and activated a waveguide to transmit information to the other side, telling them what the current situation between the two of them was.
The little guy was frightened at first, but when he saw Xiaozhi put his hands up in surrender, he didn’t do anything rash. Instead, he told Xiaozhi the bad news through telepathy.
This little girl was busy escaping and hadn’t thought about where to teleport with her friends, so the place she went to was completely unknown. However, the only thing that comforted Xiaozhi was that she could sense the coordinates of the nearest location she was bound to, and could guide Xiaozhi tomorrow.
Xiaozhi did not miss the opportunity to exchange feelings. He explained to Lalulas why he broke into the building today. Seeing that the little guy had let down some of his guard, he took the initiative to call Lisa and asked her to let the baby bear out to meet Lalulas.
After seeing the healthy appearance of the baby bear, Xiao Zhinti felt that Lalu Las’s mood had obviously improved a lot, so he made a temporary cooperation agreement with Lalu Las, agreeing that the two parties would temporarily cooperate before returning to the town.
After confirming the cooperation, Xiaozhi immediately proposed the rules for the night watch and volunteered to keep watch for the first half of the night.
Although the little girl agreed to this decision, she did not sleep on the weeds that Xiaozhi had laid, but went around to the opposite side of Xiaozhi, facing Xiaozhi across the campfire. Although she was sleeping, her body was half squatting, as if she would wake up if Xiaozhi made any unusual movements.
The little girl obviously overestimated her self-control. She was too tired. Her extremely lack of energy forced her into a deep sleep. The accumulated physical strength in her body slowly transformed into super energy. After waiting for a while, he saw that little Lalulas adjusted her posture and her head fell on the hard ground. Xiaozhi waited for a while, and seeing that she had no reaction at all, he gently carried her to the straw mat.
He touched the red pointed horn on her head with his hand. Looking at the little girl’s adorable sleeping face, Xiaozhi guessed that he would have to stay up all night.
Holidays (10) (Old version)
In a daze, Lalulas seemed to have a dream, and she seemed to recall her childhood.
The little girl had always lived with her mother. Her mother knew a lot and could easily make a raincoat to keep out the rain or a cotton cloak to keep warm.
Before they met humans, they had been living a simple and happy life. The most distressing thing for her at that time was that she looked a little different from her mother. Her mother’s hair was emerald green, but her hair was sky blue, which made her feel that she might not be her mother’s biological child. But later she found that some fruits would change the color of her body after applying them on her body. She tried many times and finally found the same color as her mother’s hair. Now, the friends who played with her would not say that she was not her mother’s child, right?
This behavior was praised by her mother. She still remembered that her mother told her not to reveal her uniqueness unless she met a lifelong partner. It seemed that those bad humans outside liked to capture these Pokémon.
However, the mother made one mistake. Even though she was dressed like an ordinary member of the same tribe, she still couldn’t avoid being captured by the bad guys.
Those hateful humans beat her and her mother down and then put them both into a black box. In the blurry moment before the box door closed, she seemed to see her mother’s eyes filled with reluctance and worry…
This was the last time she saw her mother. When she woke up again, she was locked in a small cage. In the days that followed, the humans in red clothes would always beat her until she was almost unconscious and then inject her with a strange potion. After a while, they would use a needle of unknown origin to suck her blood.
She had heard from those people that they did this because they were afraid that she would attack them when she regained consciousness. This reason was ridiculous. Weren’t these hateful humans the first to attack? Why could they feel so confident that they were the threat?
In this not-so-pleasant memory, the only thing that made her feel less uncomfortable was probably the little bear next door, that little encumbrance, crybaby, and fool who made people completely worry about him.
Lalulas felt that she was in a warm embrace, and this feeling reminded her of her mother. The annoying energy in her body was also well-behaved like a good baby, and she didn’t have to distract herself from resisting their invasion even when she was sleeping like before. Perhaps it was because she hadn’t slept so peacefully for a long time, she slept more deeply this time, and she completely forgot her previous agreement with a certain human.
Feeling that the little one in his arms showed signs of waking up, Xiaozhi stopped the work at hand, picked her up and placed her on the straw mat beside him.
Before he could pull his hand back, he met Lalulas’s slightly dazed gaze, which had just woken up.
She seemed to have just woken up, and she made cute noises. Xiaozhi smiled awkwardly. He didn’t know if he would be annoying if he took the initiative to hug her, so he could only try to change the subject: “Good morning, Lalulas, did you sleep well last night?”
Lalulas didn’t react at first, and only then did she look up at the sun that had already risen high in the sky. She actually slept all night?
Thinking about how she had agreed with the human in front of her on the order of night watch but had broken her promise, she couldn’t help but lower her head in embarrassment.
Xiaozhi didn’t understand the situation and thought that Lalulas was angry, so he didn’t dare to say anything and took his hand back awkwardly. He thought for a while, took out the fruit that he didn’t eat yesterday, and handed it to Lalulas as if to please him.
Ralts was stunned for a moment before taking it. Xiaozhi remembered that he forgot to “test the poison” and hurriedly wanted to taste one to reassure the other party, but he saw that Ralts had already stuffed a fruit into his mouth.
Xiaozhi was a little surprised, and didn’t understand why the little guy’s attitude had changed so much after a good night’s sleep. But this was a good thing, because if he wanted to go back, he had to rely on this little guy in front of him.
Xiaozhi squatted down and continued to work on his job. He was transforming Lalu’s broom grass hood into a simple backpack that could be carried on the back. It was not a particularly complicated job. Xiaozhi passed the shoelaces through the gaps in the broom grass and tied the knots. He then peeled off some tougher plant barks and repeatedly weaved them from the bottom of the hood to the top to form a crosshair shape. Finally, he fixed it and a simple backpack was ready.
After eating a few berries, Lalulas kept staring at Xiaozhi. Even though there was nothing similar between them, she couldn’t help but think of her mother.
Xiaozhi caught her emotional changes and asked Ralts hesitantly: “This… isn’t something your family left for you, is it?” Xiaozhi had discussed the idea of making a backpack with Ralts through the power of wave guidance before, and she had no objection. Now it seems… that he did not consider her feelings carefully.
But he guessed wrong. Lalulas didn’t have many memories of this hood. She just made it on the way to escape.
Ralts handed the remaining berries to Xiaozhi and asked him to eat them. Xiaozhi didn’t refuse. He didn’t know how far he would have to go, so it would always be a good idea to fill his stomach and store up more energy.
After Xiaozhi finished eating Ralts, she wanted to lead the way. In order to save super power, she did not rely on super power to float in the air as usual, but moved her little feet steadily, walking towards the coordinate point step by step.
Ralts is not good at walking, and with her small stature, her movement speed is really not that good. It takes Ralts two or three steps to cover the distance that Xiaozhi takes one step.
When they were waiting for Ralts for about the twentieth time, Xiaozhi finally couldn’t help but make a suggestion: let her sit in the backpack and show Xiaozhi the way.
Lalulas lowered his head to look at his own weak legs and nodded helplessly, using his superpowers to move into the backpack.
She put one hand on Xiaozhi’s shoulder and pointed in a direction with the other hand. Xiaozhi reminded Lalulas to stand steady and ran in that direction. He would stop when passing by some herbs and fruits that he could identify, pick them and hand them to Lalulas.
Xiaozhi didn’t know how far teleportation could be carried out in the real world, but he was sure that the little guy behind him must have used an abnormal move. So far, according to his observation, they had walked more than 30 kilometers. Ralts had used teleportation twice, but they had not left the forest. On the way, Xiaozhi fought off at least two waves of Beedrills, seven or eight Arboks, and countless Rattata and Eggman, but there was no trace of human activity at all.
Feeling a little hungry, Xiaozhi had to stop, put Lalulas down, let her watch the backpack while he went to collect firewood to make lunch.
There is a Nidorino’s territory nearby, but this poor big guy has been knocked unconscious by Xiaozhi and won’t wake up for a while.
In fact, Ralts was planning to help at the beginning, but since Xiaozhi used a branch to beat seven or eight giant Beedrills and made them flee, she knew that this human seemed to be ridiculously strong.
She was told to keep an eye on the basket, but the Pokémon nearby had long been driven away by Xiaozhi. Ralts was so bored that she had to pick out the fruits in the basket and wash them in the small pool beside her.
Xiaozhi came back soon and saw that Ralts had already washed the berries, so he built a campfire first, then used the power of wave to grind a piece of wood directly into powder and sprinkled it on the campfire.
Then he cut the few pieces of wood he had picked up into wooden sticks, cleaned the sticks, took out the mushrooms that Lalulasi had mistaken for medicinal herbs from the backpack, washed them, and strung them on bamboo sticks.
Xiaozhi planned to grill mushrooms for lunch. He lit a campfire, set up a bracket next to it, adjusted the height, and then put the skewered mushrooms on it.
He had picked up a few spicy tomatoes on the way, which were just right for grilling. He removed the spicy tomatoes and chopped them up. In case Lalulas couldn’t handle spicy food, he specially divided them into three categories: medium spicy, slightly spicy, and not spicy.
Speaking of barbecue, Xiaozhi recently discovered that his wave power is actually a good helper in barbecue. By covering the mushrooms with the wave power, he can feel how cooked the mushrooms are.
Although this ability is not very useful for cooking, after all, when cooking, you need to be particular about when to add seasonings and which dishes to put first and later, and you don’t just consider whether they are cooked or not. But it is much more useful for barbecue.
After a while, Xiaozhi felt through the wave guide that this side was almost done, so he turned all the mushrooms over.
Lalulas was staring at the side, and Xiaozhi wanted to explain to her what barbecue was, but the power of wave could not explain anything too complicated. He could only say that this kind of food tasted good when grilled.
Xiaozhi had high expectations for the barbecue he made, but he was not very satisfied with the final result. He didn’t know if it was because of the lack of seasoning or the mushrooms he picked. Although the taste was okay, it was very dry. It was okay to eat only one or two, but it became boring after eating more.
Lalulas thought of an idea. She sprinkled the juice of a grapefruit on the mushrooms. It tasted sweet and sour and relieved the greasiness a lot. However, Xiaozhi was still not used to it. He thought to himself that he must carry some seasonings with him in the future.
Unlike him, Lalulas was quite satisfied with the meal. She ate new and strange things she had never eaten before, and it was also the first time she knew that some foods tasted good after being grilled.
After cleaning up the scene, Xiaozhi stuffed the extra blue oranges to the Nidorino that he knocked out, as a reward for occupying his territory to eat.
After making a phone call to Lisa and the others, Xiaozhi and Lalulas reported their safety to the other side and then set out on the journey home. To be honest, Xiaozhi was not sure whether he could get home today, so he could only continue to trouble Lisa to help take care of his sisters.
I don’t know if it’s because they have been getting along well during this period, but Lalulas seems to have become a lot more cheerful. Xiaozhi can feel that there is something different in her eyes than before. Xiaozhi also sincerely hopes that she can break free from that painful memory.
Feeling the little guy’s breathing behind him, Xiaozhi ran in the direction of her finger.
Holidays (11) (Old version)
“Bang–” A loud explosion was heard from a corner of the forest. The Pokémon that had already fled in panic due to the sound of fighting were frightened again and fled for their lives after hearing it.
At this time, a Blue King had fallen opposite to Xiaozhi. This Pokémon had just suddenly attacked Xiaozhi and his friends when they were on their way. It was very strong and had a strong fighting spirit. Xiaozhi was almost injured by it and it took him a lot of effort to get rid of it.
Unlike the wild Pokémon encountered before, this guy’s unyielding personality makes him very suitable as a combat Pokémon. His strength can even make him the main Pokémon of gym leaders.
Xiaozhi took out the only healing ball he had with him and hesitated for a moment, but finally shook his head. Speaking of which, since the dream world, he has a different habit of catching Pokémon from ordinary people, that is, it depends on the eye.
Although this Blue King was indeed good, Xiaozhi still felt that something was missing. He couldn’t explain this mysterious feeling. It might be that its appearance was a little sorry or the food expenses of this big guy were too expensive and he really couldn’t afford it. In short, Xiaozhi failed to capture this big guy.
After the battle, it’s time to reap the rewards. After searching the body of the unconscious Blue King, Xiaozhi indeed found a rare pomelo fruit. This fruit can speed up the recovery of various abnormal conditions and is the main raw material of the panacea. The fruit is not small. Xiaozhi weighed it and estimated that it is about three or four pounds. If it is sold to a pharmacy, it can probably be sold for about three hundred yuan.
Of course, the harvest is not limited to this. Through the power of waves, Xiaozhi has already sensed the nest of this Blue King. With the strength of this Blue King, there may be a lot of good things there.
Xiaozhi turned around and handed the pomelo fruit to Lalulas, who took it tacitly. This fruit was much larger than other fruits and was just the right size for her to sit on.
Xiaozhi told Ralts to go to the big guy’s lair to search for treasure, and then walked in the direction where the wave force was sensed.
The lair of Blue King is a cave, which is a little dark inside. Xiaozhi took out a lighter to illuminate it. Although the flame of the lighter is very small, it is better than nothing. Xiaozhi was about to go in when suddenly Lalulas patted his shoulder. When Xiaozhi looked back, he saw the little guy’s fist with flames.
Flame Fist?… There was no need for communication this time. Xiaozhi decisively put away the lighter and moved the backpack to the front, allowing Lalulas to provide lighting.
The space in the cave was not big. After walking for more than ten steps, they reached the end. It was a small nest made of leaves and vines. Putting down the backpack, Xiaozhi and Lalulas went forward to search together.
There are a lot of tree fruits placed in the nest, but they are not rare fruits. Xiaozhi has collected a lot of tree fruits before, so there is no need to take more here.
Under a large leaf, Xiaozhi found several large teeth. These seemed to be the teeth that fell off naturally during the growth of Blue King. Xiaozhi found a tooth among them that still contained special energy and put it away.
According to the habits of Blue King, Xiaozhi guessed that this special tooth might be the item Sharp Fang. As its name suggests, this tooth is extremely sharp. If equipped to Pokémon, it can not only slightly increase the damage of skills such as biting, but also make it easier for biting moves to break through the opponent’s defense and hit the vital points because of its sharpness. This kind of props that can affect the battle are very expensive in the market. Generally, the final price ranges from several thousand to tens of thousands according to its effect. Xiaozhi did not have a suitable preservation tool, so he had to pick up a few branches and tie them to both sides of the tooth blade with the hemp rope made of plant fiber used to fix the barbecue grill before.
At this time, Lalulas also found something good. It was a big bone that was twice her size. It was too heavy for her to lift, so she could only lift it with her little hands and drag it towards Xiaozhi.
Xiaozhi took a few steps forward and took it. The shape of this bone was somewhat similar to Caracalla’s bone, but the size was very different.
Xiaozhi felt that this bone was a little special, but he was not an archaeologist, so he naturally didn’t know its origin. Moreover, this bone was obviously the teether of the Blue King, so it would be a bit unethical to take it away.
After expressing her thoughts to Lalulas, she felt a little regretful but still let go of the big bone.
Xiaozhi was about to leave with his backpack on when he suddenly detected a Pokémon approaching quickly through the power of waves, and the direction it was heading was exactly where the Blue King was.
“What’s going on? You woke up so soon?” Although Xiaozhi was a little surprised, he reacted immediately and quickly left the cave which was an extremely unfavorable terrain.
Xiaozhi was just about to find a bush to hide in, but the Pokémon seemed to have set its sights on him, and whichever direction he hid in, the Pokémon would follow.
Knowing that the other party was up to no good, Xiaozhi quickly put down the backpack and took Ralts to find a place with sparse trees to prepare for the battle.
Just as Xiaozhi and the others found a good position, they saw the trees in the distance being flattened one after another. They didn’t know why the guy didn’t just go around those trees and do such a waste of energy.
After a while, as the last big tree in front of Xiaozhi was flattened, the appearance of the Pokémon was exposed in front of Xiaozhi.
It is covered with a crimson carapace, and has two tentacles on its head, which are also covered with a carapace. If it hadn’t been for the fact that it was swinging, Xiaozhi would have thought it was a pair of horns similar to Mega Houndoom. Its four legs are extremely strong, which is of course necessary, otherwise it would not be able to support such a huge body of nearly 7 meters in height and more than 10 meters in length to run so vigorously.
This is a centipede king. Regardless of why there is a centipede king in Kanto, its size is too huge. It is almost three times larger than the normal size. Such abnormal data cannot be explained by rich nutrition. Xiaozhi couldn’t help but think of the strange phenomenon in Alola, that is, the so-called overlord Pokémon.
Xiaozhi still wanted to try to communicate with the other party, but the other party looked at him as if he had committed murder for his wife, and before Xiaozhi could say anything, he was attacked by a venomous attack.
Although this move was powerful, it was not very fast, and Xiaozhi dodged it with a light jump.
While the opponent was not noticing itself, Ralts quickly released its telekinesis at the opponent. Although this extremely effective move caused the Centipede King to suffer a little damage, it immediately turned its head towards Ralts and prepared to shoot a poison needle, but was interrupted by an uppercut from Satoshi who used the power of the wave to bully him.
However, the Centipede King seemed to be prepared. After taking the punch, he used the force to turn around. The tail hidden by its body had already accumulated poison energy. The poisonous tail directly attacked Xiaozhi who was still in mid-air and unable to gain any advantage.
Caught off guard, Xiaozhi could only shrink his body and put his hands in front of his chest to resist the blow. The surging physical strength of the Centipede King directly knocked Xiaozhi out and broke an innocent tree on the roadside and smashed it into the ground.
Even Xiaozhi’s physical fitness was seriously injured. Fortunately, the poison was not triggered, otherwise he would not know how to continue fighting.
After understanding the opponent’s fighting style, Xiaozhi immediately adjusted his tactics and no longer engaged in close combat with the opponent, but instead attacked with the Wave Guide Screw Ball.
In order to increase the damage, Xiaozhi would collect stones and roll them into the waveguide spiral ball before attacking to increase the damage. Otherwise, he would have no way to deal with the Centipede King with four times the resistance to fighting. Of course, relying on a few small stones can’t cause any effective damage. The main force in this battle is still Ralts.
At first, Xiaozhi wanted to attract the hatred of his opponent to prevent him from turning around and attacking Ralts, but he soon found that it was unnecessary. As long as he got close to the Centipede King, its dark pupils would stare at him intently, and it would keep attacking him with moves such as insect bites and ramming.
At first, Xiaozhi was able to fight back, but soon he was beaten by the opponent’s endless moves and could only defend himself.
Due to the opponent’s powerful physical strength, even if he dodges the opponent’s moves, the aftermath of the attack will still hurt Xiaozhi.
Xiaozhi could only try his best to keep a distance from the big guy in front of him, but he didn’t dare to go too far for fear of being out of the hatred distance, so he could only take the beating in silence.
After noticing that the situation on Ash’s side was not good, Ralts took advantage of Centipede King’s inattention and used Strange Light to hit the opponent. It can be seen that her original intention was to confuse Centipede King and make him lose his composure and then attack randomly.
This move is not without effect, but the gap in strength between the two sides is too big. The Centipede King, which has experienced the law of the jungle and has reached its current strength, has an extremely strong will. Although it cannot completely resist the effect of the skill, it has not completely lost consciousness and stared at Xiaozhi. Although the moves it released cannot aim at Xiaozhi as accurately as before, it can control the general direction.
Although the threat of such an attack has become lower, this kind of crazy attack is more difficult to predict. Xiaozhi even suspects that the opponent’s characteristic is self-sacrifice, otherwise why would he fight to the death with no grudge against him?
After barely dodging a few more attacks, Xiaozhi finally couldn’t hold on any longer, and seeing that the opponent had no intention of attacking Ralts, he simply turned around and ran, using the nimbleness brought by the power of the wave to constantly shuttle between the trees. The Centipede King who was in a frenzy behind him rolled up into a ball and turned into an oversized tire made of a red shell, using a rolling attack to firmly lock onto Xiaozhi.
The trees and rocks on the road could not withstand it. Its huge body and heavy shell made its weight reach an astonishing level. The powerful potential energy brought by such a body and the rolling moves that continuously accumulated energy and enhanced power resulted in devastating damage.
The trees were ground into wood chips, the rocks were crushed into small stones, and the grass was plowed flat. Facing the increasingly powerful Centipede King behind him, Xiaozhi could only increase the strength of the wave force. At present, it seems that their only chance of winning is to wait for the opponent to run out of energy and automatically cancel the move.
Ralts was still behind him, constantly teleporting closer and using telekinesis to attack the Centipede King. Up to now, she had hit the opponent’s moves at least a dozen times. Even though there was a huge gap in strength, the accumulation of such effective moves could cause considerable damage. However, the opponent just ignored them and only wanted to attack Xiaozhi in front.
Xiaozhi was in a state of grievance at this moment. This was the first time he had been so embarrassed since he came to the real world. In fact, there was not much difference in strength between the two sides. Unfortunately, the absolute restraint of the opponent’s attributes made it almost impossible for Xiaozhi’s attack to break the opponent’s defense, which led to the current embarrassing situation.
Xiaozhi was so angry that he swore to himself that he would bring Charmeleon back with him when he returned to repay the other party for the lesson he had learned.
As Xiaozhi was running and running through the forest with his opponent, he finally found an opportunity. Xiaozhi controlled his speed and ran towards a tree. When he sensed the approaching breath of the Centipede King behind him, he supported himself with one hand and pushed his feet against the tree to kick in the sensed direction.
The centipede king behind him inevitably smashed the tree and rushed out for more than ten meters before stopping its inertia and turning around.
This also allowed Xiaozhi to increase the distance between him and it by another forty or fifty meters. Xiaozhi continued to run in that direction, and the Centipede King followed closely behind. However, he was unable to completely get rid of the opponent with this little trick.
But Xiaozhi had no such plan, and he just ran all the way with the follower behind him.
The crazy Centipede King obviously didn’t notice that the place they were chasing had gradually become sloped. As the slope increased, the speed of both sides gradually decreased.
Xiaozhi kept running, and in order to irritate his opponent, he continued to attack the Centipede King with the Waveguide Spiral Ball. The Centipede King, who had just woken up from the strange light, was successfully provoked by him again and chased closely behind.
With an indomitable momentum, Xiaozhi jumped high from the last tree at the end. The moment of jumping, the wave force compressed the air to form a springboard, pushing Xiaozhi farther. Seeing Xiaozhi “flying in the air”, the Centipede King behind him was not to be outdone. Its huge tail condensed ground energy and released a stomping move directly on the ground. The surging power actually drove the heavy body of the Centipede King directly into the air. The powerful control force was so strong that it was still able to maintain a rolling move after using the stomping move.
If nothing else had happened at this moment, Xiaozhi, who was in mid-air and had no leverage, would undoubtedly have been hit directly by the Centipede King that attacked from below. However, Xiaozhi did not panic at this moment, but shouted anxiously: “Now! Ralts!”
A burst of telekinesis came and actually moved Xiaozhi to the side for a distance, narrowly avoiding the rolling.
The Centipede King was still in the rolling position, and it seemed that it was planning to continue its rolling attack after landing. However, when it shifted its attention from Xiaozhi to the ground, it discovered that it was not in the forest, but in mid-air on the edge of a cliff.
Yes, this ramp ends at a cliff.
The heavy body now became a burden to the Centipede King. Being high in the sky, the Centipede King had nowhere to gain support. His huge body fell rapidly and finally smashed into the rugged rocks at the bottom of the cliff, never to move again.
High in the air, Xiaozhi still wanted to struggle to see if he could reach the cliff wall, but no matter how long he stretched his hands, he was still one or two meters away from the cliff wall. When he was about to leave it to fate, a small body teleported to Xiaozhi’s side and put a hand on Xiaozhi’s shoulder.
That was Ralts performing the teleportation. She was about to use it again to take Satoshi away, but she felt a headache and all her psychic powers suddenly dissipated. She fainted soon after. She had consumed too much psychic energy in the previous battle, and it was completely used up at this critical moment. She fainted again under the counterattack of the fighting energy that was no longer suppressed.
Xiaozhi saw this scene before he had time to be happy, and hurriedly hugged the little guy to his chest to protect him, and continued to repeat the previous actions with his other hand, trying to reach every blade of grass and tree on the cliff.
Holidays (12) (Old version)
Xiaozhi tried to use the backstroke to slide himself forward a little, but this action, which is often used when falling from a high altitude in cartoons, obviously had no effect.
Xiaozhi didn’t want to end up like the Centipede King, so he gritted his teeth and started to condense a wave ball 20 meters below him without thinking twice.
This was the first time he used the waveguide ball without using the energy in his body but directly gathering the waveguide energy from the outside world. Fortunately, although it was the first attempt, the waveguide did not dissipate directly, but kept changing its shape unsteadily. Although it seemed that it would dissipate in a few seconds, it was just right for Xiaozhi at the moment.
Bang—when Xiaozhi was less than two meters away from the wave ball, the wave ball exploded, and the compressed air hit Xiaozhi hard at a 45-degree angle and directly knocked Xiaozhi against the mountain wall.
Fortunately, Xiaozhi touched the mountain wall at an angle, otherwise his full-strength attack would probably severely injure Ralts. Even Xiaozhi himself felt weak because of it.
He forced himself to suppress the discomfort in his body, grabbed the cliff and clung to the wall tightly. His body slid down another twenty or thirty meters with the potential energy and finally stopped when he grabbed a protruding rock.
Xiaozhi looked around. He was currently in the middle of the cliff. The Centipede King below was still motionless. Although no blood was oozing out from its body, it was obvious that it was seriously injured and had fallen into a coma.
Xiaozhi tried to find a place to stand, but there were steep cliffs all around. He just wanted to grit his teeth and climb down, but the wave power sensed a gust of wind blowing into an inconspicuous plane on the cliff.
This strange phenomenon also made Xiaozhi feel a little strange. The location was not far away, so Xiaozhi thought about it and simply crawled over there.
Fortunately, Xiaozhi’s fingers were not seriously injured. Even though the skin and flesh of the hand that was holding the rock wall were rolled up after sliding down dozens of meters, at least the bones were not broken. He gritted his teeth and endured the pain and managed to get through it.
Just by touching the strange mountain wall with your hand, you can’t tell how it is different from other places. Xiaozhi felt around for a long time but didn’t see any strange mechanisms.
After confirming that this was not a secret base of an underground organization, Xiaozhi stuffed Lalulas, who had been in his arms, directly into his clothes and tied her and himself up with a rope.
The injured hand tightly grasped the hard rock next to it, while the other intact hand continued to accumulate waveguide energy, and finally swung it out fiercely after accumulating it to the limit.
The seemingly solid rock wall actually collapsed at the touch. The fist with the wave force directly shattered it, revealing a hole inside.
Xiaozhi breathed a sigh of relief and quickly went in. The cave was very deep, and Xiaozhi didn’t know if there would be any danger inside, so he simply rested at the entrance of the cave.
The little girl in his arms had fallen into a deep sleep. Xiaozhi took her out of her clothes, but found that the blood from her injured hand had accidentally stained the other person. He quickly put her down and looked for something to stop the bleeding.
Xiaozhi remembered that he always carried a box of emergency medical kit with him. He had been carrying it with him since he received it during the underground black market operation. He searched for it and finally found it in the back pocket of his pants.
That part was severely worn out when it hit the mountain wall, and it even turned into a ball of thick thread. Fortunately, the box is still well preserved.
Xiaozhi first used medical alcohol to clean the wound and remove the rock fragments that had sunk into the flesh. Some of the fragments that had sunk too deep into the flesh had to be picked out with tweezers.
Then spray it with hemostatic spray, wrap the finger with medical cotton cloth, and finally fix it with a bandage.
The effect of the medicine was significant. Xiao Zhineng felt that the blood loss in his body had slowed down a lot, and he couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief.
In fact, if he just wanted to stop the bleeding, he could use the power of waves, but now he has to use waves to suppress the fighting energy in Lalulas’ body on the one hand, and release waves to sense the surroundings on the other hand. He can no longer be distracted.
After taking a slight breath, Xiaozhi quickly hugged Ralts in his arms again. The wave that was suppressing the fighting energy just now had dissipated in the battle between the two energies, and he had to inject another wave.
It was actually just afternoon, the sun was still shining in the sky, and they were leisurely walking through the forest a few minutes ago, but in just a short while, one of him and Lalulas had run out of energy and fainted, and the other was injured and exhausted. Life is really full of surprises…
The reality is indeed completely different from the dream. Xiaozhi and the others are still within the coverage of the signal base station. The signal base station can generally cover a radius of about 200 to 400 kilometers with it as the center, which means that Xiaozhi and the others are actually still near the town.
Even though a Pokémon as powerful as Centipede King could appear at this distance, Xiaozhi had no idea what kind of monsters would appear in those primeval forests with no towns around.
It seems that Xiaozhi’s previous plan has to be changed. In fact, his plan has been changed many times. At first, he just wanted to find his partner. After accepting his original memory, he began to think of ways to take care of his two sisters. After receiving the news of the disaster in Alola, he planned to accumulate strength to go there to help.
It seems that every time he learns more about this world, his plan will be ruined… Xiaozhi thought of other strange things, such as… Why did he lose his memory after entering the dream world? Why is his home in the dream world in Pallet Town instead of Golden City? Why do others wake up after spending a year in the dream world, but he slept for eight years?
Hey… Xiaozhi put all those weird thoughts behind him. Thinking too much about such clueless things would only add to his troubles.
Looking at Ralts in his arms, Xiaozhi revised his idea of the composition of the team when adventuring outside in search of companions.
At first he thought that he could easily deal with all the unexpected events by bringing along a few of his strongest companions, but now it seems that he still needs to make some careful plans.
At least the fire-and-flying Charizard and the Flamehawk, the rock-type Mantle Rock and the Wolf Man, the ghost-type Gengar, and the steel-type Lucario should all be considered.
Thinking of this, Xiaozhi suddenly slapped his head with his hand and said, “Isn’t that right? Why do I always think about Pokémon that restrain those Pokémon that restrain Fighting-type Pokémon? I’m not a Fighting-type Pokémon, why should I think about these things!”
It seemed that he had just finally survived the disaster and had settled down, but his thoughts were scattered. The current situation did not allow him to be so distracted.
The Psychic energy in Ralts’ body gradually began to recover, which was a sign that the opponent was beginning to regain consciousness. Unlike the last time, Ralts was unconscious for so long because he used teleportation beyond the limit and was then attacked by the Fighting energy. This time, it was just a simple exhaustion of energy, and Xiaozhi suppressed the riot of Fighting energy in the first place, so it was normal for it to recover so quickly.
Xiaozhi rummaged in his pockets and finally took out a few crushed fruits covered in dust, which looked horrible.
Lalulas just woke up and blinked at Xiaozhi who was holding the berry in his hand.
Xiaozhi smiled awkwardly and said tentatively: “Although it looks a little ugly, the nutrition in the fruit has not been lost. Lalulas, you just consumed so much energy, why not eat some?”
Laltlas was not so squeamish. She took the fruit from Xiaozhi’s hand, sucked the overflowing juice with her little mouth, and then ate the fruit bit by bit. After eating, she licked the fruit juice remaining on her hands with her little tongue.
It was also the first time that Xiaozhi saw Lalulas’s tongue. What’s interesting is that the color of her tongue is the same as that of ordinary people, which is bright pink.
Xiaozhi slowly placed his hand on Ralts’ head, and when he saw that the other party did not resist, he slowly stroked the little guy’s head.
As expected, even the hair is very similar to that of humans. The human-shaped egg-type Pokémon is really strange… Xiaozhi thought silently.
Xiaozhi’s waveguide suddenly sensed something, and looking in that direction, a sturdy Pidgeot flew from a distance. When it got close, it slowed down and finally landed next to the Centipede King.
Xiaozhi quickly took Ralts to hide. Fortunately, this place was relatively hidden, and it was more than 200 meters away from the bottom of the cliff, so it was not discovered by Pidgeot.
A man in an emerald green uniform jumped down from Pidgeot. He went to the Centipede King and checked his injuries. After applying medicine to him, he took out a special Poké Ball and put it back into the ball.
The man looked around again, found nothing, and then got on the Pidgeot and went away.
Xiaozhi was very familiar with this man’s appearance, and had even met him many times in the dream world. He was a member of the forest ranger.
The dominant Pokémon, this centipede king, is actually the Pokémon of the forest ranger? Thinking of the time when Xiaozhi had just defeated Queen Blue, the other party immediately rushed out to attack him. Xiaozhi felt that there were so many secrets in this world.
However, seeing the direction the other party was going, Xiaozhi couldn’t help but get excited. The ranger’s base would not be too far from the city, usually built on the outskirts of the town. And he was going in the same direction, so it was self-evident which direction the base was in.
Xiaozhi picked up Lalulas and explained to her the information he had just collected. They both decided to follow the ranger.
Holidays (13) (Old version)
The rangers in the real world are different from those in dreams. If the rangers in dreams are responsible for protecting the forest and rescuing Pokémon, then the rangers in reality are much more dangerous.
Their duty is to maintain the ecological balance, which is of course an exaggeration. What they do every day is to investigate the reproduction and specific numbers of Pokémon populations in the nearby forests, and to confirm that the overall strength of the Pokémon populations inhabiting this forest will not differ too much to lead to a monopoly.
If a group of Pokémon really grows stronger, the ranger will gather the team to reduce the Pokémon of that group to a safe range. This sounds cruel, but the countless Pokémon invasions that have occurred before are the price of not intervening. Even now that the ranger system has become popular, Pokémon attacks often occur in some remote villages.
Of course, these things have nothing to do with Xiaozhi for the time being. No matter whether it is the previous Blue King or the Centipede King that appeared later, their strength is definitely at the overlord level even if they cannot dominate the entire forest. Pokémon of this strength will not allow Pokémon that are enough to threaten them to appear in their territory, so although they are all seriously injured, they will not be too dangerous.
However, although they wanted to catch up with the ranger, Pidgeot had already disappeared at such a speed. Xiaozhi and the others could only follow the direction of his flight. Due to his previous crazy escape, Xiaozhi could no longer find where he had put the backpack. Unfortunately, there were still several valuable fruits in it, which were probably given to the Blue King.
The ranger’s base was surprisingly not far away. Along the way, Xiaozhi beat away several hornworms that jumped out of the bushes for no reason and got beaten. After a while, he noticed a sentry post on a big tree. Because it was sensed by the power of waveguide, the other party did not notice Xiaozhi.
The defense of the ranger’s base was very rigid. Their defense in the deep forest was extremely strict. There were eight outposts within the sensing range of the waveguide alone, and countless other warning bells and pitfall traps. However, there were only two watchtowers and a seemingly solid gate on the side facing the town.
This deployment may have other intentions. Xiaozhi guessed that it might also be beneficial for convenient transportation during logistics supply. After all, if warning bells were hung on the roads near towns, it would be much more troublesome to deliver supplies.
In any case, this design is a good idea for Xiaozhi. He doesn’t have to risk exposing himself to get close to the base. He can just take a detour to the transport lane and follow it.
Xiaozhi thought they were not far from the town, but he didn’t expect to finish the walk until the sun was about to set.
Knowing that they would have to spend the night outside again, Xiaozhi had no choice but to collect firewood and build a bonfire with Lalulas before it got dark.
As they were busy on the road, Xiaozhi and his friends did not collect enough fruits to fill their stomachs. Xiaozhi wanted to give all the fruits to Lalulas so that she could recover her mental strength quickly, but was strongly rejected by the little girl.
In the end, the two people could only get together and evenly distribute one fruit each. When it came to the last extra fruit, Lalulas used his superpowers to split it into two even halves, which made Xiaozhi laugh and cry.
But… this method of mental manipulation seems to be closer to a mental blade than telekinesis? But isn’t this a move that only Aledo can learn? Little Ralts is a female…
Xiaozhi swallowed the last half of the fruit and stared at Lalu in a daze. Lalu still ate like a lady before, in an orderly manner. Watching the food disappear little by little as she chewed gave people a strange feeling, as if the whole world had quieted down.
Xiaozhi felt that this world was really strange. He and Lalu were strangers the day before yesterday, and he was still being guarded against by the other party yesterday, but today they have become comrades who rely on each other.
Maybe Xiaozhi didn’t have the idea of conquering the other party before, but when he was about to fall off the cliff, the other party risked his life to save him. From that time on, Xiaozhi had the idea of becoming a partner with the other party.
Speaking of which, the Psychic-type Ralts is also good against Poison-type, but it seems that it is not compatible with the Fighting-type quadruple resistance…
Boom——Xiaozhi hit himself hard to free himself from the mind of fighting Pokémon. The strange behavior made Lalulas, who had just finished eating, turn his head and look at Xiaozhi.
Xiaozhi smiled awkwardly. Although he felt that the atmosphere was a little inappropriate, he still asked, “What are you going to do after you go back and reunite with Baby Bear?”
Ralulas obviously hadn’t expected this question. She was silent for a long time, and finally sent her answer to Xiaozhi through telepathy: “Look for mom.”
Obviously there is no connection, but when Xiaozhi heard this word, the first image that popped into his mind was Hanako’s gentle smile full of love.
This is really strange. He was abandoned by his parents in the real world, but found a relative with no blood relationship in the dream world.
It seems… he and Lalulas are both children who lost their mothers. The difference is that Lalulas’s mother has fallen into crisis, while Hanako is alive and well, and maybe even has a decent job in a research institute.
This was not Xiaozhi’s groundless speculation. In fact, he had thought about these things when he was free. Why did Aunt Hanako and Professor Oak stay together every time they called? Why didn’t Aunt Hanako look surprised at all when the dream was broken? Xiaozhi didn’t want to doubt the mother in the dream at all, but almost subconsciously, he came up with the answer in an instant.
He was not sure why he lost his memory in the dream, but the memory of growing up in Pallet Town that he had after losing his memory was obviously false. Even the reason why he stayed in the dream world for eight whole years was –
Xiaozhi hit his head hard with both hands to stop himself from daydreaming. The dream world was the most beautiful safe haven in his heart, especially after it was connected with the reality, Xiaozhi missed that utopian world all the time. He was unwilling to believe that Professor Oak and Hanako would have bad thoughts about him. This habit of thinking the worst of others without any basis was probably the only parting gift that another self left for Xiaozhi that he was not very satisfied with, right?
Shaking off the distracting thoughts in his head, Xiaozhi looked at Lalulas again and expressed his thoughts: “If you believe in me…how about we go together to save your mother? I think both my human identity and my strength can help you, right?”
These words came from the heart. Knowing that the other party’s mother was still suffering in an underground laboratory, Xiaozhi couldn’t take advantage of the situation to subdue the other party at this moment.
And he also has another reason. If the underground laboratory was set up by Team Rocket from other factions, then he must destroy the laboratory. But if the mastermind behind the laboratory is their conservative faction, then… Although Xiaozhi will not destroy the laboratory, he will also release the imprisoned Pokémon and leave Team Rocket.
Although the uncle spoke to him very well, Xiaozhi still didn’t have much hope for Team Rocket. He also wanted to use this incident to get to know Team Rocket better.
As a Pokémon that can feel other people’s hearts, Lalulas undoubtedly felt Xiaozhi’s sincere emotions. After spending the past few days together, he also understood what kind of person he was. After hesitating for a moment, she confessed everything to this man who made her feel like a mother.
She and her mother were captured by bad guys in red clothes on a small island and subjected to various painful experiments. Not only was she separated from her mother, but she was also locked in a dark cage. Every day she could only eat dry food that had no taste and was always hungry. She was handcuffed with strange locks so that she couldn’t even use her superpowers. The bad guys also always scared her when she was sleeping, so she couldn’t sleep at all…
The little girl who looked so cold before was now crying. Even Xiaozhi couldn’t bear to see this scene. He quickly hugged her in his arms, comforted her softly, and joined her in criticizing the group of inhuman bastards in red clothes.
Not long after, Lalulas seemed to be tired of crying, and fell asleep in Xiaozhi’s arms.
The wind was a little cold tonight. Xiaozhi gently wiped away the tears from the other person’s eyes, took off his jacket and covered the little guy with it.
From Lalulas’s incoherent explanation just now, Xiaozhi roughly summarized the following points:
1. The opponent is not Team Rocket but the lava group in Fengyuan area
2. The place where they were experimented on was not an underground laboratory but a small island in the sea.
3. The other party took advantage of the chaos when some people in black clothes were fighting with the lava ball to escape. The situation was urgent at that time and she couldn’t locate the coordinates when she used instant teleportation and was randomly teleported here, so she didn’t know the way back.
4. More than a month has passed since she escaped.
“Alas… although there is a lot of information, it seems that there is no key point…” Xiaozhi thought about the solution but in the end he could only helplessly think, “I guess I can only ask uncle to check if there was any large-scale operation of the Rocket Team in Fangyuan more than a month ago…”
After sorting out his thoughts, Xiaozhi began to contact Lisa and the others, telling them that he was safe and explaining his current situation, asking them not to worry too much. When Lalulas wasn’t paying attention, he secretly took a few pictures of her sleeping and sent them to Lisa and the others.
After finally getting Airi, who was crying on the other end of the phone, to put down her phone and go to sleep, Azhe called again and talked to Xiaozhi about the small changes in the mosquito coil tadpoles in the past few days, and asked Xiaozhi for advice on the future direction of the mosquito coil tadpoles’ cultivation.
After finally answering all the questions of this little apprentice, Xiaozhi finally relaxed. After poking the sleeping Lalulas’s face, Xiaozhi sat down and stared at the campfire in a daze.
After a long while, he suddenly realized, “Wait… am I still on guard today?”
Holidays (14) (Old version)
Xiaozhi did not stay up late this time. At around 3 a.m., Lalu woke up. Xiaozhi, who was very sleepy, quickly said a few words to the little guy and fell into a deep sleep.
Xiaozhi had many reasons to rest, for example: after several hours of adjustment, the energy in Lalulas was almost half restored, and it had the ability to protect itself, and there were few Pokémon on this road where vehicles often passed by. Of course, apart from these reasons, the biggest reason was that after more than 30 hours of high-intensity exercise, and constantly using the power of waveguide to detect the surroundings to prevent danger, even Xiaozhi, his body and mind had reached the limit.
Almost as soon as he touched the ground, Xiaozhi fell into a deep sleep. At first, Lalulas was doing his job conscientiously, using his mental power to sense the dangers around him.
After a while, Lalulas, who felt that everything was calm around her, felt a little bored. She turned over and looked at the human youth who was already fast asleep.
This person was very strange. Lalulas had seen quite a few of them, including those shameless scums wearing red clothes, humans like the man in green clothes riding a big bird like the one he met today, and ordinary humans living in the small town.
Those people in red clothes are full of greed and irritability. Everyone is like a negative energy aggregate. Lalulas is full of disgust for them, and those people in green clothes (forest rangers) are full of surprise and vigilance when they meet her, as if her presence there is something extraordinary. Although these people have no ill will towards her, they always want to control themselves, and she doesn’t like them either. When people in the town see her, they will pretend not to see her, but as soon as Lalulas leaves, those people will call the police to arrest her. At first, Lalulas didn’t know, but after being tracked by the police for a long time, she found that although these people look kind, they do things in one way in front of her and another behind her back. She also hates them.
Even those innocent-looking children may have other purposes when approaching her. Lalulas had met a child before. At first, she and the child got along well and even shared food with her. But it didn’t take long for the child to reveal his true colors. The child actually deceived her trust and sneaked into her home at night after learning where she lived, trying to capture her with the red and white ball.
It was hard to imagine that the child shared food with me just to catch me. And he used such a despicable method of taking advantage of others’ misfortune!
Those people all had their own purposes for approaching her. They either thought she was a valuable experiment (Lalulas learned this term from eavesdropping on the people in red clothes), or they thought she was an invasive species that needed to be watched out for (she also learned this term secretly), or they thought she was a strange urban legend (Lalulas was wearing a broom grass cape at the time, which was indeed very strange from a distance), or they thought she was a poor abandoned creature, thinking that if they gave her a few meals, she would follow them everywhere (the original words of the child were: “Come with me? You have also seen my performance in the past few days. Compared with your master, I am more reliable, right? Be subdued by me. As long as you are obedient, I will give you food every day in the future.” Just by listening to this sentence, it is obvious that this is a middle school boy with a rich imagination who likes to talk to himself.)
Getting rid of those unbearable past events, Lalulas’s eyes refocused on Xiaozhi. Only the human in front of him was different, and he was different from the beginning.
When Xiaozhi first came, Ralts noticed him. He got along well with his Pokémon. Unlike the so-called trainers that Ralts had seen before, the Pokémon of Team Magma were always restrained. Although it was not painful, Ralts felt that their nature was suppressed and they were just used as a fighting tool. The Pokémon of the rangers were better, but Ralts could also feel that they must have done something wrong in the past, so that there was always something in their hearts that bound their hearts.
Only Xiaozhi was different. Although he was training every time he saw him coming, Ralts felt that the little bug didn’t hate it. On the contrary, he liked this way of getting along. Every time they left, he was full of satisfaction. But wasn’t he also trapped in the red and white ball-shaped restraint? Why was he so satisfied when he was put back into the ball? Ralts was very curious.
If Ash hadn’t suddenly broken into the building the day before yesterday, it might have taken a long time for Ralts to take the initiative to contact Ash. Or if Ash hadn’t been so eager to meet Ralts in such a thrilling way, the way they met would have been different, right?
No matter what, they still met in this way. When Ralts first came into contact with Xiaozhi, she was actually very angry when she heard the other party’s threats. However, at that time, the other party did not have the cunning to succeed in his evil plan, but was full of worries about herself, so Ralts did not forcefully use teleportation to run away.
After all, as long as she had teleportation, she could lurk beside that not-so-bright girl and wait for an opportunity to take the baby bear away.
In the past two days, Lalulas has been sensing Xiaozhi’s emotional changes and psychological state. She has been reminding herself that as long as the human in front of her has any unfavorable thoughts, she must run away immediately.
But… not to mention that it was not good for her, this strange person took too much care of her for some reason. Lalulas felt as if she had returned to the days when her mother took care of her when she had just hatched from the egg… and she sank into it unknowingly.
The human in front of him must have used some despicable tricks to confuse him! Lalulas thought secretly. Seeing that Xiaozhi was sleeping so soundly, he directly used his two little hands to knead Xiaozhi’s face hard to avenge this hateful human who dared to threaten him before.
After a while, Lalulas, who was tired of “revenge”, stopped what he was doing. Feeling his hands were a little sore, Lalulas lay back in Xiaozhi’s arms.
Human beings are changeable. Many chaotic thoughts appear in their minds at all times, and from these thoughts we can get a glimpse of the other person’s true thoughts.
In fact, Lalulas has been using telepathy to observe Xiaozhi’s heart these days, wanting to know if Xiaozhi is also the kind of person who is two-faced. Perhaps this is why Lalulas let down his guard against Xiaozhi so quickly.
The human being in front of me was consistent from beginning to end.
Thinking of this, Lalulas felt a little embarrassed. If he hadn’t been using telepathy all the time, the recovery speed of his superpowers wouldn’t have been so slow, and he wouldn’t have made such a big mistake on the cliff in the end.
No matter what, from the moment Xiaozhi said that he would accompany her to save her mother, Lalulas had no way to refuse him. She was hit in the vital spot.
From a rational point of view, both Ash himself and the terrifying Charmeleon are great aids in rescuing his mother. If Ralts relies on himself alone, he may not be able to defeat those guys in red even if he can find the way back.
From an emotional point of view, Xiaozhi was the best human she had ever felt for a long time. It was also the first time she had found a person who could give her warmth among those annoying humans. She could feel a faint sense of home from Xiaozhi, as if she had had it long ago. She seemed reluctant to leave.
……………………
Xiaozhi had a dream. In order to celebrate his reunion with his friends, he prepared a big table of delicious food to entertain the Pokémon he had found with great difficulty. He also invited many guests to taste his dishes. Professor Oak, his mother, Misty, Brock, Jian, Haruka, Chibi, Hikari, Alice, Tendo, Serena, the Citron siblings, and everyone from Alola were present. They all praised the food he cooked, which was probably better than that of Shimizu.
Before Xiaozhi’s sweet dream could continue, he felt something pinching his nose…wait…nose?
Xiaozhi suddenly opened his eyes and found that the troublemaker who pinched his nose was Lalulas.
Xiaozhi touched Lalu’s smooth short hair and looked up at the sky. It was already noon, so it was no wonder that Lalu came to wake him up.
Xiaozhi first used the power of waves to sense the energy in Ralts’ body. The exciting thing was that her super powers had been almost fully restored, so Xiaozhi no longer had to worry about the backlash of fighting-type energy.
What’s even more exciting is that Ralts can already sense his spatial coordinates in the city, but Xiaozhi had been sleeping before and didn’t go there. After hearing this, Xiaozhi quickly hugged Ralts to his chest and asked her to take him back. He had been busy traveling these days and didn’t have time to take a shower. His body was sticky. Thinking that he could take a comfortable cold shower soon, he became a little excited, and even the unpleasantness of being awakened from a sweet dream disappeared.
Xiaozhi has already felt his talent in barbecue. It is not impossible for the scene in his dream to reappear in time. Why should he feel sorry for it?
Lalts also sensed Xiaozhi’s happy mood, and thinking about meeting that silly little bear soon, a faint smile appeared on his face.
With a flash of teleportation light, the two disappeared from the spot.
At the same time, in the ranger base, the ranger that Xiaozhi and the others had met before was healing the Centipede King’s wounds.
The Centipede King was being soaked in a huge wooden barrel, and the ranger was constantly pouring different medicinal herbs into the barrel.
As he fell, he kept muttering, “Next time, remember to use your brain before you take action. Your lover was fine, she just fainted. Why did you risk your life for no reason? Not only did you take action, but you couldn’t beat her. You got injured all over your body, and the captain also deducted my salary…”
The man and the Pokémon seemed to get along very well. The Centipede King seemed to understand what he said. He lowered his head to his chest and did not dare to refute.
Suddenly, a howl was heard, and the Centipede King looked up suddenly. He saw the object of his long-cherished thoughts, a huge Blue King. When the other party saw the wounded appearance of the Centipede King, it threw itself into the Centipede King’s arms.
The ranger was splashed with water, but he didn’t dare to get too close to the two giants, and quickly moved away. He approached the man who released the Blue King and complained, “Captain, you didn’t even tell me you were coming, and I got soaked.”
The captain just looked at him sideways: “You deserve it.”
The ranger smiled awkwardly and changed the subject, “Why did you capture this Blue King? Aren’t you afraid that it will affect the ecological balance in her territory?”
The captain stared at him speechlessly and said, “Is it okay if I leave this Blue King there? I asked you to be in charge of the daily activities of the Centipede King, but the Centipede King went to see Blue King every day. What did you supervise? Instead of letting him run around like this, it would be better to bring him back directly and give the Centipede King a sense of home.”
The ranger smacked his lips and looked at the two Pokémon kissing each other and complained: “They have no future if they are in different egg groups…”
Seeing that he didn’t care about anything, the captain replied lightly, “From now on, the territory of the Blue King will belong to the Centipede King. You take care of this guy and maintain it well. If I find that his territory has shrunk one day, I will hold you accountable!”
The ranger wanted to say something with a sad face, but the captain glared at him fiercely, so he could only lower his head and sigh.
Holidays (15) (Old version)
When Xiaozhi opened his eyes again, they were already in the back alley of a small street. He was not familiar with this place, so he could only turn over Lalulas in his arms and ask her face to face where this place was.
Lalulas answered him quickly: “The people here make some soft and sweet food. Every night they throw some into the green bucket. I will pick up the food and eat it with the little bear.”
Xiaozhi nodded thoughtfully, and then asked: “Do you want to eat this kind of sweet food today?”
Lalulas nodded, then looked up at the sky, shook her head and replied, “It’s still morning now. They won’t drop it until it’s very dark. It’s better not to wait for a long time. I can use teleportation to get it at night.”
Xiaozhi didn’t know what to say. After a long while, he touched her head and said softly, “You don’t have to pick them up in the future. We can buy fresh ones to eat. Let’s go to the main entrance to take a look.”
Ralts obviously had no idea about currency and just nodded in confusion. Xiaozhi didn’t know how to explain this to her, so he had to put the question aside and took the little girl into the cake shop.
It seemed like it was not the right time yet. There were not many people in the cake shop and one of the clerks was even dozing off.
When Xiaozhi opened the door, the shop assistants just glanced at him, and then looked away when they saw that he was a dusty traveler.
It was Xiaozhi’s first time in a cake shop, and he wanted to ask the employees if they had any recommendations, but seeing their looks, he didn’t want to make things awkward, so he could only let Lalulas pick what he liked.
There are many kinds of cakes in the store. In addition to the more common cream cakes and fruit cakes, there are also products such as chocolate cakes and mousse cakes.
The expired products that Lalulas picked up from the trash can were basically broken. This was the first time she saw them in their entirety. The dazzling array of cakes in front of her dazzled her for a moment.
She felt a little uneasy. These exquisite things made her subconsciously feel that Xiaozhi could not afford them. She said to Xiaozhi through telepathy: “I… don’t like them very much. How about we just leave?”
Xiaozhi could see that she was saying one thing and thinking another. After taking another look at the average price of the cakes, he made an OK gesture to Lalulas, allowing her to make her choice with confidence.
Judging from the average price of food, these cakes are on the expensive side. A 20-yuan cake could be enough for two people to eat if replaced with sushi, but the cake is only 2 inches in size, which is probably only enough for one person to eat half full.
Of course, since they were in such a high-consumption store, Xiaozhi hadn’t thought about how to save money. He had just asked Lisa to take care of his sisters for two days, so he also had to buy some gifts to express his gratitude.
Finally, Lalulas chose a cream cake that looked the simplest. She thought that this not-so-beautiful cake should not be too expensive.
In fact, although it doesn’t look that gorgeous, the layers of this cake are cashew nuts and chocolate. Because the raw materials are expensive, it is actually half the price of other cakes.
Xiaozhi asked the clerk to pack this piece of cake, and also asked him to pack up the chocolate cake that Lalulas had focused his attention on the most. Because he didn’t know what flavor of cake Lisa and the others liked, he simply ordered an 8-inch piece of both the berry cake and the cream cake.
After the clerk had packed the items and he paid, Xiaozhi carried the two boxes and sat on the table and chairs outside the store with Lalulas.
Xiaozhi let Lalulas eat her portion first, and he called Lisa and the others.
It took a long time for the call to be connected. Maybe she overslept again, but Lisa hadn’t gotten up yet to answer the call. She put the phone to her ear in a daze, but forgot that Xiaozhi was using a holographic projection.
At this time, Lisa was still wearing a suspender nightgown. It seemed that because of her indecent sleeping posture, one of the straps was pulled up to her arm, revealing her fair body that was different from the wheat-colored skin on the outside. However, her figure was… ordinary, and she didn’t reveal anything that shouldn’t be seen.
Little Airi was still sleeping, her two little hands wrapped around Lisa’s arms, her little mouth slightly open, as if she was chewing something in her dream. Her eyelashes trembled slightly as if she was about to be woken up by the phone ringing.
Xiaozhi called out several times before Lisa finally woke up and realized that it was Xiaozhi on the other end of the phone.
Xiaozhi told her that he had returned to town and would come to her house later, then took a photo of his current location and sent it to the other party to reassure her.
After hearing this, Lisa quickly got up and said she would tell Mingmei the news. Just as she was about to get out of bed to put on her shoes, she caught a glimpse of the crooked suspenders and a small part of her chest exposed. She realized that Xiaozhi had seen her whole appearance and she couldn’t help but scream.
Xiaozhi was startled and asked what happened. Lisa was fully awake at this time. When she noticed the clothes drying rack with underwear hanging on the balcony in the background of her own picture on the screen, she panicked and hung up the phone.
Xiaozhi didn’t know what was going on, so he made a few more calls, but the other party hung up directly.
After a moment of silence, Xiaozhi’s eyes met Lalulas, who had just finished his portion of cream cake and was licking the remaining cream on the spoon with his tongue.
When Xiaozhi and Lalulas teleported to the abandoned building and rushed to Lisa’s house, Xiaozhi’s imagined accident did not happen. Seeing that Lisa was safe, he used the waveguide to scan the entire building again. After not feeling any threat at all, he breathed a sigh of relief and asked Lisa why she screamed before.
Seeing Xiaozhi’s helpless look, Lisa realized that he probably didn’t know what he was shy about, so she could only hold her forehead and remind him not to video call others without permission.
After listening to Lisa’s words about personal privacy, Xiaozhi nodded and promised her that he would not make video calls directly with her unless the other party agreed.
Mingmei got up early in the morning and started working. She had already prepared a table full of breakfast. Combined with the cake bought by Xiaozhi, it was a rare and sumptuous breakfast today.
At this time, Xiaozhi was taken care of meticulously. Airi was feeding him, and Mingmei brought a small medicine box from Lisa’s house to clean Xiaozhi’s wounds and change the medicine.
Xiaozhi wanted to say that he was fine, but his two sisters didn’t listen. Xiao Airi opened her eyes wide, and when she saw Xiaozhi stopped chewing, she stuffed another chopstick of food into his mouth. This was probably the first time the little girl was fed. Xiaozhi felt that this girl was more like a worker adding coal to the boiler on a train than feeding him. She always gave Xiaozhi a sense of urgency, as if Xiaozhi would die on the spot if the speed of stuffing food into Xiaozhi was not fast enough.
Mingmei was shaking as she cleaned the wound on Xiaozhi’s hand. Xiaozhi couldn’t bear to see her pitiful appearance with tears in her eyes. In fact, the wounds on her hand were just external injuries. Some of the skin was rolled up after rubbing against the sharp rocks. It looked scary, but in fact, it had recovered a lot. With Xiaozhi’s recovery speed, it would probably be almost healed in three or four days. But Mingmei obviously didn’t think so. Xiaozhi had to use his free hand to wipe her tears and gently stroke her head to comfort her.
Lalulas was sitting with Baby Bear and sharing their experiences of the past few days. Charmeleon and Chilly were watching Lalulas from the side, wondering what they were thinking.
After dinner, Xiaozhi narrated his experiences of the past two days in detail to those close to him. When he mentioned the Centipede King, everyone exclaimed in amazement.
Xiaozhi was very curious about the origin of the Centipede King. At this time, Leo, who was good at the Internet, unexpectedly gave him an answer. He searched the laptop and found information about the Centipede King on it.
After the fall of Alola, the special individuals of Overlord Pokémon that were previously unique to Alola began to appear all over the world, as if the fall of Alola made it impossible for this special form to be produced and it could only be scattered all over the world.
This Centipede King is the product of the Plasma Group’s Berserk Pokémon Project in the Unova region. After the Unova Alliance destroyed this project, those Pokémon that were not seriously affected could be released back into the wild, but powerful Pokémon like this Centipede King that were “specially cared for” were irreversibly affected. They were strong in themselves, but after being affected by the Berserk, they became irritable and easily angered. Except for those close to them, they would be attacked if anyone approached them.
This was a hot potato, and the United Alliance requested assistance. In the end, after a group of organizations had been arguing with each other for a long time, the rangers took over the problem.
Soon after, a plan called “Checks and Balances” came out. The top rangers tried to make these powerful and violent Pokémon the leaders of the forest, and use them to control the Pokémon in the forest from top to bottom. The rangers then constantly balanced the number and strength of each Pokémon group from weak to strong, and ultimately restricted the development of Pokémon and prevented the birth of a beast tide.
This centipede king is one of the pilot projects carried out by the forest ranger organization in the Kanto region.
Xiaozhi could only sigh at his luck. The forest was so big, how could he have the bad luck to run into that big guy? Thinking of the other party’s pitiful experience, Xiaozhi could only be glad that he didn’t kill him at that time.
Laltlas seemed to have some sympathy for the Pokémon who had a similar experience to herself, but when she thought about her experience carefully, she could only shake her head. Even if she knew this at the time, she and Xiaozhi could only fight desperately. After all, the initiative was in the hands of the Centipede King from the beginning.
Leo had just finished explaining, and then he opened the live streaming platform again to show Xiaozhi the revenue of the video he uploaded before. After so many days, the video’s hit rate has increased a lot, and it is almost 30,000. And not only these days, Xiaozhi’s daily exercise routine for Lisa has also been shared online by Leo, and surprisingly, many people have watched it. All in all, it has been viewed more than 100,000 times.
Correspondingly, Lisa’s fans have also increased a lot, and now have exceeded 100,000. According to Leo, they can now take some small advertisements to supplement their family income.
At this point, Lisa took out 3,600 yuan from her waist bag and handed it to Xiaozhi: “This is half of the profit we made these days. Leo and I both feel that these videos cannot be produced without you. If you don’t mind, take it.”
Xiaozhi felt that it was inappropriate for him to accept the money since he did not participate in the production of the video. However, Lisa was very stubborn about this and stated that if Xiaozhi did not accept the money, she would burn it. In the end, Xiaozhi had no choice but to agree.
After packing up, Xiaozhi took Airi and Mingmei to leave. Baby Bear seemed to like the life at Lisa’s house and stayed there. Lalulas looked at Baby Bear, then looked at Xiaozhi, and finally followed Xiaozhi decisively. Xiaoxi lived well here anyway, so she didn’t have to worry about him.
The abandoned building was not affected much. The police investigated there for a whole morning, but found no clues and called it a day. Xiaozhi and Lisa agreed to continue their daily exercise there tomorrow morning.
After saying goodbye to Lisa, Xiaozhi looked through the messages on his phone on the way back. There were only a few days left before the vacation ended, and he had to make sure he didn’t miss any work arrangements in the next two days.
However, he didn’t see anything related to work, but he did see a notice of the arrival of a courier. He couldn’t help but sigh at his luck. If the courier had arrived a few days earlier, he wouldn’t have been so embarrassed when being teleported into the wild, right?
Daily life as a combat team member (old version)
While it was still early, Xiaozhi stopped by the logistics company to pick up his express delivery and returned home with the two sisters.
Xiao Zhi opened the express delivery after returning home. It was a black long sword with handle and blade that was nearly 140 cm long. He pulled the blade out of the scabbard. There were no fancy patterns on it, nor blood grooves like those on ordinary swords, but the blade was thick and the front end of the blade was not sharpened. It would be better to say that the knife had no blade at all. It would be better to say that it was a slightly thick iron plate that was cut to the right size than a knife.
Xiaozhi asked the two curious girls to stay away from him, and then pressed an inconspicuous black button on the knife guard.
An inconspicuous blue electric current emitted from the knife, and Xiaozhi put his hand closer, ignoring the screams of the two little guys.
The electric current is not strong, just as the instructions say “probability of paralysis”. Xiaozhi feels that even Pikachu’s electric shock is a hundred times more powerful than this. The probability of paralysis is probably the same as the probability of his own Pikachu being triggered by static electricity.
Fortunately, the knife itself is strong enough. I don’t know what alloy it is made of. Xiaozhi couldn’t deform it even with all his strength.
“At least I won’t have to fight with bare hands anymore.” Xiaozhi thought silently.
Putting the knife back into the sheath, Xiaozhi began to prepare a place for Lalulas to rest at night, and stopped Airi who was touching the knife and trying to press the electric shock button.
This is the first time that Xiaozhi has considered buying bedding such as cushions and mattresses for Pokémon. In the dream world, they all have the sky as their blankets and the ground as their beds.
But the reality is different after all. The cowardly bug is okay, but the high temperature of the Charmeleon’s tail will burn the tiles on the ground, and the unconscious movements of his claws will also leave scratches on the floor.
Xiaozhi had this plan after he slept in the new address last time. Unfortunately, he didn’t expect that such an accident would happen when he just went to take a look in the building on a whim.
But now the results seem to be good. In the sight, Airi is drawing on her drawing board with Ralts. Ralts’s cute appearance seems to be very popular with her two sisters. Through the waveguide, Xiaozhi can also feel that Ralts is in a very good mood now. It seems that he doesn’t have to worry about their running-in problems.
After cleaning the dusty room and explaining things to their two younger sisters, Xiaozhi and Mingmei went out with Ralts, Charmeleon and Chinchilla.
Since we are buying them a place to sleep, it is obviously better to consult their opinions.
The shop selling Pokémon furniture is on the same street as the drugstore opened by Dr. Yosano. It seems to be specially designed to facilitate the entry and exit of Pokémon. The door of the shop is very spacious and the floor is different from other building materials in that it uses rougher granite.
This was the first time that Xiaozhi encountered such a store. Most of the stores he had visited before had signs at the door indicating which Pokémon were not allowed to enter, or simply prohibited Pokémon from being released from the Poké Ball. Xiaozhi could understand the store’s arrangement. There were many types of Pokémon, and many times, even if the Pokémon themselves had no thoughts, they would pose a threat if they came into contact with the goods. For example, Diglett would subconsciously burrow into the ground, and the flames of Flamebear would accidentally burn the goods if not deliberately controlled, and Muddy Slime would dirty the floor if it moved on the ground.
But Xiaozhi doesn’t have to worry about these. Although he has a Slime in the dream world, but… it has been eight years and Xiaozhi can’t be sure whether he will be waiting for him there.
The owner was an enthusiastic middle-aged man. After understanding Xiaozhi’s requirements, he took them to choose from his various bed styles.
Charmeleon focused on practicality. The sleeping mat he chose was made of steel, with a layer of compacted volcanic ash and a layer of artificial heat-resistant material on top.
Xiaozhi touched it and it seemed that there was some elastic substance under the layer of volcanic ash. It felt like a spring bed and was unexpectedly comfortable.
The mattress chosen by Timid Bug was the simplest. It was a slightly modified water bed made of extremely tough material. According to the uncle, as long as the attacks were not slashing or penetrating, the water bed could withstand ordinary attacks, and there was no need to worry about Pokémon puncturing it while sleeping. Even with its size, it could accommodate Xiaozhi to take a bath in it. If Timid Bug didn’t mind, Xiaozhi and his sisters could use his water bed to cool off.
Ralulas seemed a little hesitant, but Xiaozhi, who could sense her emotions, guessed which one she liked the most. Xiaozhi checked his remaining money and found that it was just enough to buy the bed. When Xiaozhi expressed his thoughts, little Ralulas was still reluctant to spend money. Xiaozhi had already prepared for the little guy’s objection and mentioned the excuse he had prepared to Ralulas.
He pulled Lalulas aside and whispered in her ear: “Actually, I need your help with something.”
Lalulas blushed a little at his somewhat intimate behavior. Xiaozhi waited for a while before she responded to him through telepathy: “Okay.”
Xiaozhi was a little surprised. He hadn’t even said what it was, but he didn’t think much about it and followed Lalulas’s words to make his request: “I usually don’t stay at home for too long. If I’m not at home, can you take care of Airi and Akemi? I can buy you your favorite princess bed as a gift.”
Lalulas didn’t continue speaking, but just nodded in agreement.
Xiaozhi felt that the little one’s mood had improved, and he couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief. Ralts seemed to be the kind of Pokémon that liked equality, and she didn’t like to owe others all the time. Xiaozhi’s care for her these days seemed to put a lot of pressure on her, so Xiaozhi thought it would be better to ask her to do him some favors.
Of course, he was indeed worried about the safety of his two younger sisters. If Lalulas could help him, he would feel more at ease.
After confirming the beds that the three Pokémon liked, Xiaozhi simply paid the bill with the boss. Xiaozhi bought several sets of furniture in a row, so naturally he had to bargain with the boss for a discount. However, he seemed to have overestimated his communication skills. After communicating with the store owner for a long time, he only got a 9.5% discount in the end. The three beds cost a total of more than 4,000 yuan. Xiaozhi spent all the money he had just received from Lisa in the blink of an eye and lost a lot of money himself. Fortunately, the uncle was not such a profiteer. After discussing the address with Xiaozhi and the others, he patted his chest and promised to send them there for free and settle them down. Xiaozhi just took his ride back.
As a girl, Ralts’ bed was placed in the room of Xiaozhi’s two sisters, which was just right for the three girls to communicate with each other. Chicky and Charmeleon shared a room with Xiaozhi. Charmeleon’s bed was okay, but Chicky’s water bed still needed water. In order to get water conveniently, Xiaozhi had to go to the hardware store to buy a water pipe, and the remaining balance was spent a little more.
I was busy until the afternoon when I finally finished it. In addition to the original configuration of a single bed, a desk, bookcase, bedside table, and a reserved fitness area, Xiaozhi’s room was now occupied by three-fifths of the area with the two newly added beds. After removing the necessary moving space, the remaining space could only accommodate two more beds. Xiaozhi didn’t know what he would do after capturing 6 Pokémon.
Perhaps, this is also the reason why ordinary trainers seldom capture more than 6 Pokémon. Every additional Pokémon captured requires an extra meal, a living space, and training resources, and the trainer has to worry more. If capturing the Pokémon can improve its strength, then it’s fine. But if it cannot form combat power in a short period of time, then it is actually an additional heavy burden.
Thinking of the dozens of Pokémon in his dream world, Xiaozhi felt a headache. Even if he could only find a small half of the Pokémon, he could not afford the cost of raising them with his current financial strength.
After all, the money is too little. Xiaozhi thought for a moment and confirmed that the ways to make money that he has mastered now are first the mission rewards issued by the Rocket Team Headquarters, secondly the conservative hiring mission channel, and finally the commission from Lisa’s clicks.
Thinking of this, Xiaozhi remembered that the uncle seemed to have told him before about his ways to make money during the holidays, but he didn’t know why it was never mentioned later.
Fearless and Charmeleon were lying on their beds, and they had fallen asleep in a few minutes. Xiaozhi glanced at them and saw that they were still sleeping soundly, so he didn’t disturb them. He picked up the pen and started writing about the exercise plan for Lalulas.
For Lalu Las, the current focus is not to learn new moves or practice combat skills, but to consume or fully master the fighting energy in the body.
As long as this danger is not eliminated, Lalulas will not be able to exert his full strength and will lose the battle with others from the beginning.
Xiaozhi plans to let Ralts practice Fire Fist, but when releasing the move, during the energy gathering stage, he wants Ralts not to absorb the fire energy, but to transfer the fighting energy in her body to her hands through waveguide, to see if he can use this method to expel it from her body.
This method tests the tacit understanding between both parties. Xiaozhi plans to first cultivate the tacit understanding between them according to the methods such as the two-person three-legged race on the Internet, and then try it again when the tacit understanding between them is almost the same.
In addition, the physical fitness of the scorpion has improved a lot. The weighted vest needs to be heavier, and more protein-rich foods should be added to the three meals a day. Charmeleon also needs to be trained more in long-range moves such as spraying flames, and he cannot develop the habit of only close combat. Ralts does not know fairy moves yet, and Xiaozhi also needs to train her to learn one or two as appropriate to avoid wasting the fairy energy in the body during battle.
When he thought about it this way, it seemed that there were quite a lot of things that needed to be considered, and there were more places to spend money. Xiaozhi was even looking forward to the time to go to work coming sooner.
Return to the team (old version)
The last few days of vacation passed quickly. Surprisingly, Ralts was highly compatible with Xiaozhi. Xiaozhi felt it just through the first day of testing, and he started the experiment in the next two days.
At the beginning, the experiment was full of problems. It took too long to condense the energy, too much fighting energy was discharged, or the energy flow rate was too fast. There were countless failures due to various reasons. Fortunately, Lisa prepared enough medicine for the wound, so she didn’t suffer too much damage.
In the end, Xiaozhi only found a solution that was not a solution. He asked Ralts to focus on maintaining the shape of the move, while he used all his strength to activate the wave to expel all the fighting energy. It was obviously an unreliable plan, but it was unexpectedly successful. However, this success was not a good thing. This move made too much noise, and the huge power even broke down a wall of the abandoned building, making Xiaozhi and his friends dare not hang around there. The final test was done on a small hill outside the town.
Finally, after debugging, Xiaozhi finally summed up the most effective way to release the moves.
Ralts’s control skill condenses at a speed of 0.9 seconds, and Xiaozhi controls the discharge speed of Fighting-type energy to 30% every 0.25 seconds. Before the energy is completely discharged, Ralts uses his Psychic ability to form a spherical barrier to prevent it from completely leaking out and causing the power to be dispersed, and before the Fighting-type energy is completely discharged, a hole is exposed in the barrier to allow it to leak out actively (this move has two advantages: it can avoid blocking for too long and causing the two energies to collide and hurt itself, and it can also adjust the aiming direction by actively releasing it). In the last few seconds after the Fighting-type energy is completely released, the driving force can be used to fill the spherical barrier with Psychic-type energy to block the hole, and then the spherical barrier modeling can be used on the spot to directly use an instant telekinetic ball.
Speaking of which, the method to test the power of skills is also very simple, that is to dig a hole. In the table listed by Xiaozhi, the best solution he tested can allow Ralts to dig a huge hole of 18 meters long and 2 meters wide. The efficiency of this solution is 46% longer and 28% wider than the initial solution, which is about 15% higher than the second place.
Of course, all this comes at a price. Not to mention that the hillock has been plowed into a small earthen slope, the most important thing is that Lalu Las’s problem has not been solved. For some reason, the fighting energy did not disappear after being expelled from the body, but condensed again in Lalu Las’ body, as if he was a gangster who occupied someone else’s house and refused to leave.
However, it is not known whether it is because after the process of gathering, circulating and releasing, it has become accustomed to living in Ralts’ body, or because Ralts has mastered the use of fairy energy after learning the Charming Voice, which has led to the complete suppression of the fighting energy in her body. In short, although the amplitude is small, Xiaozhi still feels that the new fighting energy that is gathered later is getting more and more honest. Maybe in the end, this extra fighting energy can really be fully utilized by Ralts.
Of course, there is no hope of achieving this level in the short term, and this fighting energy will continue to be a problem for Lalu Las for a long time.
Early in the morning, after hurriedly finishing his breakfast, Xiaozhi said goodbye to Lalulas who was cleaning, Airi who had just gotten up and hadn’t rinsed her mouth yet, and Mingmei who was clearing the dishes for Xiaozhi, and hurried to the direction of the logistics company.
Today is his first day back on the team, and he wants to make a good impression on the new team members, so he can’t be late.
When Xiaozhi arrived, he found that almost all the team members were already there. After seeing him, the uncle took a special look at Xiaozhi’s hands. Although it had only been three days, Xiaozhi’s hands were almost healed. He would be considered healed when the dead skin on his hands fell off automatically.
After confirming that everyone was present, the uncle immediately arranged today’s tasks.
It seems that in order to promote communication among team members, the uncle did not lead the team on a mission today. Instead, he issued a competitive task shared within the team, requiring members of the same team to fight one-on-one and the final winner would receive 100 points.
I heard from the uncle that this seems to be a benefit for each team. Every week, the team captain can issue a task with no difficulty limit and a maximum of 100 points. Because there is no difficulty requirement, these points are basically the same as free.
However, even after half a month, the team members are still the same old faces. Soma, the refugee from Alola, and Aya, the masked ninja lady, have not quit. It seems that the uncle’s team members are now fixed.
After receiving the mission, Xiaozhi and his friends came to the battle site. Because it was a logistics company, the battle site was set up underground. It was an underground garage the size of a football field. Since there were only four of them, there was no need to choose the order. The uncle directly let Xiaozhi and his friends decide who to challenge. Xiaozhi was a little curious about how the ninja lady who was always talking with a notebook commanded the battle. Just as he was about to challenge the other party, the Alola man invited him.
Xiaozhi looked at the female ninja again and found that Lisa had already fought with the other party, so he had to give up the idea.
Standing on both sides of the battle platform with Soma, the uncle gave the order to start the game.
The rules of this game are the most basic 1vs1. After all, it is just to let everyone know the strength of the team members. If too many Pokémon are used, the cost of post-match treatment will be too high.
Soma’s Pokémon is a male Salamander. Ash noticed that the other party has sharp eyes and a flexible body. These physical conditions not only show that Salamander has good fighting qualities, but also rule out the possibility that he has the slow characteristic.
Although he only took a quick look, Xiaozhi was able to analyze the strength of his opponent. This was a Pokémon with corrosive attributes, a sturdy body, and was good at using its strong upper and lower jaws to launch poison-attribute attacks.
“Water jet.” Xiaozhi took the initiative and kicked the Scared Bug’s legs forward violently. Water energy instantly wrapped around the whole body and spun it into a cone-shaped drill that attacked the Salamander.
“Get out of the way!” Uncle Soma reacted quickly and gave the order immediately, but he was still a step too late. The conical drill bit still scraped the Night Fire Lizard’s legs. Hit by the effective move, the Night Fire Lizard’s legs turned red visibly, but the uncle’s decision was still quick. While the coward had not yet released his strength, he ordered the Night Fire Lizard to use turbid fog.
The purple mist spread all around, but the speed was still a little slow. Under Xiaozhi’s command, the Scarecrow controlled the water jet and took advantage of the momentum to leap into the air and attacked the Night Fire Lizard directly.
But it was still a little slow. At the critical moment, the Night Thief Salamander jumped hard and barely avoided the attack. But as soon as it supported its body, Xiaozhi gave the order to “use sand shoveling.”
The momentum of the cowardly bug falling from the sky just now made it sink into the mud. At this moment, with the help of the power of the sand-moving move, he plowed out of the mud directly. The mud and sand that were moved up directly attacked the night thief Salamander under the control of the sand-moving move. The night thief Salamander subconsciously used sparks to scatter the mud, but before the move was exhausted, the aqua-blue drill broke through the sparks and hit the nearby night thief Salamander, which was directly hit into the air by the powerful force. Without waiting for Uncle Soma to react, under the command of Xiaozhi, a waveguide spiral ball directly hit the night thief Salamander in mid-air, which had nowhere to borrow strength. Under the impact of the move, the night thief Salamander was knocked back more than ten meters, and finally fell to the ground, unconscious.
The battle was over just a few minutes after it started. This Salamander was well-trained, but it was obviously not very good at dealing with the situation. Xiaozhi guessed that it rarely faced opponents faster than itself, so it was completely suppressed by Xiaozhi’s fast attack tactics.
The battle between Lisa and the female ninja was still intense. The way the ninja lady directed the Pokémon was actually using a bamboo whistle. With the different tones of the whistle, her fur ball was constantly changing its moves.
Miss Aya’s furry body is very flexible. With the help of her compound eyes, she can clearly grasp Eevee’s every move. Whether it is a flash of lightning or a high-speed star, she can dodge them skillfully.
The outcome of this battle was already clear. As expected, as the last flash of lightning missed its target, Ibrahimovic’s physical strength was too depleted and he began to gasp for breath on the spot. Seizing this opportunity, Maoqiu knocked Ibrahimovic down with a beam of phantom light.
Seeing that the winner had been decided, Xiaozhi hurried over to comfort Lisa. The level of this furry ball was very high and it was probably on the verge of evolution. It was not unfair for Eevee to lose to it.
Patting Lisa’s shoulder, Xiaozhi took her place directly on the battle stage.
It seemed that the previous battle had consumed a lot of Furball’s physical strength. Miss Aya took Furball back and then released her second Pokémon.
It was a large spider with four legs on the ground. Its trunk was scarlet, and its four yellow and purple legs looked tough and ferocious. On top of its abdomen were two tail cones like its limbs, but these two “extra legs” were longer and more ferocious. Its body was about 30 to 40 centimeters taller than the standard size, and it looked even more ferocious.
This is an Alidos, which has the same insect and poison attributes as the Centipede King. Fighting moves have little effect on it, and the insect attribute is also not very effective.
Without saying anything, Ash attacked directly, “Scarlett, use all your strength and use Water Jet on Ariados!”
The cowardly bug sensed the fighting spirit of its trainer and gathered its energy. The surging water flow was almost one-third larger than before. The drill it transformed into was even more powerful and attacked Alidos directly.
Alidos did not dodge either. A whistle sounded and the two legs on its back condensed insect-attribute energy, and it used a cross-scissors to meet the incoming water jet.
The two energies collided and were at a stalemate, but gradually, Ariados was more skilled, and the bug attribute energy gradually overwhelmed the water attribute energy. At the critical moment, Xiaozhi also issued an order in time: “Take advantage of this moment, Cowardly Bug, continue to use Bug Resistance!”
The insect attribute energy surged out from the body of the cowardly bug, driving the water attribute energy wrapped in the outer layer forward. The last bit of water attribute energy collided with the cross scissors and finally dissipated. Immediately afterwards, the cowardly bug wrapped in the insect attribute energy met the cross scissors, whose power had already dissipated by 70%.
Ariados finally couldn’t hold on any longer, the cross shears dissipated, and it was also pushed back a few meters. The whistle sounded as if it wanted to convey some information, but Xiaozhi’s attack was not over yet. As soon as the cowardly bug landed, Xiaozhi ordered him to use the sand-moving move.
The sand and stones splashed up and hit Alidos’ face, interrupting the energy that was gathering for a moment. This moment was enough. At such a close distance, the water jet of the cowardly bug arrived in the blink of an eye. Taking advantage of the height difference, the cowardly bug directly drilled under Alidos’ chassis. He kicked his legs, and the water flow rushed upwards and actually flipped Alidos directly. The skill that Alidos was about to release was interrupted, and his body fell into a short stagnation due to imbalance.
The coward had no intention of showing mercy. While still in the air, he used the sand-moving technique, and the mud and sand on the ground were lifted up by the ground energy and splashed on Alidos’ face.
Alidos was caught off guard by the attack. He vaguely heard a whistle in his ear but was unable to hear it clearly in time due to the sudden attack. He could only turn over instinctively, but before he could stand firmly, a jet of water from the side hit him again. This time he was unlucky. One of his supporting feet was hit directly by the water jet and could not fully support his body.
Being attacked repeatedly but unable to fight back, Alidos became anxious and kept using poison needles to attack, but how could such a directional move hit the fast-moving timid bug? He didn’t even need to resist, just circle around Alidos. Without the support of one leg, Alidos’s turning was extremely inconvenient. Every time he got around its blind spot, Xiaozhi would order the timid bug to release the waveguide spiral ball to attack. This weak injury didn’t have much effect on Alidos, but it kept accumulating, and the balance of the war had already tilted towards Xiaozhi.
In the end, Alidos was not defeated. After all, this was not a formal competition, and after confirming that Alidos had no chance of winning, the uncle simply announced Xiaozhi’s victory.
The ninja lady seemed to be in a low mood, but she immediately used medicine to heal her Pokémon.
However, Xiaozhi did have some interest in her. If Xiaozhi had not been using interference tactics in the previous battle, the coward would have had little chance of winning in a head-on confrontation. This young ninja lady’s strength is probably enough to join an elite team. Why would she join this newly formed team of the uncle, which has no foundation, no reputation, and no strength?
Xiaozhi was a little curious.
Even in the Pokémon world, do 18-year-olds still have to go to school? (Old version)
Aya was a little sad. She knew that her strength was not too strong, otherwise she would not have been defeated by a fourteen-year-old girl and fled away in disgrace. But she still didn’t expect that she would lose in a little-known Rocket Team battle team.
What should she do next? Should she continue to escape? Or is her ability enough to just be a logistics staff? She was a little confused.
Alidos was covered in wounds and wailing under her. She was distracted just now and failed to control her strength properly, which hurt the big spider.
Aya reacted and quickly apologized to Alidos. She wanted to make amends, but it was obvious that her mind was still confused. The harder she tried, the more trouble she made. Alidos, who was already exhausted, was almost knocked unconscious by her without knowing the severity of the situation.
Xiaozhi, who had been paying attention to this side, also noticed this situation. He walked over to check on Alidos.
This poor big spider could barely walk after the battle, but now it can’t even stand up after being beaten up by its owner.
Xiaozhi quickly stepped forward to stop Miss Ninja, and when he found that her eyes seemed a little dull, he suddenly felt a little apologetic. He seemed to have taken the previous battle too seriously. Would Miss Ninja be defeated by a single failure?
He thought about it and decided that it was more important to help Alidos heal his wounds first. He asked Miss Aya to stop, took the Pokémon medicine from her hand, and poured water from the kettle on Alidos’ wounds to wash away the remaining mud and sand. He dipped the disinfectant on his waist into cotton cloth and gently wiped the seriously injured parts of Alidos. While disinfecting, he gently soothed Alidos to relax its tense body.
He waited until the wounds on his body were almost treated before applying the wound medicine. He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Alidos looked much more relaxed, and turned his gaze back to the dazed Miss Ninja.
Xiaozhi paused for a moment, adjusted his tone and said to Miss Aya: “Although I may be a little self-indulgent, it is not shameful for you to lose to me. I am a person who returned from the dream world. In terms of combat experience, I am much better than you. You are very strong, but you lack experience in fighting enemies. So, if you are willing, I can help you become stronger.”
Xiaozhi’s tone was calm, but it revealed an unquestionable confidence. Even Aya was infected by his tone. She didn’t know what she was thinking, but she couldn’t help but jump for joy when she heard the other party praise her for being strong. It seemed that no one had praised her for a long time.
After that little girl came back, she became unimportant. All her efforts were a joke in front of that genius girl. The difference in treatment made her start to envy the little girl who did nothing. In the end, she challenged that child… and then there were countless defeats.
Her pride and complacency were shattered in those battles…
There was a voice in her heart telling her that the other person was just being polite and comforting her, but she still couldn’t help but ask, as if she was grasping at a life-saving straw: “Am I… am I really strong?”
The voice was very light, like the breeze blowing across the river, like a willow tree lifted by the wind. Xiaozhi didn’t react at first and said to himself, “Of course, that fur ball was very swift and fierce in its attack. Although it was a bit rigid, its tactics were well arranged. It can be seen that the trainer has trained it very carefully. This Alidos is also very strong. It shouldn’t have taken you too long to tame it, right? It can be seen that you haven’t cultivated a true bond yet, and its skills are a bit simple. If it learns moves like the poison spike electric net, my cowardly bug won’t be able to beat you.”
Before Xiaozhi could speak, Miss Ninja started crying, leaving Xiaozhi a little confused.
Lisa, who had been staring at him for a long time, immediately asked, “Xiaozhi, what are you doing? Why did you make other girls cry?”
Xiaozhi was already a little at a loss, and was stunned by Lisa’s question. He was stunned for a while, then he reacted and took out a tissue and handed it to Miss Ninja.
Aya was just in a daze, feeling a little dizzy from the long-lost words of recognition. Her hazy eyes finally focused on the palm of the young man’s hand, and then, almost subconsciously, she leaned against it, hugged the arm, and leaned her head on his shoulder.
Xiaozhi was startled by the other party’s sudden action, but he didn’t have the heart to pull his hand back because of the other party’s pitiful appearance. Looking back, the uncle and the Alola man were looking at him with some convulsions. Lisa’s face also turned red because of their behavior, and her body froze before she took a few steps.
He could only sigh helplessly, take the desperate Ariados back into Miss Aya’s Poké Ball, and gently comfort the poor girl who had no idea what she had been through.
After a while, Miss Ninja finally stopped crying. She quickly pushed Xiaozhi away, apologized, straightened her clothes, and walked towards the uncle.
When Xiaozhi followed her, Lisa looked at him with resentment for some reason, which made Xiaozhi feel a little confused.
The uncle coughed twice and finally resumed the topic that had been interrupted before.
Class, this word is both familiar and unfamiliar to Xiaozhi. In the dream world, he has been to many schools during his travels, but either as a bystander or as a substitute teacher. If you think about it carefully, he has never attended a class seriously.
But this time he could experience it for himself.
“Uncle, I’ve already come out of the dream world and I still have to listen to a lecture?” Xiaozhi felt a headache when he thought about sitting in a chair for an hour.
The uncle smiled and replied, “Before all the basic training is over, Xiaozhi, you are still just reserve members. You must pass the assessment after a one-month training period to become a regular member. If you don’t want to become a regular member, it’s okay. The price is just a 1,000 yuan reduction in basic salary and 20% reduction in task performance. The exchange rate of the points system will not increase from 1:6.5 to 1:10, and there will be no exchange rights for rare items in the points mall. It’s nothing.”
After hearing this, Xiaozhi could only sigh, and the excitement of winning just now disappeared completely.
The uncle stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder, then handed the schedule to Xiaozhi, Soma and Miss Ninja.
All three of them were new, so it was natural that they all had to attend the class.
Lisa had already passed the test, so she wouldn’t go with Xiaozhi. However, there weren’t any interesting missions for her and the uncle to take on. A team must have at least three official members to take on those combat missions. During the days when Xiaozhi and the others didn’t pass the test, they could only take on some nearby patrol and logistics tasks.
The next step is course selection. Team Rocket does not offer many courses for combat team members. Apart from the required field combat drills, complex urban terrain simulations, and multi-Pokémon basic formation training, there are elective courses such as field survival skills, Pokémon first aid, basic mathematics, etc. which are not very important.
Team Rocket only requires passing three required courses and one elective course, so Xiaozhi is thinking about which elective course is better to take.
While he was still worried, the uncle gave him a suggestion: “If it were you, Xiaozhi, it would be better to sign up for basic mathematics. You have some experience in other courses, and this course should be of the greatest help to you.”
Xiaozhi also focused his attention on that course. Indeed, other courses were basically related to Pokémon, but he couldn’t see what the connection was with Pokémon on this course. He couldn’t help but feel curious.
“Okay, I’ll choose this course. I hope you won’t cheat me, uncle.” Xiaozhi didn’t notice the look in Lisa’s eyes and nodded in agreement.
The uncle turned around, showing a smile that showed he had succeeded in his evil plan, and without waiting for Xiaozhi to react, he dragged him to the registration office.
Xiaozhi didn’t even see clearly what the uncle said to the girl at the registration counter. He just saw a form being stuffed into his hands and the uncle handed him a pen and asked him to sign.
After signing, Xiaozhi took a look and found that his classes were all in the morning. This was one of the reasons why the uncle asked him to choose Basic Mathematics so that it would be convenient to connect the classes together so that he would not have to go back to class halfway through the task.
By the time Xiaozhi finished his work, it was almost ten o’clock. At the uncle’s suggestion, they took on a logistical task and followed the company’s employees to move goods. When they finished their work, it was almost time for dinner, so the uncle naturally invited everyone to have dinner together.
The location of the dinner was still Mr. Tachibana’s restaurant. The uncle seemed to be constantly bringing up topics, and every few words he would ask what Miss Aya and Soma thought.
After the meal, the two exchanged contact information with Xiaozhi and Lisa and left. Miss Aya didn’t even look at Xiaozhi. She handed him a note with her contact information and ran away in a hurry. Xiaozhi thought he was disliked and asked Lisa beside him what he had done before that made Lisa roll her eyes.
After the two left, the uncle took out his cigarette case and lit a cigarette, then asked Xiaozhi and the others, “What do you think of them?”
Xiaozhi was stunned for a moment before asking him, “Uncle, do you want to recruit them into the conservative faction?”
The uncle was silent for a while, then nodded and said, “They are quite strong. They can contribute to our faction to some extent. I have this idea. What do you think?”
Xiaozhi was silent for a moment and gave an affirmative answer: “This is too risky. I don’t think it’s appropriate. Miss Ninja must be hiding some secrets from us. She is most likely from some family. If you invite her, she might withdraw later. I neither suggest nor object. But that Soma… he is a poacher. No matter if he is forced by life or not, I don’t believe in his character.” Through rational analysis, Xiaozhi’s words were extremely unpleasant to the ear, as if his previous friendly attitude with the other party was all pretended, but he knew clearly that a faction that was already on the decline would be doomed if a few traitors mixed in.
Xiaozhi frowned and asked the uncle: “Uncle, why are you so anxious? Is there something wrong?”
The uncle was silent for a while, then took off his smiling mask, with a look of worry in his eyes: “Do you remember our previous mission in the black market?” Xiaozhi nodded, “The captain and his elite team members… were all killed… The mission to escort the box failed.”
Xiaozhi’s pupils shrank and the uncle sighed and said, “We have had contact with them before and formed a combat team. I am afraid that we will be implicated. Now we can only take one step at a time. Use this training period to improve your strength. I am afraid that after you become regular employees, the higher-ups will order us to participate in the investigation of this thing…”
Xiaozhi thought of the exercise plans in his mind, nodded, and said affirmatively: “One month is enough.”
Special training plan (old version)
If the time is one month, Xiaozhi is confident that he can improve the strength of both Lisa and the uncle.
Through previous communication with Lisa, Xiaozhi already knew that the attribute of her Eevee’s awakening power was Ground One Speaks, which was a good move that could fill in the blind spot for Eevee, but Xiaozhi’s plan to confirm the evolution direction through the move was in vain. Although the idea of evolving Eevee to improve its combat power in the short term was in vain, her Pokémon egg was about to hatch, and the baby bear also had good potential. It was estimated that it would have good combat power in a month.
The uncle’s Rhydon has evolved for a long time, but due to lack of training, it is probably still a long way from evolving. Due to its poor attribute combination, Fighting, Ground, Steel, Ice, Water, and Grass attributes all have a restraining effect on it and its attack is not too high, so instead of learning any moves to make up for blind spots, it is better to increase speed and dodge more skills. Therefore, Xiaozhi has included the learning of rock grinding in his training plan, but he still has to search for more relevant information on the Internet. After all, he has never taught his Pokémon to learn this trick.
The way to quickly improve the uncle’s strength in the short term is to find a Leaf Stone to evolve Skullcap and to evolve Ladybug.
While the uncle was discussing something with Mr. Tachibana, Xiaozhi began to search for the price of Leaf Stone on the Internet.
Speaking of Leaf Stone, the price of this thing varies wildly.
The cheapest Leaf Stone only costs a few thousand dollars, but the pictures of the Leaf Stone on it look a bit strange… the leaves in the middle are not complete, and some are even broken into two halves. There is no consensus online on whether the integrity of the Leaf Stone will affect its evolution, and only Alliance trainers with a higher level of trust are qualified to view those academic papers, so Xiaozhi cannot come to a conclusion.
But he still shifted his attention to the more expensive Leaf Stones. The shapes of those Leaf Stones with prices exceeding ten thousand yuan began to gradually become more complete. Xiaozhi searched for a while and finally found that the leaves of Leaf Stones with prices above 14,500 yuan were all complete. Because there was no way to confirm whether the market price would change after saving enough money, it would be best to add a 10% variable and include the postage, so he might have to prepare 17,000 yuan.
It’s impossible to save so much money in a month just by working. I’m afraid I have to earn some extra money at night.
At noon, he and the uncle and Lisa exercised at Mr. Tachibana’s house. In the afternoon, he still carried out some patrol and logistics tasks. When it was time to get off work, Xiaozhi said to the uncle with some regret: “It feels like although we have become a combat team, the work is not much different from before…”
The uncle seemed nonchalant. He lit another cigarette, took a puff and exhaled the hazy smoke before answering, “You kid really don’t know how lucky you are. I wish I could live this peaceful life forever. It wouldn’t be a good thing if I get busy.” He glanced at his watch, then at Miss Ninja and Lisa who were still beside him… He couldn’t help but look at Xiaozhi and said, “You kid…” He paused again and gave Xiaozhi an expression that said you can understand. He put his hand on the shoulder of Soma, who was still standing there stupidly, and shouted to take him out for a drink, and left without looking back.
Xiaozhi could only sigh helplessly when he saw the uncle leave. He originally wanted to invite him to stay and train together in the afternoon, but the uncle was unwilling and he couldn’t force him. He could only find a way to move the training of Ladybug to noon.
Lisa and Miss Aya were still waiting for him, so Xiaozhi took them to his home without thinking too much.
The abandoned building is completely unusable now. Because of the series of accidents, Officer Junsha has ordered the place to be sealed off. Xiaozhi can only find a way to train in the wild, but it is a long distance to go outside the town. Instead of wasting time on the road, it is better to let Lalulas teleport them directly.
Since it was already five o’clock, Mingmei had already started cooking at home. Lisa and the other girl arrived just in time, so Xiaozhi simply asked Mingmei to cook a few more dishes and ask Lisa and the others to stay for dinner.
After dinner, Xiaozhi and his friends were teleported one by one to the training ground chosen by Xiaozhi with the help of Ralts.
Sitting on the green grass, Xiaozhi and his friends released their Pokémon so that they could breathe in the fresh air. The three of them gathered together to discuss the next training plan.
But before Xiaozhi could speak, the Pokémon egg held in Lisa’s arms began to emit a faint light.
Xiaozhi was stunned for a moment, then reacted and pulled Miss Aya aside to prevent the little guy in the egg from mistaking “Mom and Dad” for “Dad”.
Lisa was still a little dazed. Xiaozhi glanced back and said helplessly: “Your Pokémon egg has hatched, Lisa, take out the Mou Mou Milk you prepared and feed it to the little one later.”
Lisa hurriedly took out the milk in the thermos from her waist bag and clumsily tried to pour the milk into the bottle with a pacifier, but she had to hold the Pokémon egg in one hand, and it was extremely inconvenient to rely on only one hand. She couldn’t unscrew the bottle cap no matter what she did, and finally could only look at Xiaozhi with helpless eyes.
Xiaozhi held his forehead and quickly ran over to pour the milk into the bottle. Just as he was about to hand it to Lisa, the light of the Pokémon egg dissipated, and a Pokémon with a head that was much larger than its body, an orange color, a belly covered with a white shell, and two eyes that sparkled like stars appeared in front of Xiaozhi and the others.
As soon as the little guy was born, he looked around with curious eyes, and his big mouth opened and closed subconsciously. No one knew what he was thinking. Xiaozhi handed the bottle to Lisa and asked her to feed him.
The name of this Pokémon is Jaw Ant. To be honest, Ash was a little surprised. If it was any other Pokémon, then even if there was still a month left, Ash didn’t think he could let the other party exert much combat power in a month. But Jaw Ant is different. This cute-looking little guy has a pair of exaggerated jaws just like his name. This jaw is not for decoration. The bite force contained in it is not much inferior to that of Crocodile. Even biting through steel is a piece of cake.
Of course, there is no perfect Pokémon in the world. Since all the nutrients in the body are supplied to the brain, his limbs are extremely weak and he can’t even run.
Of course, this is not important. Their opponent is the villain who killed the old man and several others. Xiaozhi has no intention of fighting him in a fair fight. The first time he saw the giant jaw ant, the relevant tactics popped up in Xiaozhi’s head.
Xiaozhi touched the giant jaw ant that was drinking milk obediently. The little guy was lying in Lisa’s arms, squinting his eyes and enjoying the delicious food.
Seeing this scene, Xiaozhi was relieved. At least he didn’t steal the show. The Ant-Mandible was still closer to Lisa. He had not forgotten the scene of Togepi’s birth in his dream.
After letting Lisa comfort the newborn, Xiaozhi stopped the Pokémon who wanted to gather around him and told them to give Lisa and the others space to communicate and start to standardize their training plans.
There is nothing much to say about Xiaozhi’s own Pokémon. The main focus of training is still on speed and endurance for the timid bug. Before learning any high-powered moves, its fighting style is still based on containment and harassment. I am afraid that even if it understands how to release Bug Resistance and Water Spray at the same time, it will not change much. Charmeleon still needs to train fire-type moves. For some reason, he has been training his physical strength over the years. Although his physical strength is much higher than that in the dream world, he has neglected the practice of fire. Xiaozhi cannot accept this. Is a Charizard that can’t breathe fire still a Charizard?
Lalulas needs to train her body’s explosiveness and master her superpowers to increase the power of her moves that unleash fighting energy.
As for Lisa, there is still a lot of room for development of her Eevee’s high-speed stars, whether it is gathering into a storm to attack the enemy from all directions or letting the high-speed stars scatter into a ball, constantly colliding with each other and changing directions to catch the opponent off guard, these are all very practical attack methods. These are what Eevee needs to learn.
The baby bear’s strength is unexpectedly good. In addition to the common moves that can only be learned during growth, such as grab, scratch, and split, he can also use Yawn, Metal Claw and Fire Fist. I wonder if he taught the Fire Fist to Ralts. This little bear already knows enough moves, so during this period of time, he should mainly train his physique. Xiaozhi doesn’t need to intervene in this. Charmeleon has more experience in this regard than him.
Miss Aya has three Pokémon, in addition to the two that have already appeared, there is also a Nidoran. All three Pokémon are poison attributes, and Xiaozhi also has some guesses about their origins.
But if she doesn’t say it herself, Xiaozhi won’t ask, after all, everyone has their own secrets.
Since he didn’t know much about her Pokémon, Xiaozhi first let Miss Ninja demonstrate her daily training for Pokémon. After fighting with her other two Pokémon, Xiaozhi arranged their training plan.
The moves of the Maoqiu Club are mainly based on changes, including hypnosis, paralysis, poison powder plus ultrasound, and piercing sound. These moves have determined their position in Miss Aya’s team. As for the physical training, Miss Aya’s family inherited method is better than Xiaozhi’s insights. Xiaozhi only needs to let them learn the insect song move to supplement the attack power.
Alidos’ main shortcoming is its reaction to high-speed targets. In addition to letting it learn moves such as Electric Net and Horrible Visage, the most important thing is to let it fight against fast Pokémon more often. Fortunately, Chimaera and Charmeleon can help it in this regard. The only drawback is… Xiaozhi doesn’t know if it can withstand the frustration of constant failure?
Nidoran needs to be trained in many areas. Her physical fitness is not good, the hit rate of her moves is not high, the skill connection is a bit slow, and she even reacts a little bit slow to the trainer’s command. It’s obvious that she is a Pokémon that has not been captured for a long time. But this is a good thing. Low physical fitness means strong plasticity. As long as she is proficient in the hit rate of her moves, it will be fine. Slow skill connection means that she is not familiar with her own moves and will not develop the bad habit of relying on certain moves and being surprised when the opponent counters. Slow reaction means that she is not close enough to the trainer. These can all be changed.
Xiaozhi looked at the Pokémon who were busy, and said to Aya beside him with satisfaction: “They all have the potential to become stronger.”
Aya just stared at her Pokémon in silence, and whispered in a voice that was almost whispered: “That’s not what those old men said…”
“Because they only see the shortcomings of Pokémon, but fail to discover the bright spots hidden underneath.”
Aya suddenly looked up and asked, “Did you hear that?”
Xiaozhi smiled and continued to explain his point of view: “I think as long as the Pokémon itself has the belief to become stronger, no matter what kind of Pokémon it is, it will be good. The value of our existence as trainers is to help them play to their strengths and avoid their weaknesses. Miss Aya, we have a lot to learn. We don’t want the Pokémon to become stronger while we are still standing still.”
As soon as he finished speaking, Xiaozhi took out the electric knife that he had prepared long ago and asked Miss Ninja: “Can I ask you for some sword skills?” His eyes glanced at the short blade on Miss Ninja’s waist. “After all, you look experienced.”
Aya looked a little surprised and even forgot to write on the note. She whispered in surprise: “Shouldn’t we be learning about Pokémon? Why did it turn into a martial arts competition?”
Xiaozhi drew out the pitch-black blade and held it with both hands, responding: “After all… the practice of martial arts is the way of learning.”
Actual combat simulation: Angry Lake Escape (old version)
Surprisingly, there were very few Rocket members going to class. According to Xiaozhi’s estimation, there should be 20 to 30 new members among the more than 1,000 Rocket members in this town. However, it was already class time, and there were only five or six people in the entire room besides Xiaozhi and the other two.
The first class was a field combat exercise, but the teacher who came in did not take Xiaozhi and the others out. Instead, he pointed to the helmets in front of Xiaozhi and the others and asked them to put them on.
It was a helmet made of metal, but there was no visible mask in front of it. Instead, there was a circuit of a different color that revealed a black glow. There were also data cables of different sizes extending from the helmet to the floor under the desk and extending to an unknown place.
Seeing how unsophisticated Xiaozhi and his friends looked, the “teacher” could only speak impatiently, “Do you understand virtual reality technology? Newbies, put your heads in there. Don’t stand there like Slowpokes. Are your brains made of paste? Don’t waste my time.”
Xiaozhi finally understood why so few people came to class. He glanced at the few people who were already sitting in their seats and wearing helmets. He followed their example and sat in his seat, pretending to take a nap, and put on his helmet.
The moment he put on the helmet, Xiaozhi felt a weak electric current stimulating his brain. His vision disappeared briefly as if something connected to his brain.
When his vision returned, Xiaozhi found himself in a dense forest. There was no sign of other people around. Xiaozhi was feeling confused when a mechanical voice sounded in his head.
“”The wearer’s information has been detected. The wearer is Hj12056. A trial scene has been selected for the wearer based on his past experience. The target scene is being generated…”
As the voice fell, the surrounding forest began to change, noisy discussions began to be heard, and some translucent figures began to appear around Xiaozhi.
“Entered the recorded scene, Angry Lake, and entered the event: Escape from Angry Lake.”
“You received the task information:
Main mission: Escape to the evacuation point alive.
Optional Task 1: Try to delay the Alliance’s occupation of the Angry Lake Base as much as possible to give researchers more time to copy data. The final evaluation will be based on the delay time.
Optional Task 2: Defeat as many alliance fighters as possible. Each time you defeat one of them, your final rating will increase by one point. “
Xiaozhi could see his surroundings clearly at this time. He was in a group of 6 people, including himself. The Rocket players in his field of vision had fierce faces and strong bodies. They were wearing super balls on their waists, and it was obvious that they were all elites in the Rocket team.
The strange voice sounded again, “You have 5 minutes to adjust your status and check your Pokémon’s attributes. The trial mission will officially begin in 5 minutes.”
Xiaozhi curiously touched the figures standing still around him and muttered to himself in surprise: “This feeling is really strange, as if the world has stopped. Has the Rockets’ technology reached this level?”
Perhaps the changes in the world are greater than he imagined. Xiaozhi withdrew his thoughts, glanced at the Poké Ball on his waist, and released all the Pokémon. This person had a total of four Pokémon, and as soon as Xiaozhi released them, their physical information appeared on their bodies.
Name: Hazelnut Ball
Attribute: Insect
Features: Strong
Moves: Missile needle, self-destruct, insect bite, lightweight body, collision
Name: Bigmouth Bat
Attributes: Poison + Flying
Features: Penetration
Moves: Absorb, Screech, Ultrasonic, Venomous Fang, Air Blade.
Name: Darkraige
Attributes: Fire + Evil
Features: Fire
Moves: Flame Fang, Flame Jet, Bite, Coax, Rush, Siege.
Name: Swamp King
Attribute: Water + Ground
Features: Simple
Moves: Pray for Rain, Water Tail, Yawn, Self-Regeneration, Water Gun, Tidal Vortex.
This person’s Pokémon were obviously captured at random. There is no good coordination between the Pokémon. Swamplord’s rain prayer will only benefit it alone. Both Houndoom and Golbat are significantly weakened on rainy days.
After thinking for a while, Xiaozhi quickly arranged the tactics. Five minutes passed quickly. With a beep, a figure beside Xiaozhi answered the phone, and a message came from it asking all the team members to return to the base. Those figures immediately set off.
Xiaozhi hurriedly tried to stop them, but for some reason they just wouldn’t listen. Xiaozhi opened his arms to stop them, but a dramatic scene happened next.
The figures whose way was blocked by Xiaozhi did not take a detour or scold Xiaozhi. Instead, they kept pushing Xiaozhi with their bodies like blind people and tried to move forward. But with Xiaozhi’s physical fitness, how could they be knocked away?
It took Xiaozhi a few more words of persuasion before they realized that these figures were not real people, but just simulations of people in this fake place. They probably couldn’t even think independently.
Just as Xiaozhi was about to give up, his eyes suddenly glanced at the waists of several people, and an idea occurred to him: “If these people don’t have self-thinking, does that mean I can use their Pokémon to fight?”
Thinking of this, Xiaozhi hooked the Ultra Balls on their waists with his hand, but unfortunately, except for the first one, the other five could not be caught. When Xiaozhi’s hand touched the five Ultra Balls, it was like touching a ball of water and passed directly through it.
Xiaozhi thought about it and felt that this might be a shortcut given by the trial mission, so it was reasonable that he couldn’t get all of them. After all, if he could gather the power of 34 Pokémon, then this trial mission would be too easy.
After picking up the Poké Balls of the five team members, Xiaozhi stopped trying to stop them and watched these “companions” go away. Xiaozhi turned around and searched the small camp again, and indeed found a few more bottles of medicine and energy cubes.
After confirming again and again that there were no other supplies, Xiaozhi released Golbat. At this time, the sun had already set and it was approaching evening, so it was naturally time for it to show its skills.
Letting it land on the treetop and monitor the surroundings, Xiaozhi started setting up the trap on the spot.
It’s not quite right to call it a trap, he simply buried the hazelnut balls near the campfire in the middle of the camp.
Through the electronic map floating above his head, Xiaozhi had already discovered that the location of this camp was at the junction of three forest roads. As long as the people from the Alliance came, they would naturally check here. Instead of going back to defend it with those NPCs, it would be better to stay here and wait.
Sure enough, two teams of twelve people found this place soon. Xiaozhi didn’t know whether he should say that Team Rocket was lazy. The so-called inspection by these people was to stay at the door of the tent, gesturing at the curtain in the air, but nothing happened when their hands passed through the curtain. Then, they went straight through the curtain that was obviously not lifted, shaking their heads from side to side, as if they were imitating an inspection.
Looking at this group of ghost-like alliance members, Xiaozhi’s guilt about attacking them was diluted, and he once again realized in his heart that he was not facing people but just a set of data set by the system.
As the group walked to the campfire in the middle to talk, Xiaozhi no longer hesitated and ordered the Hazelnut Ball to self-destruct through the air.
Without waiting for the sound waves of the explosion to dissipate, Xiaozhi rushed out from his hiding place and threw all the Ultra Balls in his hand from a distance.
As if to express their panic after being hit, except for the seven or eight people who were directly knocked unconscious by the explosion, everyone else stood there motionless, and only suddenly threw out the Poké Balls when the Pokémon released by Xiaozhi attacked.
Looking at these people’s strange behavior, Xiaozhi felt speechless, but he did not hesitate. Before these people could give orders to their Pokémon, Zubat, following Xiaozhi’s orders, suddenly attacked from the sky and used ultrasonic waves to interfere with these people’s actions. Together with the rapidly arriving Houndoom, these NPCs were stunned and groaning, as if imitating the human NPCs who fell into chaos after being attacked by ultrasonic waves.
As the trainers were eliminated, the Pokémon began to fight on their own. Ash’s three Pokémon fully demonstrated the battle principle of using numbers to bully the few and never fight one-on-one. Unfortunately, he couldn’t command the Pokémon of his teammates, otherwise they would have won more easily.
In the end, except for one unlucky guy who was besieged by three Pokémon at the beginning and was seriously injured and on the verge of death, the rest of the Pokémon were only slightly injured, and the Pokémon in Xiaozhi’s hand was not injured at all. He also searched for several bottles of medicine from the two teams.
As Xiaozhi threw the Poké Ball off an NPC, the last Alliance NPC also turned into a point of light and disappeared, and the kill score in Xiaozhi’s task list changed from 0 to 12 points.
After cleaning up the scene, Xiaozhi did not plan to leave. He had no intention of returning to the base to defend. In a battle involving hundreds or thousands of people, the strength of Xiaozhi’s Pokémon was really not worth mentioning. Instead of going back to get beaten, it would be better to wander around the periphery and wait for an opportunity to attack lone people, which would achieve greater results.
He asked Houndoom to dig a hole in a secret place that was just big enough for a person to lie down. After he got in, he asked Houndoom to fill the hole with soil, leaving only his eyes exposed to observe the camp.
After a while, a large group of alliance troops began to arrive. This time it seemed to be a main force. Even a rough estimate showed that there were more than a hundred people. They checked the camp like the previous ones, and when everything was over, nearly twenty people stayed behind, seemingly to carry supplies, and the others continued on their way.
Xiaozhi frowned as he watched the group of people go away. In his opinion, if he followed that group of players back, then this group of people would be the first wave of attacks the base would face. The first wave had such an attack intensity, so what about the follow-up?
He didn’t think much about it and slowly crept towards the camp. I don’t know if it was because of their limited intelligence, but there was not a single sentry among the people stationed in the camp. They were all carrying supplies and setting up some equipment.
Xiaozhi circled around them for a few times. Each of these people had different modes of action. Xiaozhi took the opportunity to sneak up behind an NPC who was dismantling a supply box. He was about to knock him out, but he found a back attack prompt suddenly appeared above his head. Xiaozhi just approached him and rushed forward naturally. He put his left hand on the shoulder of the NPC and his right hand on the head of the NPC and twisted it. The Poké Ball on the NPC’s waist was not taken off, and Xiaozhi found that it turned into a light point and disappeared.
“…” Xiaozhi was silent for a while, but he did not stop and took care of those who were left alone one by one.
When there were only 13 people left in the camp, Xiaozhi’s stealth plan ended. The remaining people basically gathered in groups of three or four, and he could not assassinate them.
Glancing at the man in the middle with a slightly different outfit, Xiaozhi thought that this man was probably the commander of the camp. He threw the Poké Balls of Zubat and a Pidgeot in the team to that man, and after giving the order to Zubat to attack the opponent, he no longer paid attention to him. While everyone’s eyes were looking over there, he rushed into a team of four and attacked one of them from behind, then released all the Pokémon. The Pokémon cooperated with him and quickly took care of several NPCs. Then, with the advantage of numbers, 5 to 3, he quickly took care of the Pokémon they had just released.
In just a moment, the Pidgeot was beaten to death and its body turned into a point of light and disappeared. After Zubat used its poisonous fangs to absorb and kill the leader in seconds, it also followed suit and fell to the ground.
The remaining six NPCs soon confronted Ash. Seeing that the opponent had Rhydon and Charmeleon, Ash immediately let Swampert release Pray for Rain, and used Water Tail in the rainy state to quickly eliminate the two Pokémon. However, as soon as the opponent’s Pokémon fell, two more came to replace it. Ash could only let them keep yawning to disturb the opponent.
At this time, in the direct confrontation, the uniqueness of the NPC was revealed. Those Pokémon hit by Yawn were almost immediately replaced. Unless there was only one Pokémon left, it was almost impossible for the Pokémon to fall into a sleeping state. Fortunately, the opponent did not have a move to recover abnormal states such as the healing bell. When Xiaozhi knocked down the Pokémon of the two trainers and only one was left, and then relied on Swamplord to continuously use Yawn on the two in turn, the balance of the battle slowly fell to Xiaozhi’s side.
When Houndoom fought with the opponent’s last awake Nidorino and knocked it down, Swamplord’s water gun also took down the opponent.
After the Swamp King used Water Tail to defeat a cat boss who was still in a coma, he faced the awakened Parastet and continued to use self-regeneration to resist the opponent’s attacks.
Swamplord’s own water-based moves were resisted by the opponent, while the opponent’s moves were extremely effective against it. Moreover, it had also suffered serious physical damage in the previous battle. The battle, which clearly had no chance of winning, ended with Xiaozhi’s victory.
Of course, the reason was neither Swamplord’s sudden comeback nor that it suddenly learned some fire-type moves. It would be strange to have such a phenomenon in this cold information world. The reason for the victory was very simple. Xiaozhi knocked down the opponent’s trainer.
After finally defeating his opponent, Xiaozhi couldn’t help but breathe faster. He quickly ran to the place where he had seen the opponent concentrate medicine, and recovered several Pokémon that were seriously injured and fainted.
A serious injury that would take days to heal in the real world was healed in just a few minutes in the virtual world after spraying medicine.
Although Xiaozhi had seen this scene before, he was still surprised. After ordering Houndoom to set the camp on fire, Xiaozhi placed the boxes of supplies filled with medicine on the Pokémon and headed towards the base.
The reason why this place was built as a logistics base is obvious. Those Alliance NPCs who retreated from the front line will inevitably return to this logistics base to heal their wounds. These weak guys are more like the best targets for scoring points than enemies. If it is a normal process, even if the Rocket team members use this method, they do not have enough medicine to fight a war of attrition. After the medicine is exhausted, they can only return to the base, but he does not have this concern.
As time went by, Xiaozhi’s points got higher and higher, 40, 50, 60… until it reached the astonishing number of 283, and then it suddenly stopped, and that familiar mechanical voice sounded.
“The league champion Yulongdu raided the Wrath Lake base. The base was completely destroyed. Please evacuate to the nearest evacuation point. The remaining evacuation time is 10 minutes.”
Looking at the huge tornado blowing in the direction of the base, Xiaozhi didn’t know what to say for a moment. Sure enough, Mr. Du appeared.
Xiaozhi commanded Houndoom to eliminate the last opponent and ran towards the evacuation point on the map.
He had tried his best, reaching the limit of this body and even changing the local battle situation, but the appearance of the champion reversed everything in an instant. The defense of Team Rocket’s base, which had previously gained points due to Xiaozhi’s containment, was instantly destroyed, and he had no choice but to flee.
“Champion?” Xiaozhi glanced back at the huge tornado that was still raging and murmured, “Since I have reached that position in the dream world, it is not impossible to be in reality.”
With two minutes left in the countdown, Xiaozhi passed through the light gate that symbolized the evacuation point.
He opened his eyes again, and his vision reflected the settlement reward after completing the task.
(ps: I have a lot of ideas about virtual reality technology. Writing this is actually to pave the way for future plots related to virtual reality. Readers who have read it, please give your opinions.)
Urban terrain simulation course (old version)
“Task settlement in progress:
Complete the main mission to get 12 points
Optional Task 1: The highest rating has been obtained. Mingmei’s score will be increased by 20% based on the full score. The final score is 120 points
Optional Mission 2 Kill 227 enemies, including ordinary players, 44 elite players, and 12 captains. The final score is 375 points.
Total score: 507 points
Your score has broken the highest record. The data is being uploaded. Please keep it up.”
The light dissipated, and with a slight sound, Xiaozhi felt the two sisters sticking together 7u7u
At this time, Xiaozhi and two others were the only ones left in the classroom, and the impatient teacher seemed to have left long ago.
Soma and Aya had already taken off their helmets and were waiting for him. Seeing Xiaozhi wake up, Soma asked, “Little brother, why are you so slow? We’ve been waiting for a long time.”
After hearing what he said, Xiaozhi did not rush to answer but instead asked about their experience in the actual combat simulation.
The experience of the Alola man Soma was to adventure in a ruin in a forest. This sneaky uncle went in and walked around twice and came out directly, and only got 12 points for completing the main task.
Aya’s mission is somewhat similar to Xiaozhi’s, both of which are to defend a certain stronghold. Her mission is to persist in the beast tide. The longer she persists, the more Pokémon she kills, and the higher the score. Her final score is nearly 200 points better than the uncle.
Xiaozhi didn’t know what the score was for, but even if he broke the record, he wouldn’t get any reward, so it probably wouldn’t be of much use. He sighed, and the excitement he had felt when he heard that he had broken the record faded away. He said hello to his two companions and walked towards the second class classroom together.
In the dark room, a beautiful girl was taking a nap in the boss chair. She had long light blue hair, which looked a little messy because she rarely took care of it, revealing a hint of laziness. But no matter who saw this beautiful scene, they would only sigh at the wonders of nature. If that person was a painter, he would probably paint on the spot without hesitation to record this beautiful scene on paper forever.
比长发更显眼的是她的一双大长腿。因为常年运动，这双腿颇为结实有力，她一只腿搭在了另一只上，那显露在裤腿外的白皙肌肤下露出了绷紧的肌肉线条。这是一位充满野性的美人，她小憩的样子像是是一只正在为下次狩猎而短暂休整的矫健酷豹。
没一会儿，女郎面前的虚拟屏亮起，她睁开眼注意到了最新的信息：“编号CD002,您在愤怒湖逃脱战中创造的记录已被打破，诺托，具体数据已上传至您的邮件，诺托。”
女郎思索片刻才想起来那是很久以前自己加入这个地下组织时进行的实战模拟。讽刺的是这场战斗发生时她还作为联盟训练家参与其中过而再次看到这个场景时她却成为了敌对方。这令她又想起自己从那个梦境世界苏醒后的所有经历，心里对联盟的憎恨又多了一分。
良久，平静下来的她对着虚拟屏幕说道：“诺托姆，帮我观察那个人以后的动向，如果有什么有趣的事情记得给我第一手情报。”
如果让现在的自己在进行一次那个试炼场景打破原先的记录也不是什么难事，所以对于这个新人她只是因为其打破了自己的记录才提起了些兴趣。如果这个人真是天才，那她以后也会知道此人的信息，但若只是偶然爆发一次之后就泯然众人了那也没有接触的必要了。
“收到，诺托。”
女郎说完后再次闭上了眼睛，仿佛刚刚什么都没发生，只有一份视频数据静静躺在邮箱中。
似乎因为小智的时间磨得有些久，等小智他们抵达城区特殊地形模拟作战课时里面的人都已经开始排练起来。
这里的老师是一位中年女性，看到小智他们迟到也没多说什么，她简单的和小智一行人讲述了这门课的内容后就让小智他们加入队列。
根据这位老师所说，前半个月的课程其实内容都和联邦军方的训练内容一致，都是一些培养团队协作的训练手段。在小智看来如果不是需要宝可梦陪同，这也就是一些特殊的训练手段，但算上宝可梦的话就不同了。
与其说这是锻炼宝可梦和训练家之间的默契，不如说这是在让宝可梦了解自身训练家的身体有多弱小从而知道该怎么配合训练家行动。毕竟以宝可梦的身体素质这种共同训练其实只是宝可梦在单方面的配合训练家罢了，如果让其独立进行这种训练恐怕时间会快上一倍不止。
小智能想象出习惯这种战斗后的宝可梦会有什么不同，昨晚他就在网上查阅过有关城市内爆发的战争的视频。
与野外战斗不同，在城市作战最大的变数便是你根本不知道敌人会在哪个窗户后出现，你的宝可梦在前方和敌人战斗，而你却被不知道哪里放出来的冷枪击倒，这种事情时有发生。
在这种环境里，最重要的不是击败敌人而是保护自己。所以对于参加训练的宝可梦老师也有要求，要么应该是蔓藤怪，小拳石这种防御出色可以时常保护训练家的宝可梦，要么是海星星，地鼠这类反应迅速可以即时支援训练家的宝可梦，当然，其实最好的还是拥有守住，烟幕之类的变化招式的辅助宝可梦。可惜大部分火箭队员都没有培养这类宝可梦的意识。
当然，在这种大部分宝可梦都在等待自己训练家通过训练，或者配合训练家的步伐协同运动的场面里，也有例外。
小智微微屈膝，接着原地跳起，直接翻越了一个其他人需要双手杵在上面借力才能翻越的跳马，随即折跃回去对还在前一个跳马努力的拉鲁拉丝加油鼓气。
拉鲁拉丝的身体素质还是差了些，看着其他的宝可梦在翻越跳马后都会对后面的训练家搭把手，而自己的……想到这她不禁有些迟疑，小智并没有收服自己严格来说她还不是对方的宝可梦那他们之间应该是什么关系呢？
走神的拉鲁拉丝明显忘了自己处于什么状态，明明已经到了该起跳的位置却慢了一拍才起跳，造成的后果便是原本应该越过跳马的位置时她的双脚还在跳马最高点下面。如果放任这种状态下去小家伙显然要栽个跟头。
其实如果是平常状态，拉鲁拉丝只要用念力使自身浮空就好了，但刚刚走神的拉鲁拉丝面对这种突然状况大脑空白了，她没有运用念力而是用双手护住头部试图抵挡冲击。
预留之中的忍痛并没有传来，小拉鲁拉丝跌入了一个温暖的怀抱，嗅到熟悉的味道拉鲁拉丝紧绷的身体放松下来，轻轻的依偎着小智。
等到心态放平，拉鲁拉丝轻轻推了一下小智从他怀里挣脱出来头也不回的向下一个跳马奔去。周围的人有些多，她不想表露的和小智太亲昵。而且刚刚运动过后她还出了些汗……
除了小智之外，最轻松的还是女忍者阿雅，通过昨天的请教小智也知道对方的刀法不俗，但今天她展现出来的技巧还是让小智大开眼界。
如果说小智只是单纯的依赖身体素质就通过了这些训练的话，那阿雅则是依靠技巧了。普通人在加快速度或者搬运重物时呼吸总是会更加沉重或者急促，但阿雅的呼吸一直保持着一种奇怪的频率虽然时快时慢却一直保持着一种节奏，不论是连续翻过跳马还是荡过一排单杆她的呼吸节奏都没有变化。
训练很快就结束了，那位女教师表扬了一下小智等人的优秀发挥后给大家分发了一批运动饮料就走了。小智挠挠头，总感觉这些人与其说是老师不如说是监督员，他们并没有执行多少老师的义务，倒更像是维持现场基本纪律的安全员。
小智帮刚经历了一番高强度运动的拉鲁拉丝擦了擦汗，将分到的那瓶运动饮料喂了她一点便收了起来，打算等小家伙气喘匀后再给她喝。
阿雅也出了不少汗，小智看着她那把全身包裹的严严实实的夜行衣不禁感叹这个姑娘可真不怕热。
相马的宝可梦是个新面孔，这是一只泥馿仔，虽然看着有些矮小但活力十足，看得出来他培养的还不错。
原地休息一阵，等到快到上课时间他们就赶往了第三处教学地点。
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小智他们又返回了原来的教室，第三个课程依然是在那举行。
这门课的人稍多一点，小智他们进去的时候里面已经有七八个人了。
讲台上站着一个看着十分干练的人，虽然相貌平平还戴着一副平框眼镜，但却藏不住他眼神中的锋芒，虽然小智从没见过对方，但还是下意识的觉得这个人是改革派的一员。
小智他们到齐后，这位青年就让他们打开自己桌前头盔上的USB接口，将之插在一个统一的线路上然后让所有人戴上头盔。
当视力再度恢复时，小智发现他们这次没有进入什么任务空间，而是处在一片碧绿的草原上。
那位教师站在一处突出的岩石平台，居高临下的讲起课来。
宝可梦世界从来不是一个公平的世界，很多野生宝可梦在出生时他们的未来就大都注定了，一只绿毛虫再怎么努力都没法打败比比鸟，而一只比比鸟想要击败三圣鸟也是痴人说梦。
在训练家之间战力差距更加极端，一个初出茅庐的训练家哪怕拿着最终进化的准神宝可梦也很难打败一位成熟的道馆馆主使用的初始形态宝可梦。双方差距的不只是战斗经验，道馆馆主无论是战斗技巧，战术头脑，对宝可梦招式的掌握与利用，心理素质，平时对宝可梦的培育，以及和宝可梦之间的羁绊都要远远超出前者，这些无法被量化的实力才是成为道馆馆主的关键。
如何在实力低于对方宝可梦也不如对方的情况下取胜呢？这个问题从古至今都一直被人讨论，毕竟拥有天赋的人永远是少数，大部分人要面对的情况便是要以平凡对超凡，以庸才对天才。
人海战术，这个词出现在影视剧里时往往意味着以多欺少，恃强凌弱，但无疑这也是对抗那些强大之人的最佳方案。
而今天小智他们所需要学习的便是人海战术的变种那位台上的教师称为群狼战术。
这套战术脱胎于土狼犬和大狼犬的狩猎行为。
这个战术的核心有5点：
1.队伍搭配和技能要点：为了防止对方逃离，宝可梦的选择里只是要搭配三只高速宝可梦，一只防御出众的宝可梦，一只远程输出的宝可梦和一只会各种辅助招式的宝可梦。有条件就让尽可能多的宝可梦学会分担痛楚或者防御出众的宝可梦学会场地交换。使用恢复类招式稀释对手的输出降低战斗减员
2. Disperse and surround: Because the target is much stronger than your own Pokémon, in order to prevent your Pokémon from being defeated in succession or being affected by large-scale skills, you should try to control your Pokémon to disperse, so that as many Pokémon as possible are in the opponent’s blind spot. When the opponent attacks in one direction, Pokémon in other directions should try to flank the opponent.
3. Take the initiative: Don’t give the opponent’s Pokémon too much room to play. Use your own Pokémon’s transformation moves to interfere with the opponent’s actions as much as possible. Only by taking the initiative to control the situation will you have a greater chance of winning.
4. Wait for the opportunity and erode the opponent: You must fully understand the difference in combat power between yourself and your opponent, and fully realize that you are the weaker side. When fighting with the opponent, even if you give up your teammates, you cannot fight a decisive battle with them just because they are attacked. Instead, you need to make full use of the advantage in numbers to continuously consume the opponent’s physical strength with long-range moves, and use feints to constantly test the opponent, and then wait for an opportunity to move when he reveals a flaw.
After finishing the story, the instructor took out a Poké Ball and demonstrated it to Xiaozhi and the others, then let them start practicing.
Xiaozhi also opened the Poké Ball to see which Pokémon he had this time.
The light flickered, and then three gray and black puppies appeared first. Above them, an irregular purple spherical Pokémon that looked like an enlarged virus floated in the air. The sound of loosening soil came from the ground, and an oval brown Pokémon came out and stared at Xiaozhi with its big black eyes. The last to appear was a little pink one, but it was a pity that it didn’t have a microphone in its hand, otherwise Xiaozhi would have thought it was the one he knew.
In this simulated world, Xiaozhi’s Pokémons are Houndoo, Gas Bomb, Diglett and Jigglypuff.
Among them, the coyotes all have the ability to escape and can learn only the simplest moves, except for the basic collision and long howl, they can only swipe the sand. Xiaozhi was stunned for a long time before he touched the heads of the three little guys. He seriously suspected that the simulation objects of these three little ones had just left the larval stage not long ago. It was really hard for them to work so hard at such a young age.
The gas bomb is slightly better and has more floating moves. In addition to the basic collision and smoke screen, it can also do mud attacks and share pain, which can be very helpful in restraining and interfering.
The characteristic of Diglett is that Sand Hidden can basically not be expected to play a role in this battle. Fortunately, its skills are not bad. Quicksand Hell, Sand Swipe, Shout, Stomp, and Dig Holes are all very good moves and it is pretty good as an output player.
The last Jigglypuff feature is Charming Body. With this feature and its good physique, maybe it should be used more in close combat? Its moves are pretty good, including: Singing, Charming Voice, Rounding, Slapping, Echo.
Although this team is relatively weak, it is still useful. Use Quicksand Hell to restrict the opponent’s actions and then use Sand Swipe and Bark to reduce the opponent’s ability. Let Jigglypuff sing. When the opponent falls asleep, let Coyote Swipe to cover while letting the other three Pokémon attack. As long as you master the rhythm, victory is not a problem.
Until Xiaozhi started the challenge, he was full of confidence. Yes, until the appearance of the Pokémon that was blue all over, with a slender body, a hexagonal crown on its forehead, white diamond-shaped spots on its torso, bright purple sideburns, a tail that extended in front of its body like a ribbon, and eyes as dazzling as bright rubies, Xiaozhi never thought that he would lose.
Facts have proved that no matter how perfect the tactics are, they are no match for the powerful Flying Brick. Ash immediately let Diglett release the Quicksand Hell and the three little Pokémon’s Sand Puller, which were directly submerged by a huge wave that rose from the ground. The huge wave swooped down with its force, and even though Ash had already ordered the Pokémon to disperse, this wave still hit four of Ash’s Pokémon, leaving only two bewildered puppies standing there.
There is no doubt that under Suicune’s fierce attack, the two hyena dogs could not hold out for long and soon followed in the footsteps of their companions.
Xiaozhi was stunned for a moment before he retracted the Poké Ball and turned to look around. Most of the Pokémon that others were fighting against were Electabuzz, Rhyno, and the Pokémon they themselves obtained were also strange. People with good luck like Aya even obtained powerful Pokémon like Symbolbird. It seemed that he had drawn a bad fortune?
Xiaozhi hesitated for a while, then shook his head and started the challenge again. One can’t be so unlucky every time.
As the countdown ended, a Pokémon made of blue and white crystals, with short legs and eyes that looked like electronic expressions, reappeared in front of Xiaozhi.
“…” Xiaozhi looked down at his Pokémon in silence, confirming that his Pokémon were not Wolfhound, Vapor, Squidward, and Diglett. Then he looked at the other side and sighed, “You want me to fight Regice with a group of baby Pokémon? Is this true…”
As a blizzard blew, as expected, several of Ash’s Pokémon fell into unconsciousness without much chance to struggle.
Xiaozhi silently took back the Pokémon, feeling a little uneasy. He had a feeling that he might not have any good luck next.
After the battle, Xiaozhi walked out of the classroom with an almost numb expression. His luck was really good today. He had encountered the Three Sacred Birds of Kanto, the Three Sacred Beasts of Chengdu, the Three Sacred Pillars of Fengyuan, and the Three Cloud Gods of Unova once. He only needed the Three Sacred Swords and the Lake Gods to encounter all the three-character mythical Pokémon in one day.
In 9 consecutive battles, Xiaozhi only won two. This was probably his biggest setback recently.
Aya and Soma’s final elective course was different from Xiaozhi’s, so they said hello and went their separate ways. Xiaozhi found the classroom based on the map.
The classroom was empty. Xiaozhi chose a seat in the middle and sat down, planning his evening plans while there was still time.
Last night he had gone through all the thousands of tasks on the conservative task system.
He discovered that the prices of rare tree fruits, special materials dropped by Pokémon, and some herbs in special distribution areas were about 10% to 20% higher than the market price. Xiaozhi knew a little about the distribution of resources near this town. Even if he collected all of them and submitted the task, Xiaozhi estimated that it would be more than 10,000. With this money, he would not have to worry about buying Green Stone.
A bell rang and Xiaozhi came back to his senses. There was still no one around. It seemed that no one had signed up for this course except himself who was deceived by the uncle.
Xiaozhi waited for a while and found that the teacher still hadn’t come, so he had to open the math book on the desk and start reading it.
Regardless of whether the teacher comes or not, he still has to take the assessment in a month. Regardless of the benefits after becoming a regular employee, the uncle’s expectations of him, or his own competitive spirit, he has no intention of giving up.
In his mind, the memory of another self also had a certain foundation in mathematics, so even if he taught himself, he felt that he was not without a chance.
Learn Math with Lalu Las (Old Version)
Xiaozhi was still thinking about something when a small white hand grabbed the corner of his clothes.
Lalulas’s childish voice reached Xiaozhi’s mind, questioning him why he had left her aside for so long.
Xiaozhi then remembered that before the third class, because he knew that she would have to wear the helmet again, he did not let her go with him, but let her go home and play.
In order to be able to contact LaRoche at any time, Xiaozhi gave the mobile phone to the little guy, and he still used the communicator issued by Team Rocket. When he had something to do, he could contact LaRoche directly through the mobile phone.
When he was taking the urban terrain simulation class before, he contacted Lalulas, who was still reading at home, and asked her if she wanted to come over to experience it, so she came over.
Thinking that something interesting was going on, the little guy used several instant teleportations in a row. As a result, she was forced to exercise and was sweating profusely, but as soon as the get out of class was over, this bad guy wanted to drive her away, as if she was a tool that could be called upon at any time.
Little Lalulas left in a huff at that time, but when she got home Mingmei was cooking and Airi was wiping the dusty table with a rag. Everyone was busy and she didn’t want to disturb them, so she could only pick up the picture book on the table and start reading.
In fact, she was not so interested in the pictures in the book. She was more curious about the meaning of those strange characters on it.
The writing system unique to human beings is uniquely creative. When several characters are separated, they have their own meanings, but when they are put together, they have another meaning.
It feels like superpowers, both traceable and ever-changing. She has been learning knowledge through communication with Mingmei and her sister, courses on her phone, and children’s programs on TV, but it’s still a short time and there is not much effect yet.
Looking at the unfamiliar words on it, Laltlas felt very depressed. After flipping through it for a while, he was really annoyed and wanted to go find Xiaozhi again, but he couldn’t bring himself to do it because he felt that he would be inferior to others.
After tossing and turning on the sofa, she finally used her super power to sense the nearest coordinates and rushed towards Xiaozhi.
After arriving near the logistics company, she felt the surging wave full of vitality. In fact, this power was not obvious. After all, when Xiaozhi did not control the wave, the wave would only diffuse around Xiaozhi for more than ten meters, which was not much different from the natural elements.
It’s just that Lalulas was too sensitive to Xiaozhi’s wave. The moment her superpowers sensed Xiaozhi’s wave, she determined his location and teleported over.
Xiaozhi was still thinking about making money at this time and did not notice the appearance of Lalulas. She wanted to call Xiaozhi, but after noticing Xiaozhi’s expression, she subconsciously froze for a moment.
There is a big difference between Xiaozhi when he is thinking and he is usually in a different state. Usually, Xiaozhi’s eyes are filled with rising flames and confidence in his decision. That kind of burning emotion can give new vitality to the frustrated people and rekindle new hope for the frustrated people. Lalulas is often attracted by this emotion, and perhaps that is why she let down her guard against Xiaozhi so quickly.
But now Xiaozhi’s eyes are like autumn water in a lake. The fiery emotions are hidden, and what is revealed on the outside is a mask of rationality. Although he is still the same person, Lalulas still feels that the person in front of him is a wise man or the deviser of some conspiracy. The mask cannot cover up the burning heat behind it. The two completely different emotions make him more mysterious.
If Xiaozhi knew what this little guy was thinking, he would definitely think that the kid had watched too many TV dramas, but he didn’t have the ability to read minds.
Looking at Lalulas who was pulling at the corner of his clothes, Xiaozhi smiled and leaned over to touch her soft green hair. The upper layer of green hair was lifted up, revealing the blue hair underneath.
Lalu is not a professional when it comes to hair dyeing, so it’s inevitable that her flaws are exposed. In fact, Xiaozhi has long wanted to say that he doesn’t care about her hair color, but when he sees the little girl’s happy expression every time she paints, he feels that she is not forced to dye her hair, so he doesn’t mention it again.
Xiaozhi’s touch was gentle and warm, and soon all the anger in Lalulas’s stomach disappeared. She looked around for a while, moved the table and chair next to Xiaozhi and sat down next to him.
There were only the two of them in the empty classroom, and Xiaozhi had nothing to worry about. He just opened the elementary mathematics book and studied the contents with Xiaobutian.
As an elementary textbook, the content is not complicated. According to my own memory, it is probably at the level of junior high school teaching.
Xiaozhi was stunned when he thought of this. He didn’t go to school before he was ten years old. This textbook was about junior high school content, but how did he know this?
Xiaozhi was speechless when he thought of his other self who had passed away long ago. This guy left very cleanly but left a bunch of mysteries for him.
However, it was useless to think too much about these clueless things. According to what that guy said, he had already said the important things and Xiaozhi didn’t want to get involved in the unimportant things. If there were any troubles, I’m afraid they would come automatically without him having to think about them.
Xiaozhi was still studying, and Ralts suddenly looked up at the door, and Xiaozhi also looked at it subconsciously. A sound of footsteps was heard and finally stopped at the door.
The classroom door opened, and a middle-aged man wearing single-frame glasses walked in slowly. Unlike the previous ones, this gentleman looked like an old scholar. His hair was combed meticulously, he wore a nylon coat, and his feet were wearing shiny leather shoes. Although he hadn’t said a word yet, Xiaozhi subconsciously straightened his chest, as if he was really a student.
The middle-aged man didn’t seem to realize that there were people in the classroom. He was stunned for a moment when he saw Xiaozhi and Lalulas, and then pretended to wipe his glasses to cover up his embarrassment.
He coughed twice, walked up to the podium, and wrote his name on the blackboard with chalk.
Turning around, he said to Xiaozhi, “I’m Zhengji, and I’ll be your…your math teacher for the next month. Please take care of me.”
…I always felt something was wrong when the teacher told the students to take good care of them. Xiaozhi hesitated for a moment and then immediately replied: “I am Xiaozhi and the one next to me is Lalulas. I’ll leave it to you for the next month.”
Xiaozhi guessed that there must be few people in Team Rocket who were willing to learn math, otherwise the teacher wouldn’t be so excited that he said something out of turn.
Teacher Zheng Er also obviously noticed his slip of the tongue. He shook his head, thanking Xiaozhi while also focusing on teaching and thinking about how he should teach.
Xiaozhi was actually optimistic when he said that few people came to class. The truth was that except for one unlucky guy who came to class for a few sessions at the beginning, no one came since then.
Since he had been doing nothing since then, his sense of presence was so low that he didn’t even receive any notification of the class. If he hadn’t come here on a whim today, he probably wouldn’t have known that there were people waiting here.
So what should he teach? Linear algebra or calculus? Or… He suddenly remembered that the unlucky guy who came to class for the first time was scared away by his excited speech, so he immediately gave up the idea.
Xiaozhi looked at the teacher who had just finished speaking and fell into deep thought, and he sighed. It was indeed a knowledgeable scholar who could actually fall into deep thought anytime and anywhere. Lalulas, who was on the side, also felt Xiaozhi’s thoughts because her hand was always on Xiaozhi’s hand. She immediately looked at the person on the stage who Xiaozhi called teacher with a serious look.
Ryūhisa Shoji looked up and asked Xiaozhi, “Xiaozhi, what do you think… mathematics is?”
Xiaozhi thought about it, and for some reason he remembered a scene where two people were facing each other, and one of them was writing a series of numbers on a notebook. It seemed to be an account book, and the person writing seemed to be a younger version of himself, but the person opposite him could not see clearly.
He was in a trance for a moment, then came to his senses, stood up and answered, “Mathematics is a law, a quantified rule. It originated from transactions in the primitive period. When the resources produced by humans were so abundant that they could not be traded through primitive barter, mathematics was born when people urgently needed a general equivalent.”
Teacher Zheng Er was obviously surprised by Xiaozhi’s answer. He looked at Xiaozhi with some surprise and said, “It seems that you are not an ordinary person who lacks knowledge. I didn’t expect that someone like you would join Team Rocket. It seems that the class stratification of the alliance has been aggravated day by day.”
He sighed, as if he remembered something, and finally started his lecture.
“Xiaozhi, you answered very well, but I think what you want to know most is how math can help you become a better trainer?” This really hit the point, Xiaozhi nodded in understanding. Teacher Zhenger smiled and continued: “This is probably the misunderstanding of math by most trainers. In their opinion, as long as they learn addition, subtraction, multiplication and division well, they can cope with life, but they have never thought about the importance of math to growth.”
He began to write on the blackboard: “The growth of Pokémon seems to be full of variables and completely unpredictable, but it is only an appearance. Our universe is composed of countless laws, and the growth of Pokémon is the same. Let me give you an example. How do you think Pokémon can evolve?”
Xiaozhi answered without hesitation: “It takes energy to accumulate to a certain level.”
Teacher Zheng Er nodded, then shook his head: “You are too one-sided. Only when the energy accumulates to a certain level can it be qualified for evolution, but how to break through after having the qualification is the key. The energy accumulated in the body needs drastic changes to eventually reach sublimation, and this change is not without rules. Drastic emotional fluctuations, such as the will to refuse to admit defeat, the heart to save others, and the joy of victory after a hard battle. Surging external energy intervention, such as various evolution stones and special props. As a trainer, you should understand these, right? Have you ever thought that these can be quantified? Not only that, how to buy the most suitable food for Pokémon at the lowest price in life, how to avoid those low-return and high-risk tasks when accepting tasks, as long as it is related to changes and choices, you need to learn mathematics well.”
When Mr. Zheng Er said this, his eyes were full of excitement. He pointed at Xiaozhi and said, “How about Xiaozhi, are you interested in mathematics?”
Xiaozhi nodded awkwardly. It seemed that the teacher was a little too excited after entering the teaching state.
Teacher Zhenger wanted to continue the lesson, but at this time, Lalulas on the side raised his mobile phone to show Xiaozhi the time.
It turned out that it was time to end the get out of class without them noticing. Xiaozhi and Teacher Zhenger looked at each other, both feeling a little embarrassed.
Xiaozhi wanted to push down Lalulas’s hand and blame her for being impolite, but Teacher Zhenger waved his hand to stop him: “My lesson plan is not well prepared, so I’ll stop here today. Xiaozhi, you will come tomorrow, right?” When he said the last few words, the teacher emphasized his tone, but he didn’t seem to notice.
Xiaozhi smiled and nodded. He was indeed interested in mathematics. He had used statistical methods when helping Lalulas test his moves before.
Clues to Lalulas’s Mother (Old Version)
As soon as he left the classroom, Xiaozhi received a call from the uncle, informing him to gather at a place and telling him the reason. Team Rocket had come to investigate the accident.
Xiaozhi couldn’t help but sigh at the efficiency of Team Rocket. He just learned about this incident from the uncle yesterday and it happened today.
When Xiaozhi rushed over, he saw several staff members already waiting with the uncle. As soon as Xiaozhi arrived and confirmed that everyone was there, they were taken into a single room, where three men in suits and sunglasses were already waiting.
After Xiaozhi sat down, the person opposite him spoke: “Please don’t be nervous. The purpose of our coming here is to investigate the clues about the robbery of the item. Just answer everything truthfully.”
Xiaozhi didn’t plan to lie. After all, this matter had nothing to do with him. If he lied to distance himself from the matter and the other party noticed and became suspicious, it would backfire.
Soon the other party started asking questions. At first, he did not get straight to the point but kept asking Xiaozhi some trivial things to answer. After Xiaozhi got used to it, he suddenly asked for key information. It seemed that they wanted to use this method to get out Xiaozhi’s subconscious answer and catch him off guard, but this behavior was obviously redundant.
“Excuse me, what is your impression of the previous escorts?”
“I was in charge of the interference mission during the rescue operation, and I was not familiar with them.” Xiaozhi thought of the young men with different dyed hair and continued: “They seemed to be a group of strange people. I am deeply sorry for their death.”
Xiaozhi didn’t have much impression of them, but he still felt a little surprised that someone who was still alive a month ago suddenly died. In this dangerous world, it seems that even in the big city, it is not safe. Xiaozhi remembered that the uncle seemed to be an acquaintance of their leader, and he didn’t know what he was thinking.
As the other party wrote down the answer to the last question, he closed his notebook, stood up, shook hands with Xiaozhi, and replied in a formal manner: “Thank you for your cooperation, you can go out, but you have to wait a moment, we need to gather intelligence, and you can leave only after confirming that there is no problem.”
Xiaozhi came out with these people. Lisa and the other three had already sat on the seats outside, and only the uncle was still inside.
The few people who came out with Xiaozhi were checking the news with other companions.
After a while, the uncle came out, looking unhappy. He sat down next to Xiaozhi and said to him, “I’m sorry, I was a little emotional when I mentioned that senior, and I was suspected. In order to clear my name, I must participate in the recovery of the mysterious object, and you, as my team members, have to participate. I’m sorry for implicating you.”
His expression was obviously heavy, probably not only because Xiaozhi was implicated, but the constant questioning about information related to the old man probably evoked the uncle’s memories, reminding him of the fact that the other person had passed away.
Xiaozhi patted the uncle’s shoulder and consoled him, “It’s okay. We were probably going to join anyway. Now that we know about it so early, we can prepare early and let everyone put aside their fantasies and prepare for the battle. Don’t you think so?”
Lisa and the other two nodded in unison. Lisa and Xiaozhi were familiar with each other and naturally would not object. Aya had no complaints about the dangerous mission. Instead, she said that this was the purpose of her joining Team Rocket. If she continued to carry out those mundane missions, what difference would it make from a part-time job? As for Soma… he was not important.
“Lulalu~” When Lalulasi saw that everyone was agreeing, she also let out a soft cry and nodded, as if she also wanted to help.
She had been sitting outside when Xiaozhi went in before, and now when she saw Xiaozhi coming out, she came over.
Xiaozhi pulled Ralts to the other side and sat down, smiling at the uncle: “Look, Ralts thinks it’s okay, uncle, don’t take it to heart, but… do we still have time to prepare? Will we set off early?” This was probably the only thing that Xiaozhi was worried about. In his opinion, his teammates still had a lot of room for improvement, whether it was combat experience or the skill proficiency and physical fitness of the Pokémon. These could not be improved in a short period of time but had to be accumulated slowly. Just like Xiaozhi’s Cowardly Bug, even though he had worked very hard to exercise his body, his physical fitness was still at the level of an ordinary Pokémon, and it was a long way from the average level of the Pokémon of elite trainers. The reason why the fight went so smoothly before was that Xiaozhi had never encountered an opponent with rich combat experience. The preemptive attack of water jets and the interference of sand-moving were enough to deal with ordinary enemies, but if he faced the main Pokémon of those gym owners, unless he had a great advantage in attributes, Xiaozhi didn’t think there was much chance of winning. Of course, if it was a challenge to the level of the gym, it would be another matter.
The uncle thought for a moment and replied, “Actually, there is no need to rush about this. The current clues are mostly concentrated on the remnant forces of the villains in Fengyuan area. We don’t need to worry about searching for clues. Even if we confirm which force is behind it, it will take a long time to find their hiding place and the location of such items. Even after confirming the location, it will take time to establish a plan and concentrate our efforts. At least it is unlikely in the short term. However, we will probably have to go to Fengyuan area in advance by then, and we probably won’t be able to wait for your regular assessment.”
At this point, the men in suits and sunglasses over there also finished their discussion. They nodded to Xiaozhi and the others, then said to the uncle: “Mr. Akai, I know that you have a good personal relationship with Mr. Nan, but please also consider that this is a special period. This item affects our next important plan, and we have to treat it with caution. But please rest assured that the battle at that time will not assign you dangerous tasks. Just regard it as the first war mission since the establishment of the combat team. After investigating the exact information, we will arrange for you to go to Fengyuan as soon as possible. Please make preparations for the battle in advance during this period.” After that, they left.
Xiaozhi watched the group of people leave, then glanced at Lalu Las next to him and asked the uncle: “Uncle, have you found any clues about the Lalu Las incident?” Xiaozhi had mentioned this matter to the uncle before. The captain’s authority is higher than that of ordinary team members and can query information about the Rocket Team and other forces’ previous battle plans. Xiaozhi wanted to try whether he could find any information about Lalu Las’ mother.
The uncle nodded after hearing what Xiaozhi said, “I really found some clues. The force that captured the mother of this little guy is most likely the remnants of Team Magma in Fengyuan. In a previous conflict, the radicals invaded Team Magma’s experimental base on a small island and discovered that there were research experiments on supernatural powers there. They also found that Gardevoir and Aledo were imprisoned there. The people who captured Ralts and the others are probably them. It’s a pity that the invasion was repelled by the elite cadres of Team Magma who rushed over, otherwise there might be more details.”
Five years ago, Team Magma had awakened Groudon, and a conflict broke out between Team Aqua and Team Aqua’s awakened Kyogre, causing abnormal weather that affected the entire Fengyuan. After the incident was resolved, the leaders of both sides were arrested. Team Rocket, which was leaderless, took this opportunity to expand in Fengyuan. During this period, they were in constant conflict with the two forces. If it weren’t for their elite cadres who were still there, and the Fengyuan Alliance was also suppressing Team Rocket’s expansion, the underground force in Fengyuan would probably have been Team Rocket now. But even so, Team Rocket now has a considerable territory there.
The unexpected good news surprised Xiaozhi. He nodded, touched the head of Ralts beside him and said with relief: “It seems that we can go to Fengyuan on the way this time. I hope that the force that hijacked the mysterious item is also Team Magma. In that case, maybe the two problems can be solved together.” However, Xiaozhi smiled as soon as he finished speaking. It’s obvious that such a coincidence would not happen.
The uncle looked at the time and said, “It’s almost noon. Let’s go eat first. I’m sorry for causing trouble for everyone this time. Let’s go to Uncle Ju’s and have some good food. I’ll treat you.”
As if it heard what the uncle said, Lisa’s big-jaw ant suddenly poked its head out from the small backpack on her back, looked at the uncle with bright eyes and made a cheerful cry. It seemed that the little guy was also hungry.
In the evening, Xiaozhi and Lisa said goodbye. He asked Lalulas to take them back to town first. After Lalulas came back, he went into the forest with her. The information about various herbs and the items on Pokémon that could be sold for money echoed in Xiaozhi’s mind.
The main purpose of entering the forest this time was to complete the task he accepted on the conservative website. The task required capturing a moonlight walking grass to cooperate with the troupe’s performance, and the reward ranged from 1500 to 2500 depending on the qualifications of the captured walking grass.
The reward is indeed generous. Although the Walking Grass that can use the Moonlight move is rare, the Walking Grass that appears at night is more likely to learn this move. Xiaozhi can search while searching for valuable herbs. Of course, the more important thing is that there is no time limit for this task. If Xiaozhi really can’t find it, he can train one himself and then submit it. Of course, he won’t do this unless it’s absolutely necessary.
Xiaozhi released Charmeleon and Chimp from their Poké Balls and said to them, “I’ll leave it to you tonight!”
Although the forest is dangerous at night, it is also the most suitable place for actual combat. Ralts and Chinchilla are both lacking in this aspect, and Charmeleon is Ash’s backup against the Centipede King. If that guy dares to provoke them again, let Charmeleon teach him a lesson and see who is the king.
Night Adventure (Old Version)
As they went deeper into the forest, the Pokémon began to slowly emerge, but with the dual perception of Ash’s Wave and Ralts’ Psychic, these Pokémon were either avoided by Ash or defeated by Ralts and Chinchilla before they even showed up.
Lalulas didn’t recognize the Walking Grass, but Xiaozhi showed her photos of the Walking Grass on the Internet on his mobile phone, and then she compared the actual size of the Walking Grass with her, so finding them was not a problem.
At the reminder of Lalulas, Xiaozhi pushed aside a dense bush and saw a shivering walking grass hidden in it.
Unlike the dream world, the green grass on the head of the walking grass in reality has different meanings. The more grass leaves on its head, the older the walking grass is, and the longer it is, the higher its level. The Moonlight move is difficult to learn, and only high-level walking grasses can learn it.
The body of this walking grass is of average size, but the lush green leaves on its head show that it is quite old, so Xiaozhi wanted to give it a try. He lay on the ground and tried to keep the same height as the walking grass, and used the waveguide to convey his goodwill to the other party, handing it a blue orange, and only after seeing that it accepted it did he let Ralts approach and talk to it.
“Lululu~”
“La-du-la-du~”
After the two little guys chatted for a while, Ralts shook his head at Xiaozhi. It seemed that this walking grass didn’t know how to moonlight. Of course, Xiaozhi himself didn’t have much expectations.
After saying goodbye to the walking grass, Xiaozhi continued to walk deeper into the forest. The outer forests were not very dangerous, and there were often farmers and herbalists collecting herbs, so there was nothing valuable to be found. Only those remote places deep in the forest could find rare plant medicines.
Xiaozhi’s luck didn’t seem to be very good tonight. Although he found a lot of medicines, most of them were ordinary medicines with low raw material value. Xiaozhi picked a few sweet peaches from a tree and gave one to each of Ralts and the others. After everyone finished eating, Xiaozhi took the timid bug back into the Poké Ball. The road before was full of dangers. In order not to affect Ralts’s mental perception, the previous battles were all handled by the timid bug. The timid bug was already exhausted, and it was enough for him to practice actual combat to this extent. Xiaozhi planned to let the little guy have a good rest.
At this time, Lalulas sat on the familiar backpack again. She felt it again, patted Xiaozhi’s shoulder, and pointed in a direction with her little hand.
Xiaozhi hurried over there, and after repelling several attacking Pokémon, he saw a huge tree that stood out from the crowd.
There was a rather large bird’s nest on the tree, on which several Spearows, which seemed to have been born not long ago, were besieging a walking grasshopper.
Xiaozhi climbed up the tree, gave those little birds a slap on the head, and in exchange gave them some tree fruits. He rescued the walking grass and took away a conspicuous onion on the side.
The Spearow in the nest seemed to be a fool. It was about to cry out when Xiaozhi hit it on the head, but when it saw that there was food again, it put aside the beating it had received and started to eat happily.
Xiaozhi was also worried that their mother would come back, so he took this seemingly small walking grass to a large rock. After using the wave guide to confirm that there were no Pokémon around, he let Ralts down and started communicating with this Pokémon that seemed to be still in its larval stage.
This walking grass is less than 30 centimeters tall, and has fine hairs on its light blue body. These hairs do not always exist. Their main function is to isolate toxic substances in the air. Newly born walking grasses cannot completely resist toxins. Only when they slowly accumulate energy and can actively control the toxic energy in their bodies will this layer of hairs gradually disappear.
In fact, Pokémon of both attributes generally have similar body structures. After all, Pokémon are not data in a game. Mastering moves and manipulating energy require a period of adaptation.
After listening to Lalulas’s words, the walking grass nodded and closed its eyes. A layer of faint light fell from the moon, and when it was about to fall on the walking grass, it burst into light spots and fell down.
This moonlight trick obviously failed, but it still made Xiaozhi’s eyes light up. He originally thought that he would have to search for a week to find the moonlight walking grass, but he didn’t expect to see it on the first day.
He squatted down, touched Lalulas’s smooth hair, and gave the little lucky star a candy as a reward.
The Walking Grass seemed to be brooding over the failure of its move, and it released it several more times, but the best time it did was only when the light was about to fall on the little guy that it dissipated. When the falling light touched Xiaozhi, he felt as if a traveler walking under the scorching sun suddenly drank a sip of iced cola, and his previous fatigue from walking was actually mostly recovered, and he felt refreshed.
Obviously, the reason why the Walking Grass failed to release the Moonlight was because of its lack of control. The recovery effect of the Moonlight itself did not disappear, and it would be mastered quickly with more practice.
Xiaozhi thought about it, then he lay down and said to the little walking grass in front of him, “Walking grass, do you want to go on the stage and be praised?”
Lalts translated Xiaozhi’s words to Cloverleaf, but Cloverleaf obviously didn’t understand what stage and performance meant. It interrupted the idea of releasing Moonlight again and showed a confused look.
Xiaozhi took out his cell phone and handed it to Laltus. Laltus understood what Xiaozhi meant, walked up to the Pokemon, and showed it the performances about Pokémon in stage plays or operas on the Internet.
If it’s a Gnawka that has already mastered the Moonlight move, Xiaozhi will send it over to complete the task after simply explaining the purpose of capturing it. However, since this Gnawka hasn’t fully mastered the move, and they will obviously be in contact for a few more days, he has to explain his purpose of capturing it in advance to prevent the bond from being too deep and making it impossible to hand it over.
Of course, before that, it depends on whether this walking grass is interested in the stage. If it is not interested, then Xiaozhi naturally cannot force it.
Fortunately, this did not happen. Xiao Zou Cao was obviously very curious about these new things. His eyes lit up and he even danced excitedly when he saw something exciting. Xiao Zhi’s worry was obviously unnecessary.
After watching the stage play, Xiaozhi invited Xiao Zou Zou Cao: “How about Zou Zou Cao? As long as you learn the Moonlight move, you can perform on stage with the people on TV. Are you willing to follow us for a while?”
The Walking Grass nodded. Since it had no actual trunk, it looked like a chicken pecking at rice, which was very cute. It walked up to Xiaozhi, but didn’t know what to do, so it could only stare at Xiaozhi.
Xiaozhi took out the Poké Ball that he had prepared long ago from his waist. The button in the center touched the Walking Grass, turning it into a ball of red light and retracting it into the ball. The Poké Ball shook briefly and then returned to calm.
Xiaozhi instinctively wanted to raise the hand holding the Poké Ball, but remembered that this Walking Grass was not his Pokémon, so he sighed and released it.
The little guy obviously hadn’t adapted to the environment inside the ball. He was relieved when he saw familiar humans and Pokémon. He trotted towards Lalulas and shared his feelings in the Poké Ball with her.
Xiaozhi looked at the time and found that it was almost ten o’clock, so he had to greet the Pokémon and prepare to return.
The biggest gain today is this walking grass. According to Xiaozhi’s previous memory, all the ordinary herbs added together may only add up to about one hundred. If the daily harvest in the future is like this, it will not be possible to buy a Leaf Stone in a month.
Clearing his mind, Xiaozhi stopped thinking about these things and focused on the plan for tomorrow. Xiaozhi was not very familiar with the Moonlight move. He had to go back tonight to collect information before formulating a training plan for the Walking Grass. Tomorrow he had to go deeper into the forest. The harvest from the periphery was obviously too little. Fortunately, there was Ralts. Xiaozhi asked her to fix a super power coordinate here, so he could come directly tomorrow to save a long journey.
There are still many troubles. Charmeleon’s powerful strength does not come without a price. Xiao Zhihui feels that although he has eaten a lot every time recently, he can still feel through the waveguide that the fire energy in the opponent’s body is gradually weakening. This is the case without a fight. Obviously, ordinary fire Pokémon food can’t meet the opponent’s daily needs. He has to buy more advanced Pokémon food, which is also a considerable expense.
Airi and Akemi are already old enough to go to school, and both the procedures and tuition fees require a considerable amount of money.
In addition, water bills, electricity bills, rent, daily food expenses, purchase of books, etc. These seemingly small expenses add up to a considerable amount.
At this moment, Xiaozhi really felt that even a penny could make a hero fall.
“Lalulu?”
When he heard the voice, Xiaozhi realized that Ralts and Charmeleon were looking at him. He smiled and continued to walk forward, saying as he walked, “Go back quickly. If you go back too late, be careful that Mingmei will lecture you again.”
Of course Mingmei would not blame Xiaozhi. She would only worry whether something had happened to Xiaozhi for coming home so late. However, this did not affect Xiaozhi’s use of this as an excuse to change the subject.
Several Pokémon looked at each other, Charmeleon followed on foot, and Ralph took the Walking Grass and instantly moved to the basket behind Ash.
Feeling the sudden weight on his back, Xiaozhi remembered the eight years he had been asleep and everything in that dream world.
Fortunately, although everything in it is fake, the people and Pokémon that appear in it are real. Fortunately, he met so many friends and Pokémon after waking up.
Even though that memory was false, he still met these real companions and he was not alone.
This feeling is so good.
Eevee’s Evolution (Old Version)
The next day, when Mr. Zhenger entered the classroom carrying his briefcase, he was surprised to find that there was one more person in the classroom.
He was surprised and left the classroom again to check the house number to make sure he had gone to the wrong place. After confirming that he had gone to the right place, he came in dazedly and said in disbelief, “Hey, why don’t you introduce yourself first, classmate?”
Lisa stood up a little embarrassedly and introduced herself to Shoji. Then she picked up the little Eevee buried in the drawer and showed it to him, stating her purpose: “I would like to ask you, teacher, if you can tell me what kind of Eevee I should evolve into?”
Eevee was in Lisa’s arms and didn’t know what was going on. He put his little paws to her mouth and stroked her fur with his little tongue.
Teacher Zhengji raised his glasses and walked to Ibrahimovic, took the little guy from Lisa’s hands, fiddled with Ibrahimovic for a while, praised Lisa for her good training of Ibrahimovic, and then took out a small box from his pocket.
After the box was opened, there were gems of similar sizes and different colors inside. Mr. Zheng Er put Ibrahimovic back on the table, took out all the gems in the box and placed them around Ibrahimovic. Then he smiled and said to Ibrahimovic: “You can pick any one you like.”
Xiaozhi looked at the gems and asked in confusion: “What are these?”
At this moment, Shoji realized that he had not explained his intention. He picked up one of the gems and introduced it to Xiaozhi and the others: “This is an attribute gem. Legend has it that it is condensed from pure attribute energy and can only be produced in some special places. This item made of pure energy can be used to test which attribute Eevee is closer to. By the way, has Eevee learned the power of awakening?”
“What Eevee awakened is the ground attribute.”
“It’s the awakening power of the ground.”
If they had known that Mr. Shoji would ask this, Xiaozhi and Lisa would have answered Mr. Shoji almost at the same time.
Teacher Zheng Er looked at the two people who seemed to have a tacit understanding and did not tease them. He explained about the awakening power: “The function of the move of awakening power itself is to guide the hidden energy in the body besides the main attribute. However, special Pokémon like Eevee may have more than one attribute hidden in its body, so it may not be accurate to use this move to test it.”
At this point, he suddenly realized that Eevee was staring at the gem in his hand with its two little paws stretched upwards.
Zhengji looked at the gem in his hand and put it down. Ibrahimovic immediately caught the small gem, and his furry cheek kept rubbing the light brown surface of the gem, as if he was stroking some treasure.
“It seems that we still can’t figure out the evolutionary direction of this little guy.” Zhengji waved his hands at Xiaozhi to indicate that he had no way.
Xiaozhi looked at the light brown gem and asked tentatively: “Is this also a ground-attribute gem?”
“Ah, this is a normal-type gem, so it can’t determine the evolutionary direction of this Eevee.” Teacher Zhengji touched the little Eevee’s head and said helplessly.
After thinking for a while, Xiaozhi looked at the Eevee who was fiddling with a gem with his two little paws and said to himself: “I think… I have found it.”
Xiaozhi also came over and put his hands on Eevee to give him a body massage. Seeing the little guy purring comfortably, he said with relief: “Perhaps it is best for him to maintain his current appearance? It is not bad if he does not evolve. Although Eevee cannot be used as the main force in the battle, using transformation moves to assist team members is also a good choice. If there is a Z-Crystal of Eevee…”
Xiaozhi sat back in his seat with his own ideas. Since Eevee was not interested in evolving, the training plan for Eevee would have to be changed in the future. However, if he used a combination of the moves of Nine Colors Sublimation and auxiliary power, it seemed that it could also be used as a trump card. It seemed that he would have to think about it carefully when he returned.
Lisa took out the ordinary gem that was still in Eevee’s arms and handed it to Teacher Shoji. Now that the test was over, she should return the gem to its original owner.
However, Mr. Zhenger just waved his hand and said, “It’s rare that I have two more students in my class. I can’t wait to be happy. This gem is what I collected when I was traveling before. It’s not in very good condition and not as valuable as you think. You can accept it, but you have to keep it well in your daily life. The effect of this thing is to increase the power of the Pokémon’s moves with the corresponding gem attributes. For example, if your Eevee breaks the gem when using the move Lightning Flash, the power of Lightning Flash will be increased. However, it can only be used once. If you accidentally break it in your daily life, it will be a waste.” At this point, he suddenly paused, remembering that Lisa didn’t seem to say that she wanted to attend the class. Finally, he continued with a somewhat uncertain tone: “Student Lisa, will you come to class again in the future?”
Seeing the hopeful look in Teacher Zheng Er’s eyes, Lisa didn’t know how to refuse. Thinking that she had attended an ordinary high school after all and should not be unable to understand other people’s lectures, she nodded and agreed.
Seeing Lisa nod, Teacher Shoji showed a relieved look. He had been idle in this Rocket Team base for two years. If he continued to be idle like this, he might really become a Magikarp that came ashore.
Teacher Zheng Er looked at Xiaozhi again, and Xiaozhi instinctively shook his head and refused: “Even if you don’t accept the gems, I will still listen to your class.” After all, his elective course is mathematics, and if this teacher Zheng Er doesn’t teach him, he can only learn by himself.
Shoji shook his head and handed the box to Xiaozhi: “In that case, it doesn’t matter if I pick one, right?”
Teacher Shoji seemed to have understood the two completely different options of accepting gifts and agreeing to attend the class as a succession relationship. Xiaozhi looked at Teacher Shoji’s determined eyes and Eevee who was holding the general gem tightly, and had no choice but to take out a red gem from the box handed over by the teacher. Although he felt roughly familiar with it, Xiaozhi still asked: “Is this a fire gem?”
Seeing Teacher Zheng Er nod, Xiaozhi thanked him. This flame gem is very important to Xiaozhi. Regardless of its practicality, Charmeleon will definitely like it. Secretly, he also made up his mind to find a way to help Teacher Zheng Er attract more people to attend his class in the future.
After discussing the pre-class topics, Teacher Zheng Er officially started the class.
He placed the teaching materials he had sorted out yesterday neatly on the podium and began to explain Pokémon Mathematics.
Teacher Shoji did not mention the relationship between Pokémon evolutions that he talked about yesterday, but instead mentioned another point that is very important for trainers.
About the diet of Pokémon.
As we all know, Pokémon does not have to consume food rich in a certain energy to replenish that energy. As long as it is full and watered, Pokémon will consume food to produce the energy it needs, but the effect is very slow.
For trainers, how to recover their Pokémon as quickly as possible is the key to supporting their journey. Many trainers who died were not killed because their Pokémon were weak, but because they were forced into a war of attrition and their energy was exhausted.
Using this example, Mr. Zheng Er proposed a plan. He made a table of the energy recovery time, the energy recovery speed of various types of food, and their respective prices. He stipulated a certain amount of money, and asked Xiaozhi and the other two to calculate which food combinations could restore energy the fastest with the stipulated amount.
Compared to yesterday’s empty talk, this teaching method is undoubtedly much more practical. Mr. Zheng Er assured Xiaozhi and his friends of the authenticity of the data, that is, if Xiaozhi and his friends really calculated the best solution, they could directly apply it in real life. This teaching method can not only exercise thinking ability, but also significantly help Xiaozhi and his friends cultivate Pokémon.
Immersed in the tide of thought, Xiaozhi forgot the time, only the pen in his hand kept writing. It was not until Lisa patted his shoulder that Xiaozhi came back to his senses.
He looked up at the podium. Teacher Shoji was also looking at Xiaozhi and showed him his watch.
At this time, half an hour had passed since the end of the get out of class. Xiaozhi apologized to the two of them embarrassedly. Teacher Zhenger just smiled, put away the textbooks on the table, and said to Xiaozhi and the others, “See you tomorrow.”
“See you tomorrow, teacher.”
Xiaozhi and the other replied at the same time. After watching Zhengji push the door open and leave, Xiaozhi looked down at the pile of data he had conceived before, and said to Lisa excitedly, “Lisa, what did you get?”
Lisa looked at his thick pile of plans and remembered the few she had sorted out, so she could only answer stubbornly: “Benefited a lot.”
Xiaozhi’s eyes lit up when he heard this, and he hooked his finger at Lisa and said with a smile: “Then please bring it here! I just happened to summarize the plan we wrote down, and we will try it later. If it is really the same as what the teacher said, then after the recovery speed is accelerated, we can also appropriately adjust the intensity of training after the afternoon. If your Pokémon are not consumed too much, maybe we can go exploring in the forest together at night, so that you can also accumulate practical experience.”
Seeing the hand that Xiaozhi stretched out, Lisa had no choice but to hand over the few pieces of paper in her bag. While handing them to Xiaozhi, she said stubbornly, “I’m just not used to Mr. Zhenger’s teaching style. It’s not that I’m slow-witted or bad at math. I had good grades in math when I was in school.” After saying that, she glanced at Xiaozhi secretly to see if he looked down on her. In her heart, she was still a little proud of Xiaozhi. After all, she knew from Xiaozhi’s words that he had not been to school, so her experience of having attended high school made her more or less proud of it. Although she was not as good as Xiaozhi in fighting, she always felt that she could help Xiaozhi with knowledge.
She was actually quite disappointed after losing to Xiaozhi in this kind of data calculation today…
Xiaozhi also vaguely sensed Lisa’s mood through the bird. He packed up the materials on hand, touched Lisa’s light golden hair and comforted her: “I know you don’t have to attend the class. Thank you for your hard work. If you don’t want to, you don’t have to come tomorrow. I don’t want you to force yourself.”
Feeling the warm touch on her head, Lisa blushed for some reason, and stammered back to Xiaozhi: “Who, who forced themselves? I’m not doing this for you… Let’s go quickly, the uncles must be waiting anxiously.”
After saying that, without waiting for Xiaozhi’s reaction, he ran out in a panic. Xiaozhi put away the materials and looked at Eevee who was left behind by his master. He couldn’t help but ask: “What’s wrong with her?”
Eevee tilted its head, a little confused. Xiaozhi picked up the fluffy little guy, put away the seat, and chased after it.
At least what Lisa said was right. If we keep dragging our feet, the uncles and the others will get anxious.
Moonlight (old version)
Satoshi and Leo were walking in the silent night. When the training ended this afternoon, Satoshi invited both Lisa and Miss Ninja, but the three children in Lisa’s family seemed to be making a fuss. After Lisa hung up the phone with Leo in a hurry, she smiled bitterly to Satoshi and Leo, packed up and went home.
Raising a child is such a hard thing. Thinking of Lisa’s hurried back figure, Xiaozhi couldn’t help but sigh. Fortunately, Airi and Mingmei are very sensible and he doesn’t need to worry about them.
The ninja lady behind me was a little taciturn. I hadn’t had much contact with her before, and now that the two of us were alone, the atmosphere was obviously a little off.
The location they are at now is the place marked by Ralts yesterday. After Xiaozhi captured the walking grass last night, he did not take the little guy away, but let Ralts leave a little breath on it for easy finding today. The walking grass is still left in the forest. Xiaozhi and the walking grass just agreed to meet here tomorrow night. The reason for not taking the walking grass away is also very simple. Xiaozhi captured it just to complete the task and make money. If they get along too closely, they will have to bear extra pain when they have to leave. Xiaozhi is not sure if he can be cruel enough at that time.
Therefore, it is better to have less contact.
In order to prevent the awkward atmosphere from spreading, Xiaozhi used the power of the wave to find the walking grass while explaining to the other party the purpose of his visit today.
However, Miss Ninja’s attention was obviously not on his words. When Xiaozhi talked for a long time and saw that the girl behind him did not respond, he turned around and found that she had been staring at Charmeleon.
Xiaozhi was stunned for a moment. In his opinion, with Miss Ninja’s current strength, she should not be able to tell how strong Charmeleon is. Could it be that he underestimated the strength of others?
After hesitating for a while, Xiaozhi asked, “What’s the matter, Miss Ninja, do you care about my Charmeleon?”
Miss Ninja seemed startled. She was silent for a while before she said, “Can I compete with your Charmeleon? I feel I have made some progress these days, so…”
When Xiaozhi heard this answer, he suddenly understood. Miss Ninja didn’t see Charmeleon’s strength, but felt that Charmeleon, which had evolved once, was stronger than Chimaera, so she wanted to see how strong Charmeleon was?
Xiaozhi hesitated. If it were in the past, he would definitely accept the challenge from others. But it was different now. He came here today to help Cloverleaf learn Moonlight. He hasn’t established a solid connection with the little guy yet. What if the other party was scared away by the noise here?
Just as Xiaozhi was about to answer, he heard an excited shout from Ralts. Xiaozhi used the power of waves to probe over there and indeed, he sensed the weak waves of the Walking Grass.
Now it was easy. Xiaozhi waved to Miss Ninja and took her to the walking grass.
When Xiaozhi arrived, he saw Laltlas holding Spathiphyllum in her arms and feeding the little guy candy.
It was the first time for Zou Xingcao to eat something so sweet. She turned the candy around in her mouth twice and accidentally swallowed it, leaving only a hint of sweetness in her mouth, but even so it left her with an endless aftertaste.
Xiaozhi came over to greet Zou Zou Cao, then took out the equipment he had specially prepared from his backpack.
It was a simple crystal ball, and inside the glass cover was a small wooden house covered in snow.
Xiaozhi put the crystal ball in front of the walking grass and shook it. The snowflakes inside were splashed and scattered, and then slowly fell. He said to the walking grass: “How about walking grass? Let’s continue practicing moonlight today? Put your moonlight into the crystal ball and there will be a surprise!”
Listening to Lalulas’s translation, Walking Grass also became interested in the strange little ball in front of her, and she jumped over and gently touched the crystal ball. She used too little force, and the snowflakes in the crystal ball did not splash, but “lay” on the ground and moved for a while before falling into silence.
Xiaozhi gently touched the little girl’s head and reminded her softly: “Try using moonlight.”
Walking Grass nodded, recalling the release of moonlight in his mind. Today was a full moon. Although the description of the move did not mention whether the fullness of the moon would affect the effect of the move, the moonlight move under the full moon was obviously much brighter than yesterday. A white beam of light fell from the silver moon, with white spots constantly flowing in it, and finally reflected on the crystal ball.
Perhaps it was because he was not yet proficient or he was too excited, this move failed just like yesterday, but the final effect was different from yesterday.
When the pure white light spots injected into the crystal ball scattered and disintegrated, they brought up the pure white snowflakes in the crystal ball. The snowflakes were scattered by the slight impact caused by the collapse of the moonlight move. The flying snowflakes refracted the light emitted by the light spots like natural mirrors. The light spots and snowflakes set off each other, emitting a magnificent scene.
Zou Xingcao was a little depressed because he failed to release his moves, but when he saw the scenery in the crystal ball, he was stunned and the slight depression disappeared immediately.
Seeing her like this, Xiaozhi knew that his previous arrangement had taken effect. He slowly approached behind Walking Grass and taught her step by step: “You don’t have to control the energy of the moonlight all the time. Walking Grass, you should try to guide the flow of energy. When the moonlight shines into the crystal ball, you don’t have to suppress it. Try to guide the power of the moonlight to rotate in the crystal ball, and then you will see something beautiful!”
With Xiaozhi’s encouragement, the walking grass immediately regained its confidence. Through the feedback from the crystal ball, it soon understood what it was lacking in. Its moves were visibly maturing… Finally, with a low hum from the walking grass, the moonlight did not dissipate after entering the crystal ball, but turned into a rotating whirlwind in the crystal ball after being guided by the walking grass. The snowflakes scattered on the ground were blown up by the wind, and the silver light spots and white snowflakes in the small tornado echoed each other. When the last snowflake was blown up, the hut in the crystal ball lit up, and the orange-yellow light shone out from the window of the hut. There was also a human-like shadow flickering inside, as if someone really lived in it. The rainbow lamp on the base of the crystal ball, which looked like a decoration, lit up, and the colorful lights flashed alternately. The snowflakes and light spots in the middle were also printed with different styles.
The tornado gradually became smaller and finally dissipated. The snowflakes flying in the ball also gradually fell down. In the end, only the rainbow lights were still flashing.
Before the walking grass could react, Xiaozhi gently touched her head and congratulated her, “Well done, walking grass. The move you released this time was very successful. Remember this feeling in the future.”
The walking grass obediently rubbed Xiaozhi’s hand with its cheek. Taking advantage of this perfect opportunity, Xiaozhi also took out the Poké Ball from his waist and said to the walking grass: “Now that you have learned Moonlight, you can go to the theater tomorrow. However, to get there, you need to enter this ball first, and then go through a strange machine to get to where you want to go. Don’t be afraid when you are in it, it will be over in the blink of an eye, very quickly.”
Walking Grass also nodded, and the grass leaves on its head pulled Xiaozhi and took Xiaozhi and the others to its own nest.
It was a hole in a broken tree hidden in the dense grass. There was a piece of bark covering the hole. If you didn’t look closely, you couldn’t see it at all. When Xiaozhi got in, he saw the walking grass coming out with a bunch of herbs. Before he could react, the walking grass stuffed his arms full. Xiaozhi subconsciously turned his head to look at Lalulas, and Lalulas quickly responded.
“When he was playing with me yesterday, he saw the herbs in the bag behind you, Xiaozhi, so he thought that since he didn’t have to stay here, he might as well give you these things that he couldn’t take away.”
Following Lalulas’s gaze, Xiaozhi saw the backpack she called a straw bag. Xiaozhi really couldn’t refuse such a good intention, after all, in his opinion, he would be short of money for a long time in the future.
Finally, looking at the piles of herbs that were almost filling up the small backpack, Xiaozhi could only sigh at his good luck. In addition to herbs for treating injuries, there were also many herbs for restoring abnormal conditions. Although Xiaozhi did not understand the current market conditions, even based on the prices when Xiaozhi was ten years old, these herbs together would probably be worth more than one thousand yuan.
Yesterday, when Xiaozhi was going back, he happened to run into Dr. Yosano with those ordinary herbs, and those herbs were bought by Miss Yosano. Today, when he was going back, he could just sell them to her on the way. All the money he earned would be used to improve the meals of Zouzouca and his friends, and he could also buy two small cakes for Airi and Akemi.
But before that, there is still one trivial matter to be resolved.
Looking at Miss Ninja who had been waiting for a long time, Xiaozhi smiled and said, “So do you want to compete, Miss Ninja? But let me tell you in advance, my Charmeleon is not just ordinary strong, okay?”
Charmeleon came over upon hearing the call and gave a ferocious smile to Miss Ninja who was still hurriedly taking out her bamboo whistle. The training these few days was very boring, and he had long wanted to find someone to compete with to vent his anger.
Aya’s Origin (Old Version)
“Ariados?!!!”
A shrill female voice was heard in the forest at night. If a passerby passed by here at this moment, he would definitely think that someone had met with an accident.
Of course, although nothing so bad happened, the facts before Aya at the moment did not make her feel any better.
Before, under Xiaozhi’s strong suggestion, she used a two-on-one tactic of Trident and Alidos. But when she found that Trident’s hypnotic powder had no effect on the opponent, and the powder that could cause a sleeping state would be burned out by the temperature of Charmeleon’s body when it approached Charmeleon, she sent out her last Pokémon.
Unfortunately, it was still of no avail. Whether it was the sticky net that reduced speed, the shout that lowered attack power, or the ultrasonic waves that caused chaos, they could only affect the opponent for a moment, and then the energy of these moves would be repelled by the opponent.
After all, these moves that reduce the opponent’s ability are actually interfering with the opponent’s actions by injecting energy into the other person’s body.
For example, the reason why the move “Resentment” can reduce the number of times the opponent uses the move he just used is not because it will take effect when used directly, but because it interferes with the ghost energy transmitted to the opponent’s body through this move. If the opponent uses this move again, the ghost energy will interfere with the opponent’s energy composition when releasing this move. Continuously interfering with the opponent’s move structure when forming energy makes it more and more difficult to use this move. The final effect is to reduce the number of times it is used. Therefore, the more powerful and effective a move is, the more complex the energy that constitutes the move is, and the more complex the move structure is, the more delicate and easier it is to destroy, then the better the effect of the move “Resentment”.
Unfortunately, this method is naturally restrained by the king-level Pokémon.
The energy in these Pokémon, which can serve as the main force of the Four Heavenly Kings, has been completely integrated with their bodies after countless actual combat and training. They can control the energy in their bodies to make any changes at will. They can feel the energy that invades their bodies at the first moment and expel it or directly heat the surface of their bodies to burn the sleeping powder like Charmeleon. This is just a matter of convenience.
This is also a true reflection of the saying “Only the king can fight against the king, and only the champion can defeat the champion.”
The difference between ordinary Pokémon and elite Pokémon is not just about physical fitness and energy intensity.
If Miss Ninja wants to defeat the strong with the weak, at least Alidos must increase his strength to the limit, let Nidoran block Charmeleon in advance before the two sides collide, and let Nidoran use his roar to interfere with the strength of Charmeleon’s moves before the two sides collide. Only in this way can he win.
Miss Ninja did the same, but unfortunately her three Pokémon lacked tacit understanding. Nidoran rushed straight towards Charmeleon when it was still more than 20 meters away from him. This move completely lost its surprise and was easily dodged by Charmeleon. Furball misjudged the timing, and it ignored the fact that the shouting move also had a propagation speed. Charmeleon had already hit Alidos before the shout hit him. The interference caused by the shout only made Charmeleon uncomfortable for less than a second before he dispelled it. There is no need to say what happened in the subsequent battle.
Even though Xiaozhi had shown mercy, Alidos was severely injured by a flaming fist, and then Maoqiu and Nidoran were killed by the sparks. Alidos just raised his head to catch his breath and saw a claw that was getting bigger and bigger in front of his sight…
Xiaozhi asked Charmeleon, who was a little proud of his easy victory, to stand guard. After treating the wounds of several Pokémon together with Miss Ninja, he comforted her and said, “Actually, they have done a good job. At least Miss Ninja, you have the experience of encountering strong enemies. After training the tactics just now, you will have an additional means in the future.”
Xiaozhi rubbed the fur ball that had just woken up from its coma, and continued, “And Miss Ninja, you have a good brain. You came up with a countermeasure in such a short time. I believe that Charmeleon will not be able to deal with this tactic easily next time. You are very strong, please be more confident.”
During the last battle, Xiaozhi discovered that this ninja lady was not speechless, and he just confirmed it. So why did she not speak before?
Xiaozhi guessed that she might have encountered some setbacks before, which led to her autism. Her unwillingness to speak might be a manifestation of her not wanting to contact the outside world. There are many examples of people’s temperament changing drastically after encountering major accidents.
Maybe it was just his own wishful thinking, but the kindness in his bones still made him unable to stand by and watch. Even if he really just misunderstood Miss Ninja and it was just her nature, it would only cause others to dislike her, but he could put his mind at ease.
Although she knew that the other party was comforting her, when Aya looked at Xiaozhi’s caring eyes, most of the depression she had felt before disappeared, and she felt a little warm in her heart.
She didn’t know what to say. She hadn’t communicated with others for so long that she felt her language system had degenerated. After struggling for a long time, she could only nod in response.
Seeing that all his Pokémon had woken up, he quickly put them back into the Poké Balls and walked quickly towards the town.
As Xiaozhi watched her leaving, his guess was shaken. In his opinion, if the other person was really autistic, he should have subconsciously rejected his contact. Could it be that he had guessed wrong about the other person’s appearance?
Seeing the other party gradually going away, Xiaozhi finally reacted and hurriedly chased after him and shouted: “Wait a minute, Miss Ninja, we can use Lalulas to teleport back, we don’t have to walk.”
When she said goodbye to Xiaozhi again, Aya already had a piece of cake in her hand. Watching Xiaozhi go away, she walked to a desktop computer on the side of the road, took out a sonic bicycle and drove back home.
Her home in this small town is a small manor in the center of the town. The guard at the door bowed slightly when he saw her and opened the door of the manor. The manor is not too big. There is no one else in the whole manor except two guards, a maid and a gardener. But after all, this is also the center of the town. Although this manor seems simple, it is still more valuable than the small villa of Azhe’s father. Aya’s status is naturally not low to live here.
She put the bicycle aside, and the maid who had been waiting at the door welcomed her in, and the gardener beside her also pushed the bicycle into the garage.
Aya went into the bathroom and closed the door. The maid who was about to go in had to report her work outside: “Miss, you haven’t been home for a year. This year, King Jue wants you to come back for his birthday. Master Axing also hopes to apologize to you in person after seeing you…”
The maid outside kept reporting the situation in Qianhong City, but there was no response from the bathroom, only the faint sound of clothes falling to the ground.
After a long while, when all the sounds disappeared, a cold and feminine voice came from inside: “Axing did nothing wrong. I was just being grumpy about that incident.”
The maid waited for a long time, but no new voice came out. She couldn’t help but ask, “What about King Ju’s birthday?”
There was only the sound of water splashing as the body entered the bathtub, and no other sound. The maid sighed, put the prepared clothes on the wooden cabinet at the door, and turned to leave.
In the bathroom, Aya, with her beautiful figure, was holding the cake in her hand and staring blankly in the bathtub. How could she not know when the birthday of her elder brother Aju, who loved her the most when she was a child, was? But… she had been making trouble for his daughter for so long and was finally completely crushed by him. How could she still have the face to go back?
How should she face Aju, who taught her like a father, and how should she face his daughter?
Suddenly, she recalled what Aju, who was the leader of the Crimson Gym at the time, said to her when she was still a child: “If I retire in the future, Aya, you will take over as the leader of the Crimson Gym.”
Now that I think about it, Brother Ju was probably just joking with me at that time, so why did I take it so seriously? If I hadn’t taken it so seriously and just given up honestly, things wouldn’t have become so awkward, right?
Aya lowered her head with a dim look in her eyes. She suddenly opened the cake box and licked a little of the cream on it with her little tongue, savoring it in her mouth.
In fact, she had eaten cakes much more high-end than this one countless times in Qianhong City, but for some reason she felt this one was particularly sweet.
She couldn’t help but think of Xiaozhi’s concerned eyes and his strong arms, and her face blushed.
Even though they had only met a few times and hadn’t talked much, and the other party might even think that she was a difficult person to get along with, she still couldn’t help but miss him.
But as she thought about it, she couldn’t help but think of that day, Aju’s furrowed brows, Axing’s angry eyes after being provoked, and the cold attitude of the people around them.
When she was running away that day, she was actually thinking in her heart, ‘No matter who it is, as long as someone tries to stop her, she will stop and admit defeat.’ After all, she didn’t run away from home. In fact, she was already a little scared when she ran out of the house, but neither Aju nor other relatives called her.
At the time, she didn’t understand why people who had been close to her before suddenly became indifferent to her, but after so long she figured it out.
Because Ah Xing was going to be the gym leader, and she was so young and had to take on such a heavy responsibility. How could she convince the public without any achievements, even though she was the daughter of the Four Heavenly Kings? At that time, as a veteran who had always stayed in the Crimson Gym and could represent all the gym members to a large extent, I rashly approached them. Wouldn’t that give others the best reason to kill the chicken to scare the monkey?
Then, isn’t it obvious why no one came to save her after she was severely defeated in the end? Ah Xing had just defeated her, so if those people came to save her, wouldn’t they be going against her? As for Brother Aju, if he came to save her, wouldn’t he be slapping his daughter in public?
But even though she knew the reason, she couldn’t let it go easily.
Unless one day she really has the ability to defeat Ah Xing.
Thinking of this, she thought of the Charmeleon today. She was afraid that Brother Ju’s Crossbat was only about as strong as the Charmeleon. But the Charmeleon could still evolve. How strong would the Charizard be at that time? If he could gather all the Mega Evolution Stones to Mega Evolve at that time…
Aya’s eyes became hot, and it seemed that she couldn’t leave Xiaozhi no matter due to practical needs or inner inclinations.
She took out a short blade from her ninja uniform. This fine weapon had several cracks on it due to the sword practice with Xiaozhi over the past two days.
Fortunately, she was not helped unilaterally by Xiaozhi. She was also able to teach him swordsmanship, and the relationship between them could be considered mutually beneficial.
After washing the short blade in the bathtub, she simply used the short blade as a knife and fork to cut the cake and eat it.
There are a few pieces of fruit pulp in the middle of the cake, which tastes sour and sweet when chewed.
Handover Walking Grass (Old Version)
The next day at noon, after Xiaozhi finished his meal with everyone at home, he got up and prepared to take Zou Zou Cao to submit the task.
Airi and Mingmei touched the walking grass at the end. When Xiaozhi came back yesterday, he had already told them that the walking grass would only stay at home for one night, so they had already made preparations in advance. They just told the walking grass to work hard and hoped to see it perform on stage one day in the future.
Although the walking grass only had a brief contact with the group of people around it, it liked the atmosphere here very much and was still reluctant to leave so soon.
Seeing how sad it was, Xiaozhi stepped forward to comfort it, “It’s okay, Zou Cao, we will come to see you later. You will definitely make a lot of friends there. Think about the videos we watched before, don’t you want to see what the stage looks like?”
The Walking Grass nodded, jumped up, and gently slapped the green leaves above its head onto the Poké Ball on Xiaozhi’s waist, then turned into red light and drilled in.
Xiaozhi looked at the Poké Ball on his waist in silence for a while, then he took the phone handed to him by Laltlas and contacted the client.
Following the steps, Xiaozhi first sent the video of Raltsus using Moonlight that he had filmed last night. After the other party confirmed it, they would pay Xiaozhi half of the deposit, and then tell Xiaozhi the computer number used by the other party. After the two computers were remotely connected, the Poké Ball could be transferred. When the other party confirmed that the required conditions were correct, they would send the balance to Xiaozhi.
However, this time the employer seemed a little different. After watching the video sent by Xiaozhi, the other party actually asked for a meeting to take over the business.
The other party suggested that the meeting place was a famous coffee shop in the town. Xiaozhi took a look and saw that it was less than ten kilometers away from his home. Even if he didn’t use Lalulas, it would take less than ten minutes for him to run there, so he agreed immediately.
The sun was quite strong today. Although this journey could only be considered a warm-up considering Xiaozhi’s physical condition, he still broke out in a sweat under the strong sun when he arrived.
After opening the door and asking a waiter, Xiaozhi found the client.
She was a well-dressed girl. Judging from her appearance, she was probably less than 16 years old. However, her temperament was quiet and gentle, and coupled with her outstanding appearance, she looked like a noble lady. People would subconsciously ignore her age and treat her as a peer.
Xiaozhi sat opposite her and saw her stirring the coffee with sugar cubes with a small spoon. He was the first to speak: “Excuse me, is there any problem with the video I sent? I want to…confirm whether the task is completed. After receiving the Poké Ball, you can communicate with the walking grass and know the result, right?”
The girl stopped what she was doing, looked at Xiaozhi curiously and stated her purpose: “I want to ask, you… um, Mr. Xiaozhi… your online name is not your real name, right?”
Xiaozhi nodded in confusion. If such a small matter required meeting in person to explain it, wouldn’t it be too troublesome to accept missions in the future?
Facing Xiaozhi’s puzzled gaze, the girl blushed a little. She was thinking about other things before and didn’t really notice Xiaozhi’s online name. She quickly waved her hand and asked the question she really wanted to ask: “Well, I want to ask why you gave the crystal ball to Cloverleaf?” After that, she showed Xiaozhi the video clip on her mobile phone of Cloverleaf carrying the crystal ball into the Poké Ball.
Xiaozhi still didn’t understand what the other party was thinking, so he said as a matter of course: “Isn’t there an explanation in the video? I’m using this crystal ball to help Walking Grass master the moonlight.”
The girl felt that the other party’s answer was the same as not saying anything, so she asked again: “But can’t we just let it learn moonlight? Why give it to walking grass? This kind of handicraft is not cheap, right?”
… Xiaozhi was silent for a moment, frowned, looked at the girl in front of him and said with some dissatisfaction: “Because she likes the crystal ball, do I have to snatch the crystal ball away to make Cloverleaf hate me so that it will be easier for you to receive Cloverleaf? I don’t think this obligation is included in my mission.” Xiaozhi was talking about a way of exchanging Pokémon. Before exchanging Pokémon with others, use various methods to make the Pokémon hate you, and then let the other party help to get close to your Pokémon. After the exchange, the running-in period between the other party and this Pokémon will pass faster.
This kind of thing usually has to be initiated by the party holding the Pokémon. The other party making this request actually has the meaning of looking down on the other party. Knowing this, Xiaozhi will of course be unhappy.
The girl on the other side also knew that she had said something wrong, and quickly stood up and bowed to Xiaozhi to apologize: “I’m sorry, that’s not what I meant. It’s just that other trainers I met usually only look for ready-made walking grass to capture Pokémon that have already learned this move when accepting this task. This is the first time I’ve seen someone like you teach Pokémon moves on the spot and give Pokémon gifts, so I’m a little curious.”
Xiaozhi finally understood why the other party was looking for him. Indeed, if it was an ordinary trainer, it would be a big problem to let a Pokémon learn a move without using a skill machine. Even if it was a Pokémon that had a certain foundation, it would take more than ten days to completely master the move without using tricks. Before that, it might have already found another Pokémon that could use the move. The other party should be curious about how he could let Pokémon learn the move in just two days. Then he knew the real reason why he was called here.
Seeing that the other party was trying to avoid the question, Xiaozhi simply said, “Do you want to hire me as a skills coach?”
The price of skill machines is too expensive. Even a move like Seed Machine Gun costs thousands of yuan, not to mention the price of special moves like Stand and Sunny Day. The best way for ordinary trainers to learn new moves is to go to the local Pokémon move training institution to sign up for a move learning class. Skill coach is also the name for the teachers in that kind of institution.
If the salary is not low, it’s not a bad idea. After all, when Xiaozhi helps Lisa with her training, he is actually doing this job for free.
The girl seemed a little surprised. She thought for a while and finally agreed. However, Xiaozhi could obviously feel that she had made up her mind at the last minute. She took a long time to take out a document from the small bag on her back. It was a Class C employment contract.
This formal employment contract is generally divided into four categories: A, B, C, and D. Category A offers the best treatment but has more restrictive terms. When teaching, the skill coach must not only teach the Pokémon moves within the maximum class time agreed upon by both parties, but also allow the Pokémon that has learned this move to use various techniques of this move according to the employer’s requirements, which is extremely difficult. Category D offers the lowest salary, but only requires the Pokémon to roughly learn the required moves, and even if they do not fully master them, they can still get paid as usual.
The requirements for Category C are in between the two. The salary for each class is 75 yuan. The more difficult the moves to be learned, the more classes are arranged. However, Pokémon’s energy is limited. Generally, there are only two classes in the morning and afternoon each day, and that’s the limit. So even in the most ideal situation, the salary for Category C is only nearly 10,000 yuan a month. This number sounds like a lot, but if you look at the salaries for those low-level tasks, you will know that it is not much higher than that of ordinary trainers, not to mention that in reality, there are often delays or simply no orders for various reasons, which affects the income.
Xiaozhi looked at the contract in front of him in silence. He knew he had guessed wrong again from the look on the girl’s face. Although he didn’t know what she was thinking, it was clear that she didn’t intend to recruit him. What was in front of him was clearly a general contract. The other party probably took out this contract in part to avoid getting into trouble. Imagine if a person confidently said to someone, “I’ve noticed you for a long time. Do you want to make friends with me?” and then the other person asked in confusion, “Who are you?” How embarrassing would such a scene be?
…After a long silence, Xiaozhi pushed the contract back. In this case, he should refuse it for his self-esteem or to avoid embarrassing the other party. Xiaozhi turned the topic back to the task handover, and the other party subconsciously continued the conversation. After handing the Poké Ball to the other party, Xiaozhi saw that the walking grass that came out of the Poké Ball and the girl could get along well, so he took the salary and said goodbye to the two.
Today, Xiaozhi finally discovered his weakness since returning to reality. He collected a series of knowledge and experiences in his brain for no reason. When he looked at things, he always had the illusion that he had become very good at this aspect.
Today has taught him a lesson. He should think twice before doing anything in the future. If he continues to speak without thinking as he did today, he might end up saying something inappropriate in the future.
Looking at the extra string of numbers on his phone, Xiaozhi couldn’t help but sigh. At least he was getting closer and closer to his goal. He had earned nearly four thousand dollars from this mission. If he could do it a few more times, he would have enough money to buy evolution stones for the uncle.
How could Ms. Yosano make such a stupid mistake? (Old version)
Unexpectedly, or perhaps as it should be, when the uncle came the next day, there was a red humanoid Pokémon lying on his shoulder.
Its six short fist-like feet have become four strong and powerful arms. The white armor arm guards at the front look like boxing gloves and are very impressive. The legs of the remaining two feet have become larger. It originally needed six “fists” to stand on the ground, but after evolution, it can stand steadily with only these two feet. The changes in other parts are not very big, but the wings on the back have become wider, so it is conceivable that its flying speed should also be improved accordingly.
Ladybug has evolved. Xiaozhi is not surprised at all about this. After all, Bug-type Pokémon are very easy to evolve. After one or two months of accumulation, it has actually reached the final step. It just lacks an opportunity.
When talking about the reason for its evolution, although the uncle was a little embarrassed, he looked at Ladybug on his shoulder and explained with a smile.
It turned out that the uncle went home last night and was playing an action game with Ladybug. Since Ladybug could only use its two front “fists” flexibly and the other four had to support its body, it could only press two buttons on the handle at a time. So it was beaten up by the uncle who could use four fingers flexibly. After being defeated more than ten times in a row, it evolved out of anger.
Although this method of evolution is very strange, Xiaozhi can roughly understand the little guy’s thoughts at the time. If two hands can’t beat it, then use four hands.
In short, this is indeed a good thing. After getting rid of the influence of being on all fours, it can flexibly use four arms to attack alternately. Due to the increase in speed and strength, it will not only be responsible for assistance but can also serve as the main attacker. However, correspondingly, its training plan also needs to be adjusted to a certain extent.
Lisa’s giant jaw ant is almost over the neonatal period and can participate in training. Xiaozhi asks Lisa to buy some more chewing gum and let this little guy chew more often to exercise his bite force. As long as his bite force reaches a certain level, it will be much easier to learn the biting moves. Then, with the characteristics of the sand hole, it can be used as a trap that can be set at any time.
In addition to Charmeleon, Uncle Alola’s Pokémon also has a Throwing Monkey, but this uncle’s training methods for Pokémon are still as weird as ever. This Throwing Monkey can throw but only can throw. Apart from this move, it can only hit and glare. It is really speechless that such a good Fighting-type Pokémon does not have any fighting moves.
When having lunch at Mr. Tachibana’s place these days, the gentleman unexpectedly discovered that Uncle Soma from Alola had a great talent for cooking. He hadn’t participated in many exercises these days, but instead learned cooking skills from Mr. Tachibana after get off work. It was obvious that he was going further and further away from his main job.
Since the two were not familiar with each other, Xiaozhi did not interfere with his life. After all, in order to become stronger, in addition to using the right methods, one also needs to have an upward heart. With the mentality of this uncle, Xiaozhi might not be able to get any good results by forcing him to train, not to mention that he was just an ordinary team member and could not order others to do things.
After finishing the evening training, Xiaozhi and Lisa went to explore the forest and collected a lot of medicinal herbs. Miss Aya still did not let Lalu take her home directly, but said goodbye to Xiaozhi and the others at the entrance of the town and rode away on her bicycle.
When Xiaozhi sent Lisa back, he also received an invitation from Leo to watch the videos he had edited these days.
Since there weren’t many battles these days, Leo’s editing focused on daily training. To Xiaozhi’s surprise, this boring video actually had a good hit rate. It seems that there are many active trainers on the Internet, otherwise this kind of professional Pokémon training video would probably not be watched carefully by many people.
Of course Xiaozhi is happy to see this happen. After all, the post-production editing is Leo’s job, and Lisa is responsible for the dubbing of the video. All he has to do is lie back and collect the money. Why not?
However, it was quite interesting to see Lisa blushing and hesitating while dubbing for the edited video. Xiaozhi watched there for a long time. Lisa, who was completely unable to get into the mood under his stare, could only grit her teeth and drive away this big bad guy who was laughing at her. However, before Xiaozhi was pushed out the door, Lisa handed him a bag of candies, saying that it was a gift for Airi and Akemi, asking him not to eat them secretly.
Xiaozhi didn’t care much about whether he could eat candy or not. He held Ralts’s little hand and teleported back to the door of his home.
Before Xiaozhi opened the door, he found a long-haired beauty standing at the door. Xiaozhi looked at the closed door again in confusion and asked in confusion: “Ms. Yosaya, what are you doing standing at the door? Airi and Akemi are at home, just knock on the door.”
Miss Yu Xieye hesitated for a moment, her cheeks slightly red. She turned her eyes away and didn’t look at Xiaozhi. She gently fiddled with her hair with her fingers, as if she was still thinking about how to start the conversation. However, Xiaozhi had already opened the door and motioned for her to come in.
Airi and Mingmei happened to be in the hall at this time. Xiaozhi noticed that the burns on Mingmei had been replaced with new bandages. He also found a small medicine box on a chair beside him. The pharmacist at the door might have just changed the medicine for Mingmei.
But why did she stand at the door without knocking? Did she forget to take the medicine box away, and felt that her careless behavior would damage her image in the eyes of the two little sisters, so she was embarrassed to open the door?
Xiaozhi still remembered the embarrassing scene in the coffee shop before, and forced himself to dispel this thought. This inference made with little information had little basis, and he didn’t have much confidence in his analysis. Besides, Miss Yosano helped him a lot, so how could he look at her so frivolously?
Miss Yosano must have had a reason for coming back. The reason she left this medicine box here might be that she wanted Akemi and the others to try to change the medicine themselves, or she might have left the medicine box here on purpose so that Akemi and the others would notice it and return it to her so that she would owe her a small favor and would have more reasons to help them in the future.
And the reason why he was standing at the door again… Xiaozhi thought about it and immediately figured out the reason. He was probably waiting for Miss Yosano to come back and talk to her alone about something. As for what she was going to say, it was obvious that it was either about Mingmei and the others’ illness, or about the purchase of the medicinal herbs he had collected.
These were not suitable to be discussed in front of Mingmei and the others. It seemed that he was too abrupt and should not have brought Miss Yosano in directly. If Mingmei and the others had discovered the small medicine box she had left behind, they would probably have left the impression that Miss Yosano was a sloppy person.
Seeing the pharmacist’s embarrassed look, Xiaozhi immediately stepped forward to help: “Dr. Yosano wants to talk to me about something, Mingmei, you and Airi go to the room to paint first. By the way, this is the candy your sister Lisa gave you. Remember to thank her next time you see her.”
Mingmei nodded sensibly, took the candy from Xiaozhi’s hand, pushed away Airi who still wanted to stay with Xiaozhi, removed the sugar coating, stuffed a candy into the angry little girl’s mouth, and pushed her back into the house.
Watching Akemi close the door, Satoshi turned around and looked at Miss Yosano, somewhat curious about what the lady wanted to say to Satoshi alone.
For some reason, Miss Yosano was blocking the small medicine box at this moment, making it impossible for Xiaozhi to see it at all from his current perspective.
The pharmacist obviously didn’t know how to start the conversation. Perhaps her previous behavior had caught the other party off guard and she didn’t know how to start the conversation now.
Xiaozhi felt a little ashamed and took the initiative to give the other party a way out: “Excuse me, have there been any changes in Mingmei and the others’ injuries?” No matter what she wanted to tell him, as long as Xiaozhi spoke first, the atmosphere would no longer be awkward.
“Yes… yes, it’s an injury.” Miss Yosano also reacted immediately. Her words were a little unclear at first, but soon became fluent: “I found that the herbs for treating burns that you brought yesterday combined with the resurrection grass can speed up the recovery of Xiao Mingmei’s injuries, so I prepared to tell you this good news in person.” While speaking, she slowly moved towards the door facing Xiaozhi, and she was almost at the door after saying this.
“I will go back and continue to study the specific proportions of the formula. I won’t disturb you for now.” After saying this, she opened the door with her hands behind her back. Miss Yosano still did not turn around, but faced Xiaozhi and walked away sideways like a crab.
Xiaozhi’s eyes turned to the medicine box, which was already empty.
…………After a moment of silence, Xiaozhi suppressed the thought that just popped up in his mind. Ms. Yosano is a professional doctor, how could she make such a low-level mistake?
Go to the cliff cave again (1) (old version)
Time flies, and the day when he sent Xiao Lu away seems like just yesterday, but Xiao Zhi still clearly remembers that it has been a week now. During this week, he could sell the supplies he collected in the deep forest for about two to three hundred yuan every day, and he could also take on some low-difficulty tasks from time to time. A few days ago, his full salary for last month was transferred to his account. Counting this remittance of nearly four thousand yuan, Xiao Zhi’s account already has more than ten thousand yuan.
Originally, more could have been saved, but Charmeleon’s food expenses cost a lot of money. Through the adjustments in the past few days, Xiaozhi has discovered that feeding this guy fire energy blocks daily is the best way to restore energy. Otherwise, it can only rely on the high-level Pokémon food rich in a lot of nutrients to support Charmeleon to convert it into the attribute energy it needs. Those medium and low-level feeds are too low in nutrition. If consumed for a long time, Charmeleon may only be able to eat food all day long like those vegetarian Pokémon to maintain a healthy state of the body.
This is probably why the competition for territory among Pokémon in the wild is so fierce. There are only so many resources in a forest, and as long as the strength of a Pokémon increases, its demand for food will also increase, and it will naturally invade other Pokémon’s territory in search of food, which will lead to conflicts between two powerful Pokémon or two populations. In many cases, the defeated Pokémon population is forced to migrate out of its original territory, which will cause a beast tide and threaten humans.
The forest ranger organization that was created for this purpose is not the kind-hearted forest rangers that Xiaozhi met in the dream world. On the contrary, the forest rangers who often come into contact with Pokémon in the wild and whose daily work is to regulate the conflicts between the Pokémon populations in the forest are one of the most violent organizations in the alliance. Almost all forest rangers have the experience of having to kill Pokémon that destroy the balance of power in the forest.
Xiaozhi didn’t know what to say to them. Subconsciously, he thought that killing Pokémon was something only villains would do. But when he searched for the information and saw the tragic pictures of human victims whose families were broken up, Xiaozhi still felt a little overwhelmed.
In this real world, many things are much more cruel, just like he himself is also a victim of a Pokémon attack. The people in the slums of Golden City all died at the hands of those brutal Pokémon. If those people had not asked him to help them avenge their deaths, Xiaozhi would probably have to take the responsibility of killing those Pokémon.
But thinking of this, he couldn’t help but recall the last words of the other self who struggled to survive until the last moment: “Ask it, why?”
…The mastermind behind the riot, the artificial teleporting Pokémon Mewtwo is still alive. Xiaozhi has already found all the information released that year. The first riot was stopped by the Elite Four and Red, who was just an ordinary trainer at the time. After all the Pokémon that invaded the city were suppressed, he was also severely injured by the Elite Four and fled with several core subordinates. Then two years later, Red, who had become the champion of Kanto, accidentally discovered Mewtwo on the Smokescreen Volcano. After a fierce fight between the two, Mewtwo was severely injured again and fled. The entire Smokescreen Volcano was completely destroyed because of their fight. After that, there was no news of Mewtwo, and Red also resigned from the championship position and began to travel around and disappeared.
“Xiaozhi, when are we setting off?” With the call, Xiaozhi came back to his senses.
Today is a day off, and Xiaozhi and Lisa have made an appointment to go explore the cave in the cliff that he had explored before. For this purpose, they have prepared a lot of outdoor camping equipment. Originally, he wanted to call the uncle and the others, but they seemed to have already made an appointment to go somewhere for fun, so Xiaozhi had to give up.
Xiaozhi glanced at the time on his phone. It was eight o’clock in the morning and the sun was just coming out. It was not so hot, so it was a good time to go out for an outing. He lowered his head to check his backpack and made sure nothing was left behind before looking at his three Pokémon.
Charmeleon practiced wave power until midnight last night. Although he was not tired given his physique, he was obviously not in high spirits. He was using wave power to control the flame energy into a ball, tossing it up and catching it for fun.
Scared Bug was wearing a weighted vest and walking around the dining table to train his endurance. Eevee and Furry followed behind him. It seemed that the two little guys thought this was some kind of game. Their constant excited shouting annoyed Scared Bug a lot.
Lalulas was trying to put the straw raincoat into the backpack that Xiaozhi had just bought. She seemed to really like the backpack, but the backpack was already filled with a lot of things and the backpack was too big to hold them all.
Xiaozhi wanted to carry the backpack in front of him to leave space for the backpack, but just as he picked up the backpack, he remembered something and quickly took off the weight-bearing suit he was still wearing.
These days, he has never taken off this auxiliary suit except for taking a shower. He did not take it off even when he was chased by the Centipede King. For him who is short of money, these few hundred dollars are not something he can throw away casually.
But he felt a little regretful when he thought about the backpack. When they went to get the backpack the next day, the things inside had already been snatched away by Pokémon that came from nowhere. Otherwise, they could have sold it for a lot of money.
“Xiaozhi, why are you ignoring me?” Another sentence woke him up. He then remembered that Lisa was asking him a question. He replied embarrassedly, “I was a little distracted just now. Lisa and Miss Aya, please check if there is anything missing. If there is no problem, we can set off.” At this point, Xiaozhi was stunned for a moment and looked at Airi and Mingmei, then turned to ask his three Pokémon, “Charmeleon, do any of you want to stay with Mingmei and the others today?”
It was obvious that Charmeleon and the others had been looking forward to this adventure for a long time. Although they did not respond to what Xiaozhi said, they all turned their eyes away from Xiaozhi. The meaning of this was obvious.
Xiaozhi could only look at Lisa embarrassedly. Lisa looked at the lively Pokémon with some embarrassment. Finally, she could only pick up the cute Jawbone and hand it to Xiaozhi: “Can we let Kog’Maw accompany Airi and the others? Eevee and the others seem to be very interested in this trip, so…”
Xiaozhi touched the head of the big-jawed ant in front of him, who seemed to be curious about everything. Big Mouth was the name Lisa gave to this little guy. Although it was very appropriate, she obviously didn’t consider its appearance after evolution. Of course, this was not something he should consider. Although he wanted the Pokémon to accompany Mingmei and the others, Xiaozhi actually wanted the Pokémon to stay and protect them. I don’t know if it was influenced by another self, he always felt a sense of crisis about the things happening around him, and always felt that Airi and the others would be in danger if no one protected them.
Just when he was in a dilemma, a fluffy purple ball was handed to him. Xiaozhi looked up and saw Aya wrote on the note, “I’ll let Maoqiu stay too. She’s not very active, so she can accompany the two girls.”
Xiaozhi then thanked them and quickly reminded the two little girls to be careful. He let Charmeleon and Chinchilla go into the Poké Ball to rest, put away the weight-bearing suit, put on the mountaineering bag and backpack, and went out with Lisa.
When Xiaozhi and the other two arrived at the cliff, Xiaozhi did not go down directly. Instead, he found the nearest big tree and tied a climbing rope to it. He then took a climbing rope and slowly climbed down using a climbing pick. This was why he took off the weight-bearing suit before. The equipment was too heavy. When he put it on, his weight was almost 200 kilograms. Xiaozhi was worried that such a heavy climbing pick would be difficult to fix.
After a while, he found the traces he had left when he slid down before, and following the shallow traces he found the entrance to the cave.
The strange thing is that the entrance to the cave is blocked by rocks again, and this time it is much more solid, and Xiaozhi has to use the power of the wave to completely break it.
After confirming that the road ahead was clear, Xiaozhi came out and waved at Lisa’s little head sticking out from above, indicating that she could come down.
The three people’s backpacks were sent down first, and then the two girls climbed down from above.
Miss Ninja’s movements were very agile and she could swing down directly without Xiaozhi’s help, but Lisa was much more clumsy. She seemed to be afraid of heights, and even with the safety rope tied on, she was still afraid to come down. She walked down step by step reluctantly, which made Xiaozhi worried that she would suddenly lose her strength and fall. In the end, Xiaozhi was so worried that he simply climbed up, put one arm around her waist to hold her in his arms, and with the other hand held the rope and swung down directly.
When she fell to the ground, her legs seemed to be a little weak, and Xiaozhi had to hold her up to stand. Looking at the embarrassed look of the girl in front of him, Xiaozhi said helplessly: “If you are so afraid of heights, why did you keep looking down before?”
Lisa seemed a little embarrassed. She turned her blushing face away and answered in a voice as thin as a mosquito: “I… I’m not worried about you guys?”
Although she spoke very softly, Xiaozhi still heard it. He couldn’t help but feel warm in his heart. He couldn’t help but sigh that Lisa was such a good person, and he became even more grateful to her.
Without saying anything more, Xiaozhi turned on the flashlight he had prepared in advance, released Charmeleon and Chimp, put on the backpack and the backpack (Lalvace had already sat in the backpack, and this time he also brought a small stool) and said to Lisa and the others, “Let’s go in and take a look. Maybe there are treasures waiting for us inside?”
Go to the cliff cave again (2) (old version)
The path in the cave was not easy to walk on. Some narrow places even required Xiaozhi and his friends to take off their backpacks and walk sideways to get through. Xiaozhi could barely see some footprints of small Pokémon with a flashlight, but it was a pity that Xiaozhi was not good at tracking, otherwise he could analyze what kind they were.
His wave power has been detecting the surroundings, but due to the terrain barrier, it has little effect. Xiaozhi looked at the time. It has been an hour since he entered the cave. Not to mention the treasure, he didn’t even see the shadow of Pokémon. Was it really a waste of effort? Xiaozhi thought of the strangely restored mountain wall before, and felt that it was a little strange.
Lalulas pulled Xiaozhi’s collar. Xiaozhi turned his head and saw that Lisa looked a little tired. He looked around at the relatively spacious space and finally let everyone rest where they were.
Upon hearing this, Lisa immediately found a rock to sit on and drank some water from the thermos behind her. The baby bear beside her even took a towel to wipe her sweat.
Miss Ninja was fine. Seeing Xiaozhi and the others drinking water, she leaned against the wall of the cave and kept watch.
But before Lisa could rest, Miss Ninja sent a message. The quiet Miss Ninja kept waving at Xiaozhi. If Xiaozhi didn’t have extraordinary eyesight, it would be difficult to find such a dark cave.
When Xiaozhi went over, he saw Miss Aya pointing her finger at a certain place on the wall and gesturing constantly. But Xiaozhi looked at that ordinary place in confusion and had no idea what she wanted to express. He could only look at her in confusion.
Miss Ninja was helpless seeing Xiaozhi’s state, so she lowered her head to look for the note, but when she tried to find the pen with the note, she couldn’t find it. She had been through so many rugged walkways before, and it was probably that the pen had fallen out accidentally when she passed by somewhere.
After staring at Xiaozhi for a while, she saw that Lisa had also noticed the abnormality and was about to stand up. She could only grit her teeth, lean forward and whisper in Xiaozhi’s ear: “Yes, wind.”
Except for the last time when she lost her composure and said it accidentally, this was the first time she took the initiative to speak, and this time she was very conscious, so her subconscious breathing when she got close made her make a strange discovery.
Xiaozhi has a scent on his body. Aya used to be a young lady and had used a lot of perfumes when dressing up. She can be sure that Xiaozhi’s scent is not the kind of perfume with added fragrances, nor the scent of shampoo or shower gel, but a special scent.
She didn’t know how to describe it. The fragrance was not strong and it would be difficult to distinguish if you didn’t smell it carefully, but once you smelled it, you could no longer ignore it.
Xiaozhi listened to Aya’s words and went to the place to explore with his hand. Soon, he felt a very slight breeze blowing across the back of his hand. Then he suddenly realized that this mountain wall was probably covered by Pokémon just like the cave entrance. At this time, Xiaozhi realized why he had not encountered Pokémon for so long. Maybe some places they passed by before were also disguised like this?
Xiaozhi turned around and was about to ask Charmeleon to cut the wall open, but as soon as he turned his head, he found that Miss Ninja was squinting her eyes and sniffing something next to him.
He quickly stepped back and bumped into the wall. Aya was also awakened by the noise and came back to her senses. After meeting Xiaozhi’s somewhat surprised eyes, her face turned slightly red and she avoided Xiaozhi’s sight, but her red earlobes still exposed her mood at the moment. In fact, she was just a little curious about the source of the fragrance at first…but for some reason, she became immersed in it after smelling it for a long time. At this moment, she was so embarrassed that she wanted to find a hole to crawl into.
Xiaozhi sniffed his body carefully and was relieved only after confirming that there was no strange smell on him. However, he changed his mind and thought, if the other party didn’t smell the sweat on him…could it be that she smelled the smell behind the wall?
He quickly asked, “Ms. Aya, do you smell anything behind the wall?”
Aya thought that Xiaozhi was trying to change the subject to give herself a way out, and her heart couldn’t help but warm. She was about to explain casually, but after Xiaozhi reminded her, she really smelled a hint of unusual smell. She stretched out the index and middle fingers of both hands and closed the other fingers, with the stretched fingers pointing directly to her temples, like Ultraman about to launch a dynamic light wave. Combined with her tall figure, it was quite a contrast.
It didn’t take her long to think about it before she figured out the answer. She was about to get a pen and paper, but found nothing. Then she remembered that she had lost her pen, so she could only look at Xiaozhi at a loss.
Xiaozhi noticed it the first time Miss Ninja looked for a pen. How could he not know what she was trying to do when she showed this expression again? However, he did not prepare any pens and ink in advance. He only brought a small carving knife that he had originally prepared to mark the cave, which could barely replace the pen at this time.
Miss Ninja took the carving knife and wrote on the note. Although it was her first time to write with a carving knife, it seemed that due to years of knife practice, the words she wrote were not beautiful, but each stroke was quite neat and pleasing to the eye.
There was a smell of fertile land across the street, a smell I had smelled before in the vegetable garden back home.
After reading this line of words, Xiaozhi became a little excited. He was afraid that there really was another world behind this stone wall.
He quickly waved to Charmeleon who had arrived with Lisa, and asked him to come over and use his dragon claws to cut a hole in the stone wall, while Xiaozhi hurried back to carry the luggage.
The thickness of the stone wall was only over 30 centimeters, and Charmeleon could easily break it even without using any moves, but Xiaozhi stopped him because he was afraid of making too much noise. Charmeleon cut a “mouth”-shaped entrance along the stone wall, put the rectangular rock aside, waved to Xiaozhi and the others, and went in first.
Xiaozhi and the others immediately followed, wanting to see what was going on inside.
With Xiaozhi’s waveguide sensing, the moment the stone wall was cut, he felt the vitality emanating from the Pokémon inside the stone wall. Although he had been prepared, he was still stunned when he actually saw the world behind the stone wall.
Xiaozhi didn’t know what it meant to have no way out, but when you turn around, you’ll find another village, or what it meant to have a very narrow path, but then you can get through. After walking a few dozen steps, he suddenly saw the light. But his mood at this moment was probably the same as Tao Yuanming’s when he wrote the poem.
Behind the stone wall is a super-large underground cave. On the top of the mountain wall, there is a glowing crystal lighting, reflecting the beautiful scenery below. At the end of the sight, a river from nowhere spreads all the way, forming three waterfalls of varying heights on this stepped land. Around the waterfall is a large piece of black land, which is planted with various kinds of fruit trees. I’m afraid that the smell of fertile land that Miss Aya mentioned before comes from this.
There are many Pokémon in the cave playing and frolicking with each other. Just the ones that Xiaozhi saw were Goblin, Screwdriver, Bugboa, and Blue Toad. The attributes and living habits of these Pokémon are different. If their only similarity is probably that they are all Pokémon from the Unova region.
This discovery undoubtedly surprised Xiaozhi. You know, the Unova region is at the southernmost part of the Kanto region, and there is an ocean between the two. If it were just some water-attribute Pokémon that sneaked across, it would be fine, but it is really hard to imagine how so many Pokémon appeared in such a hidden underground cave.
Perhaps only the legendary Pokémon can do this? Xiaozhi looked at the scenery that seemed like a paradise and couldn’t help but sigh.
Xiaozhi was a man who had seen the world, so he didn’t lose his composure. However, Lisa and Aya next to him made a fool of themselves. Aya’s emerald green eyes widened inadvertently when she came out, and she stared at the scenery in front of her for a long time without being able to recover.
Lisa is even more exaggerated. Aya was born into a wealthy family and has a lot of experience, but Lisa is just an ordinary high school student. If it weren’t for the encounter with Xiaozhi in the dream world, which allowed her to obtain the first Pokémon in her life and embark on the path of a trainer, she would probably have spent her whole life in mediocrity. This is also the first time she has seen such a scenery.
She kept her eyes on the waterfall in the distance while getting out of the rock wall, but she forgot that she was only maintaining balance with one foot. After a while, she came to her senses and wanted to take a step, but she lifted the foot that supported her body too quickly, so that the other foot was not stable yet. She was swaying and her body tilted forward. She wanted to adjust her posture but she kept stumbling forward to where there was more space. When Lisa’s soft little face was about to come into close contact with the hard rock ground, Xiaozhi, who had already noticed the abnormality behind her, supported this daredevil in time.
But Lisa’s previous action accidentally kicked up a small stone on the platform where Xiaozhi was. The small stone fell all the way down the platform and finally hit a tree, scaring away a rolling bat that happened to be perched on the tree.
In a few seconds, Xiaozhi sensed a wave-rich aura approaching quickly. In just a few seconds, it crossed hundreds of meters and rushed towards Xiaozhi at a high speed.
Before Ash could see what Pokémon was coming, a huge vine rose from the ground and quickly attacked Ash. Ralts, who was lying behind Ash, sensed the danger and teleported in front of Ash immediately and released the special move that she had practiced countless times before. The surging fighting energy formed a constantly rotating air mass in front of her. Just as Ralts was about to launch, she was quickly stopped by Ash.
“Stop now, Ralts!” Xiaozhi grabbed Ralts and looked at the emerald green figure on the vine with some uncertainty. He was a little distracted by the wave aura emanating from the other party.
Go to the cliff cave again (3) (old version)
那道藤蔓先是由远及近的迅速靠近，当距离小智一行人不足百米时却缓缓慢了下来，最后在离小智十米的距离彻底停了下来。
藤蔓上站着一只绿色的小蛇，她的眼睛紧紧盯着小智眼神中既有几分激动又有几分难以置信但更多的却是责备。
小智也十分激动，他怎么也不会想到会在关都地区遇到藤藤蛇，在他原本的预期里只有当他解决好两姐妹的病，去阿罗拉救出朋友们后去合众地区才有可能找到自己在合众地区的伙伴们，而且根据之前他去城都的经验那些伙伴都不在他们遭遇到的位置了想要找到他们恐怕会更加困难。
他早已做好了花费一生的时间去做这件事了。
感受着藤藤蛇体内熟悉的波导，小智开心的笑了但注意到藤藤蛇盯着自己的眼神又不由得收敛了笑容，讪讪的上前询问道：“好久不见藤藤蛇，你还记得我吗？”
藤藤蛇翻了个白眼，对这种显而易见的事情懒得回答，她对着小智轻唤一声，脚下的藤蔓再次增大变粗，蔓延到小智脚边。
小智知道她的意思后连忙招呼莉莎她们一起上来，藤藤蛇看见所有人都上来了后才点点头，转过身去。藤蔓随着她的操控快速沿着原路返回最终落回了原点。
从上方看看不出什么，但当小智他们落下时才发现这里寄居了不少草系宝可梦，与其他宝可梦相比它们就忙碌了许多，正在不断的给那些果树释放草系能量或者可以帮助植物生长的技能招式。
一些螺钉地鼠在地下翻动着土地似乎是在给土地增肥。更多的是泡沫栗鼠，小家伙们守候在树果果树上，只要有大小差不多的树果生长出来它们就会摘下来送到在树下小憩的石居蟹背上用木头制成的木桶里。当桶里装的差不多了，石居蟹就会爬起来带着满框的木桶向着瀑布的方向爬去。
一路上全是这样忙碌的景色，也让小智等人有些惊讶，这些宝可梦之间显得过于和谐了些即使一些在生态位上属于相互对立的宝可梦遇到彼此也只会相互瞪眼一番随后就各忙各的了。
这里的忙碌模样和瀑布那儿的气氛截然不同小智见藤藤蛇在前面带路不说话不由得就此发出问询：“藤藤蛇，可不可以告诉我为什么瀑布那边的宝可梦那么悠闲而这边却……”
藤藤蛇瞟了一眼那些满载而归的石居蟹，漫不经心的解释起来，她一边说，在小智背上的拉鲁拉丝便自觉的做起了翻译跟着开口描述。
原来是因为让草系宝可梦给植物加速增长这份工作实在是一份压力大强度高的事儿，若是一直让它们这么做恐怕得累死宝可梦了，所以它们一般是两班倒，上午这一批在树林里催熟树果，下午它们便会去瀑布那边休息交换那边的宝可梦过来劳作了。
这样的劳动方式倒是和工厂里的两班倒有些类似，也不知道是哪只宝可梦提出的主意。
当然，这个问题并没有让小智等待太久，很快他就遇到了那只宝可梦，甚至在那一群宝可梦里，他还遇到了熟人。
隔着老远小智就看到了那个家伙，当然这和他的视力没什么关系，只因为对方的体型实在太过庞大了些。
那是一只浑身由青灰色的岩石构成，其上覆盖着红宝石般的晶石的岩石怪物。它的四足孔武有力，头部那仿佛金刚石铸成的眼睛直直的注视着前方，配合着头顶那仿佛古时的盔甲头盔一般覆盖着头部表面的红色晶石使得其的气质就仿佛指挥大军的将军一般，明明他没有表露出任何情绪却不怒自威。它胸口的红色晶石制成的锐利撞角在这并不算明亮的地下溶洞发散出红色的光芒，仿佛即将挥下的开山巨斧只是注视就让人不寒而栗。没有人会怀疑这只庞然巨物的强大。
而小智看到的更多，面前的这只庞岩怪那接近9米的身体里那浓郁的岩石能量只论多寡恐怕已经和火恐龙不相上下了，配合上其体表环绕的霸主气场恐怕四天王亲至想要拿下它也不是短时间内能做到的。
从庞岩怪的体内传递出来的那丝熟悉的波导气息也无疑表露了他的身份，面前的这位便是陪伴自己在合众地区冒险的伙伴之一巨幔岩了，没想到三年多没见这家伙居然进化了还成了这个地下溶洞的首领，小智即为和伙伴的重逢而高兴也对他们的成长赶到欣慰。
庞岩怪也是愣神了一会儿才认出小智，他楞了一会儿才蹲坐下来将头部凑近小智让小智能摸到他的脑袋。
但他的体型还是太大了些仅仅只是一个脑袋就比小智整个人要大出不少，小智的手只能够到他的额头，却没法抚摸他的脑袋。
不过庞岩怪也没在意，操纵着地面的泥土将小智推到了他的头顶，对着地上的莉莎她们摆摆头示意跟上。
莉莎和阿雅面面相觑，她们二人都没反应过来现在是什么情况，但看到庞岩怪越走越远也只得跟上庞岩怪的步伐。
庞岩怪带着小智他们走进了一个岩石铸成的洞穴，最后在一个仿佛祭台一般的建筑面前把小智放了下来。
看着那有些熟悉的祭台，小智陷入了沉思，而这时赶来的藤藤蛇没等他记起来就开口解释了。
听着藤藤蛇那干练而沉稳的声音，小智这才了解了他们为什么会从合众地区转移到遥远的关都地区了。
一切的起因便是从合众地区的内战爆发开始。因为等离子团和合众联盟的冲突，两位先后被唤醒的传说宝可梦的争斗使得生态平衡被破坏，大批的宝可梦被迫离开自己的聚居地开始迁徙。
正在这时，传说中的三圣剑再次出现，他们保护弱小的宝可梦逃难，并且组织起一批实力强大的宝可梦四处维持秩序调节迁移宝可梦和原住民宝可梦之间的矛盾，庞岩怪和藤藤蛇也是那时相遇的。
后来，三圣剑听说了等离子团的狂暴化军团计划打算去营救那些被困的宝可梦，藤藤蛇他们也表示要跟上一起去帮忙，三圣剑虽然一开始不肯但最后还是被迫答应下来带着他们去突袭了那个据说关押着狂化宝可梦的海上基地。
但他们显然低估了人类的狡猾程度，事情一开始很顺利，他们解救了一堆被困在地牢的弱小宝可梦，还找到了被关押在核心位置宝可梦的线索，但当他们赶到那里时已经被等离子团重重包围了，其中不仅有操纵着黑龙捷克罗姆的绿发青年，甚至土地云和龙卷云也被人类控制了，他们完全不是等离子团的对手。
关键时刻三圣剑的老大，勾帕路翁拼尽全力将土地云的控制器让恢复理智的土地云带藤藤蛇他们离开，自己等人断后。
恢复过来的土地云了解情况后第一时间想带着藤藤蛇他们传送到那个盛产复活草的山谷，但那里早已被战火破坏，无奈之下他只能传送到离得最近的祭坛，也就是关都地区的这处祭坛。
把他们传送到这里后土地云便变化成灵兽形态传送回去了，只留下他们在这里生活。一开始其实庞岩怪他们并没有在这里定居的想法，那些如高傲雉鸡，心蝙蝠那样的强大一些的飞行宝可梦曾被派出去侦查过周围的情况，但无一例外全被护林员抓走了。失去了那批人手后藤藤蛇他们剩下的人还要负担起保护那些刚从狂暴化退出出来十分虚弱的宝可梦只得在这暂时安营扎寨下来。
庞岩怪闲得无聊就到处挖掘石头扩大溶洞面积，现在这地下溶洞一大半的面积甚至那地下泉形成的瀑布都是他挖掘出来的。
由于有了丰富的饮水，而且这地下的土地意外的还不错，藤藤蛇就干脆建议大家在这地下住下来。
这么几年时光下来通过晚上去外面收集树果种子，再让草系宝可梦催熟，两班倒的收获等等种种手段渐渐的他们居然真的把这个原本只有一个祭坛和几处洞穴的小地下溶洞经营成了新的聚居地，那些被解救的宝可梦也认可了庞岩怪这个经常亲自上阵开山碎石的大个头做头领了。
了解了自己最好奇的地方之后，小智也向庞岩怪询问了他之所以长得这么大的原因，答案倒是和他想的差不多。
庞岩怪这些年来不断的开辟地下溶洞锻炼身体，饿了有数之不尽的石块进食，甚至由于周围宝可梦的敬仰还领悟了霸主气场，再加上这种地形下岩石属性能量本就十分浓厚适合吸收，种种原因才构成了他这远远超出标准身高的身板。
不过看到庞岩怪的霸主气场，小智还是忍不住对火恐龙调侃道：“看来火恐龙你还没把喷火龙山谷的那群喷火龙打服啊，我去接你时你身上可没霸主气场～”
Charmeleon smacked his lips, and felt helpless when he thought of the stubborn guys in Charizard Valley. He could easily defeat five of them, but those face-conscious guys insisted that he evolve before they recognized him as their leader, which made him very angry, but he couldn’t do anything about those stubborn guys. After all, although he could have evolved a long time ago, he was unwilling to do so.
He didn’t forget, or perhaps his motivation to become stronger came from the mysterious invitation, the inexplicable battle with the clones, and… the final death of Xiaozhi.
If it was just an ordinary evolution, then even though he had almost reached his peak, he would still not be a match for that humanoid Pokémon. This was not enough, far from enough. He had to become even stronger. He never wanted to see the day when his master died in front of him and he was powerless to do anything.
One experience like that is enough.
Division of Strength (Old Version)
There are many different opinions on the strength division in the Pokémon world. The most common one is to divide according to identity and status, from rookie trainer to formal trainer, senior trainer, elite trainer, gym trainer, king trainer, and champion.
There is also a system that uses purely scientific instruments to test physical fitness and energy intensity, and then tests the physical data of the strongest and weakest Pokémon of the same type, and then takes the middle value and divides it into 100 equal parts. This method of judging strength has little to do with actual strength, but it can simply and clearly analyze the difference in physical fitness between the two sides, and has been recognized by many researchers and trainers.
But in Xiaozhi’s opinion, the essence of Pokémon’s becoming stronger is the changes in its body and energy. Such changes cannot be seen from the outside, but the power of waves comes from all things. Any life form has more or less waves in its body. And with Xiaozhi’s terrifying wave manipulation ability that allows him to use waves even if he loses his body and only has consciousness when he falls into the dream world, he can easily sense the waves in other creatures’ bodies, and thus understand the subtle differences in their bodies and energy.
In his eyes, the changes in Pokémon’s strength are closely related to the changes in their body and energy, and for most Pokémon, their energy enhancement direction is actually determined from birth.
Pokémon that are good at attack and defense naturally focus on physical improvement. Among Ash’s current Pokémon, Chimaera and Charmeleon are undoubtedly going in this direction. And this path is from being unable to fully master the body and using moves that can only barely reach the standard of moves, to being able to skillfully master the body through training and fully exert the power of moves, and then to being able to perfectly master the body after long-term training and even be able to exert extraordinary power far beyond the average moves. Then it is to master the coordination between energy and the body, analyze the moves into new patterns, and the moves used are no longer bound by the limitations of the moves themselves, becoming ever-changing and self-contained. Then the body and energy are combined into one and indistinguishable from each other. While perfectly mastering the body and being able to break through the limits, one can also fully master the changes in energy. The moves used do not distinguish between physics and energy, but the two are intertwined to form a state where one plus one is greater than two. In this case, the Pokémon is not only much stronger than ordinary Pokémon, but also has a perfect grasp of energy that can even allow it to transcend the limits of the species, just like the move Tailwind in the Charizard Valley before. The effect is only to enhance Charmeleon’s speed and weaken the enemy’s speed, but Charmeleon can forcibly condense the aura energy that was originally scattered throughout the venue to form an upward thrust. This is also the reason why. And it is fitting that this change from the previous thousands of externalized moves to the return to the original energy can be described as a return to basics.
What is after returning to the original state? Xiaozhi had thought about it before, but the champions he met in the dream world were only at this level. Is this the only strength of the champion? Of course not. In fact, Xiaozhi had a feeling when he participated in the eight-master competition in the dream world. It was not until he faced Mr. Dandi in the finals and met the Thunderbolt and Charizard that he confirmed one thing.
It’s not that Mr. Dan Di is the strongest in the world, but in that round of dream world, only Mr. Dan Di exerted the strength of a champion while everyone else became supporting roles. The reason for this is related to the nature of the dream world.
Xiaozhi has gone through this process of challenging the eight gyms, becoming the champion of the tournament, defeating the Four Heavenly Kings, and defeating the champion many times, so his most important goal in this final adventure is not to repeat this process, but to defeat the champion. And who is more suitable than Dante, the champion of the Galar region, to end this decisive battle and the curtain call of this dream game? Then, wouldn’t it be a joke if those champions of the same level as Dante accidentally defeated him?
Only in the final battle with Charizard did Xiaozhi realize the essence of the champion level, which is not to manipulate energy, nor to change energy, but to transform oneself into energy. It is not to drive energy to fight, but to let energy fight for you actively. Perhaps it is more appropriate to use a line from an animation: Wherever the king’s sword points, our hearts will go.
After reaching this level, the Pokémon will no longer be restricted by energy. During battle, the surrounding energy that originates from the Pokémon will continuously gather from all directions for the Pokémon to drive. When the strength reaches this level, not only will the destructive power of the moves increase exponentially, but attacks with the same attributes as this Pokémon will not be able to cause damage to it. For example, if his Charmeleon becomes a champion, then no matter how many Fire Pokémon come, as long as they have not reached the champion level, they will not be able to defeat him with their best Fire moves, because those Fire energies will fall into Charmeleon’s grasp as soon as they are released,
A Pokémon of this strength is no longer on the same level as ordinary Pokémon. If it were to be named, it would probably be barely appropriate to describe it as otherworldly.
The most important thing for Pokémon that are good at special attack and special defense, or energy attack, is to master the manipulation and release of energy. Unlike physical Pokémon that are good at physical strength and can fight with physical strength even if they cannot release skills, energy Pokémon with weak bodies can only fight with thin energy in the early stage. After a battle, they may run out of energy before they can release a few skills. Therefore, most Pokémon that are good at special attack and special defense have to improve the hit rate of their moves through long-term training in the early stage, otherwise the outcome of the battle may be determined by just missing two moves.
This kind of investment is large in the early stages, but the returns are average. When the harvest comes, the Pokémon that are good at special attack and special defense may not necessarily be stronger than the Pokémon that are good at physical attack and defense. This is also the reason why most low-level trainers use physical attack Pokémon. After all, ordinary people are pragmatic.
Back to the point, the strength of special attack Pokémon in the early stage is similar to that of physical attack, except that physical training becomes energy training, and changes in moves become energy changes. The real difference is the level of mastering the art. Generally speaking, when a Pokémon’s strength reaches this level, the accumulation of energy has reached its limit. Unless they are some Pokémon with extraordinary talents, most special attack Pokémon that reach this level will go down one path, that is, to condense organs to store energy. The organs condensed by different Pokémon are different. These organs are not actually produced at the level of mastering the art, but will gradually take shape in past battles and training, and will only become complete at this level.
When the organs are formed, the Pokémon will constantly absorb external energy into the organs, and then let the energy in the organs feed back to the body. When the body can maintain a high concentration of energy in normal conditions, it will reach the so-called self-contained level. After reaching this level, it actually pursues the integration of energy and body like physical attack Pokémon. In fact, the path after reaching this point is the same for both physical and special attack Pokémon. The only difference is the bias. If you think about it carefully, there are many different paths that lead to the same destination.
This is Xiaozhi’s own summary of strength judgment: mediocre, just getting started, entering the hall, forming a school of its own, returning to nature, and transcending the mundane. If the rookie trainer level is omitted, it seems to just correspond to the status hierarchy system. I don’t know if it’s a coincidence.
In fact, it can be seen from here that no matter whether it is a physical attack or a special attack Pokémon, it will eventually return to the stage where energy and body are combined into one. No matter whether it is a physical attack or a special attack Pokémon, you can imagine how difficult it will be to make further progress at this stage. Therefore, if you want to climb to the top, the Pokémon using the dual blades type is easier to advance than these more extreme Pokémon. Perhaps this is also the reason why the Four Heavenly Kings in the Kanto region are so much stronger than those in other regions?
“Vine?” The vines swaying in front of him woke Xiaozhi from his thoughts. The two Pokémon in front of him with a huge difference in height just happened to fit the two directions that Xiaozhi had summarized before.
The giant rock monster is undoubtedly a physical attacker, but unlike the Fire Dinosaur who has trained his skills and physical strength, he obviously takes the path of great strength and flying bricks, relying on his huge body and dominant aura, which is also the path that suits him best.
But the situation with Fujimoto Snake is a bit strange. Although she has the advantage of two swords, this little guy only concentrates on practicing special attack moves. Although she has reached a high level of her own, it is undoubtedly extremely difficult for her current physical fitness to take a step further.
藤藤蛇的路走歪了啊，小智不禁感叹却没有明说，他们分别了太久，小智并不清楚期间是不是有什么迫不得已的地方，他打算和他们好好聊一聊详情后再做打算。
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小智和藤藤蛇他们聊了很多，当然，他最想知道的还是他们是怎么在梦境世界里和自己相遇的，或者说，他们是怎么进入梦境世界的呢？
这个问题小智曾经问过火恐龙，但火恐龙的说法是他当时被前任主人抛弃的时候因为下了场大雨，他一直淋着雨渐渐的就昏迷了，随后醒来了才看到的小智。
中间发生了什么，其实他并不清楚，但他醒来后就发现了体内有股莫名的力量在阻隔雨水保护身体不至于因为淋雨太多而尾巴上的火焰熄灭而死，直到和小智重逢他才发现这种力量就是他身上的波导之力，火恐龙之前搓出来的小火球就是在研究怎么利用这股力量。
藤藤蛇和庞岩怪就记得清楚多了，藤藤蛇是曾经在无意间吃过人类做的食物，自此之后就有些喜欢上了那个味道，但靠她自己琢磨又没法还原，最后日有所思，夜有所梦的在睡梦中嗅到了熟悉的香味晕晕乎乎的就跑去找吃的了……随后就被某个旅行了八个地区的十岁训练家收服了。
庞岩怪的理由也很纯粹，他忍受不了一成不变的生活，他渴望离开那个枯燥无味的洞穴，渴望去外面的世界看看，所以在梦境世界遇到小智的时候才会那么兴奋。不过他摆脱了原本相处的那个洞穴却又来到了新的洞穴，对于现在的生活他会不会其实有些心存不满呢？
小智无法从庞岩怪的表情分析出结果，但至少他能看出来，即使在现实世界里他们还是第一次见面，但无论是庞岩怪还是藤藤蛇对自己都还有相当程度的好感。
“吼～”随着庞岩怪发出的低沉而悠长的叫声，那些还在忙碌的宝可梦们渐渐的都回来了，而在岩洞这边歇息的宝可梦们则跑去一个似乎是被作为储藏室的房间把食物搬了出来。
小智几人被请到了最上层瀑布边上的一处就餐地点。那里有不少被专门磨得平整的巨石，似乎是专门用来摆放食物用的。
几只可爱的花椰猴殷勤的把一些树果抱上台阶，小智拿起一颗看了看。这颗树果表面晶莹剔透，果实饱满，甚至小智都能嗅到一股树果本身带来的果香。
这无疑是一颗新鲜的树果，说不定今天早上才被催熟出来，不然可没这么新鲜。
小智又看了看那些瀑布下的宝可梦吃的食物，却发现下面的宝可梦吃的树果的色泽与自己手上的树果差不多，恐怕是一批生产出来的，他皱了皱眉，却没多说话，把手头的树果吃掉后进食到半饱就不在动剩下的树果了。
他就这么在一边观察着瀑布下面的宝可梦进食，他静静的等着，直到所有的宝可梦都吃完，庞岩怪命令宝可梦们解散，待他们都各自歇息去了，小智才戳了戳庞岩怪和藤藤蛇带着他们和莉莎二人重新返回那个石洞里后。
他又用波导之力扫瞄，确认四下无人才摊牌道：“庞岩怪你们是不是食物已经短缺了？”
话一出口，庞岩怪和藤藤蛇都沉默不语，没法回答他的问题。
小智也不管他们，自顾自的说道：“我进来的时候就发现那些草系宝可梦对于树果的生产太过拔苗助长了，如此频繁的使用能力必然会导致土壤的肥力下降导致接下来产出的树果越来越少，为什么要这么做呢？”
小智用手抚摸着光秃的岩壁，转过身接着说：“刚刚我们吃的都是今天刚刚产出的吧？以那样的生产速度即使是几百只宝可梦应该一天下来也能储存一些才是，怎么会这么快就入不敷出了呢？是什么地方出了问题了吗？”
藤藤蛇和庞岩怪对视一眼，露出茫然的表情。看起来就算他们两个已经当家做主了，在处理事情方面依然还是和以前他们相遇的一样单纯。当然，这种涉及到一个大型的不同宝可梦混居的宝可梦族群的事可不是随便什么宝可梦可以轻易处理的。
小智看着面前的两位伙伴，轻声说道：“你们可以带我参观一下这些被你照顾的宝可梦们的衣食住行吗？我或许可以找出问题所在。”
放在以前，他们在梦境世界里旅行的时候恐怕做梦都没想到自己那个莽撞，热血过头了的热心肠男孩会做事如此细致，只靠观察就能看出这么多东西，看来这么多年过去了不止他们变了，他们的训练家也变得成熟了不少。
藤藤蛇和庞岩怪不禁又想起了那段梦里的冒险，在遭遇彼此之前他们一直以为那是只是一段关于美好世界的幻想，一段寄托了他们最终需求的乌托邦世界。要不是那场战争，恐怕他们一辈子也不会想到居然能和梦境里的伙伴在现实中重逢。
在那段被传送到陌生地方，出去探查的宝可梦去了之后就再也没回来（被护林员带走了）的那段惶惶不可终日的时光里他们是靠着幻想想和训练家重逢的日子才坚持下来的。在这个真实又残酷的世界生活的越久，他们就越想念梦境里那段美好的时光。
没有让自己的训练家等太久，庞岩怪对着藤藤蛇眨巴眨巴眼，藤藤蛇心领神会的对着小智招招小手，领着小智去参观去了。
莉莎和忍者小姐有些尴尬，她们到现在都不知道小智和这一大一小两只宝可梦是什么关系？她们又需要做什么？她们下来是干嘛的？
小智也注意到了身后两个一脸懵懂的姑娘家家的窘迫，对着她们笑着说：“我知道你们有很多疑问，等我们回去的时候我会把我知道的告诉你们的，走吧，我们先去看看。”
当小智参观完了所有宝可梦的日常生活后才随手坐在一个巨石上沉思。一边的藤藤蛇也不急着说话，她用藤鞭将自己提升到和小智平行的位置，用碧绿色的小手戳了戳小智的脸蛋，仿佛是在确认眼前的大男孩是不是真实的存在。
小智也没管她，趁着这小家伙肯主动靠近顺势就将手搭在了小草蛇的头上。现实世界中的藤藤蛇皮肤的触感意外的和他想象的一样滑滑的摸着像是洗澡时沾满泡沫的海绵，能感觉到她身体的热度，虽然是蛇但似乎她并不是冷血动物。
藤藤蛇刚被摸到的时候身体有些僵硬，但随着小智温柔的抚摸，感应着小智那边散发出来的熟悉的波导，她渐渐放松下来，无视小智背上拉鲁拉丝那仿佛杀父仇人一般的眼神，眯着眼享受起来。
当小智把一切都梳理清楚时，面前的小蛇已经睡着了，要不是脚下的藤蔓还维持着恐怕这个小家伙要摔一跤了。
小智上前把这小家伙抱在怀里，带着藤藤蛇去见了庞岩怪。
当小智过去时庞岩怪还在挖掘着地洞，这家伙似乎又想要扩大洞穴，试图再找到一片沃土耕种。小智连忙把这家伙拦下来免得它把山洞搞塌了。
通过之前的了解，小智早已知道了不合理的地方在哪里了。庞岩怪对宝可梦们的食物问题想的太简单了，他认为让所有宝可梦都吃饱就可以了。
让宝可梦吃饱有错吗？大部分情况下当然没错，但现在可不是大部分情况。
庞岩怪最大的问题就是让所有宝可梦都吃树果。虽然这件事没错树果的营养确实比一般食物要高，但已经食物紧缺的情况下就得规划好用度。像是地面系和岩石系宝可梦这些可以吸收石头补充能量的就该将食谱的大部分调整为普通石块，像是草系和虫系宝可梦，明明可以啃树叶喂饱肚子为什么一定要吃树果呢？
这些事情还是小事，更严重的还有两个问题。第一个便是为什么要每次都要喂饱那些像卡比兽，灰尘山这种食量巨大，却在日常生活中起不到什么作用的宝可梦呢？要知道以他们的身体状态其实根本干不了多少活，花费那么多食物把他们喂饱除了让他们精神些其实是得不偿失的，还不如克扣他们的食物让他们平时多睡懒觉来的好。将心比心，那些地面系宝可梦和草系宝可梦辛辛苦苦的种了一天的树，结果大部分食物还喂给了这几个没怎么干活的大块头那些宝可梦心里会怎么想呢？
The second question is about eating on time. Why should we wake up those Pokémon whose biological clocks are set to work at night when we eat together? You should know that those nocturnal creatures do not move at night just because it is convenient, but the fact that they move during the day will make Pokémon feel uncomfortable, resulting in poor working efficiency. The best way is to let the nocturnal Pokémon and the daytime Pokémon live separately, and work in shifts on both sides.
Of course, these are only long-term solutions. The most urgent task is to get a batch of food to solve the urgent problem.
Xiaozhi’s suggestion was also very simple. He asked Pang Yanguai to find out if there were any valuable things for him to take back and sell. Then he could buy food with the money he earned.
After hearing what Xiaozhi said, Pangyanguai nodded and took Xiaozhi to a cave blocked by stones.
It seems that the valuables he thought were inside
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Although he hasn’t gone in to check it out yet, Xiaozhi doesn’t have too high expectations. He’s afraid that most of the things collected by Pang Yanguai are just strange-shaped stones or crystals of low value like fluorescent stones.
So when Xiaozhi went in to check, he found out what kind of surprise this friend he hadn’t seen for many years had left for him.
Although there were not as exaggerated as mountains of gold and silver treasures, there were indeed many valuable minerals such as red fragments. Xiaozhi even saw props such as hard rock and the tail of the rear attack.
After touching the rocky surface of the Tail of the Back Attack that looked like a smaller version of Onix, Xiaozhi fell into deep thought.
Props like these are considered rule-based props in the alliance, or in other words, they are props that can play out the corresponding rules after being recognized by the alliance in formal battles.
For example, the effect of the item “Last Attack Tail” is that the player must attack second, but the speeds of each Pokémon can vary greatly during a match. Even if this string of stones is indeed very heavy, it is impossible for Arcanine to be slower than Citadel with it. However, by using the rules of this item, Arcanine’s trainer can force the opponent to attack first.
Similar to Tail of Back Attack are items like Balloon (which cannot be attacked by Ground-type moves but becomes ineffective after being attacked by other attributes) and Red Card (the attacker must randomly replace Pokémon after being hit). These items are not special in themselves and have little use outside of formal situations, so they are sold at a low price and have little value.
Xiaozhi had to go to the Alliance for certification to confirm that the item met the standards, and the Alliance would record it in the archives before it could be registered for use. If he simply wanted to sell it, there would be no profit after deducting the handling fee. Unless he was lucky enough to meet a collector who was interested in this kind of item, it would be difficult to find a buyer.
So Xiaozhi simply touched it and didn’t look at it. His attention shifted to the most conspicuous stones in the center of the cave.
The most numerous type is a light green crystal. Although their appearances are different, the cores inside are all dark green and look like leaves.
There is no doubt that these crystals are all leaf stones.
Xiaozhi had tried his best to make money before. He spent several hours selecting and planning a series of money-making plans, but the money he earned in the end was just enough to buy a good-quality finished Leaf Stone placed in front of him.
Although it was not a rare item, Xiaozhi’s attention was still attracted by it. Feeling the grass-attribute energy emanating from the Leaf Stone, he was stunned for a while before he came back to his senses and observed the remaining items again.
Just at this time, Lisa and Miss Ninja also followed in. Xiaozhi borrowed a small notebook from Miss Ninja and used the small carving knife to count the data on a piece of torn paper.
According to Xiaozhi’s knowledge, excluding those that are difficult to sell and those that he can’t recognize, among the things that are easy to sell, ordinary items such as red fragments or herbs are probably worth tens of thousands even at the lowest price. Props such as hard rocks are very valuable, even if there are not many, the final price is probably more than 20,000 yuan.
The quality of those Leaf Stones was similar to those on the Internet that cost five or six thousand each. The largest one was even almost the same as the Leaf Stone that Xiaozhi wanted to buy. Of course, if they were recycled, the price would definitely be discounted, but no matter how low it was, the overall selling price would be more than 20,000.
In addition to the Leaf Stone, there is also a strange gray-brown stone. Xiaozhi feels that the stone looks familiar but cannot recognize it. He can only sense the ghost energy emanating from the stone to confirm that this is also a valuable item. He plans to go back online to check what it is before making any plans.
Of course, even if you don’t count the items that the little smart can recognize, the total price can be sold for about 50,000. Although this amount is nothing to those rich people, if you only buy basic materials such as Pokémon food and fertilizer, you can indeed buy a good amount.
If the measures that Xiaozhi mentioned to Pang Yanguai before to effectively save food consumption were implemented, the food that could be purchased could probably support Pang Yanguai and his friends for a month. Of course, it was only enough to barely fill them up. If they continued to eat as much as they did before, the food would run out in a week.
Xiao Zhi also emphasized this point and gave Pang Yan some more instructions.
As long as they can hold on for a month, the soil will be able to almost return to its previous high-yield state through fertilizers and cultivation by Ground-type Pokémon. At that time, as long as they pay a little attention to food expenses, they won’t have to worry about the food crisis, right?
Xiaozhi emptied the contents of his backpack and stuffed all the things he was going to sell into it. However, his backpack was obviously a little small, so Lisa and the others helped him carry some things before he could fit them all in.
Actually, Xiaozhi still has a lot of things he wants to talk to Toutou Snake and the others, but there is still a long time to go, so it is better to deal with the important things first rather than reminiscing about the past.
After making an appointment with Pang Yanguai to meet again tomorrow, Xiaozhi let Ralts bind the spatial coordinates here and decided to leave.
Xiaozhi and his friends did not leave the original cliff edge. After all, there were still some dangers there. Originally, the place was just used as a ventilation hole by Pang Yanguai and his friends. After Xiaozhi told them that the place might be discovered by humans, Pang Yanguai ordered the Rock Crab to remodel it again. It would be impossible to come in from there in the future.
So now Gorgon has directly helped them dig a tunnel to get out, and has placed a Crabbeam guarding the exit. When Ash and the others come over next time, they just need to communicate with the Crabbeam. Having this big guy around can also effectively prevent other Pokémon from accidentally breaking in.
The rope that was previously tied to the cliff was also taken back by Teng Teng Snake to avoid arousing suspicion.
After finishing all the precautions, Xiaozhi was about to say goodbye to Pang Yanguai and the others when a green light flashed on his shoulder. Xiaozhi and the emerald green snake looked at each other. He was stunned for a moment before he smiled and said, “Vine Snake, do you want to go back with me?”
Ivy Snake lay on his shoulder and scanned the scenery at this height. This position used to belong to the yellow electric mouse, and this was her first time sitting here.
She adjusted her posture, keeping her upper body straight, her two little feet firmly placed on Xiaozhi’s collarbone, and one little hand supporting Xiaozhi’s neck.
Vine Snake’s hands were soft and cool, like the touch of willow branches flying in the rain, which made Xiaozhi a little uncomfortable.
From his angle, he could only see half of the grass snake’s eyes. The arrogant look made this small figure look like a queen in an ancient picture book. Xiaozhi thought of its final evolution, the Monarch Snake. She was still so young but already had that kind of temperament. However, he thought again, with her current strength, most Monarch Snakes would not be a match for this little snake in front of her, right? It was not surprising that she seemed to feel such an oppressive feeling.
Snake did not answer his question. She ignored Lalulas who looked a little angry because his territory was invaded behind her. After adjusting her posture, she nodded to Xiaozhi to show her attitude.
The arrogant look of the little grass snake did not make Xiaozhi unhappy, but reminded him of the time they traveled together in the dream world. He touched the vine snake affectionately. The vine snake looked at the familiar yet somewhat strange big hands getting closer and closer, but in the end did not refuse, allowing the other party to break its high-handed attitude, and did not care about the surprised looks of the Pokémon following the giant rock monster.
Enjoying the gentle touch of its trainer, Snake’s peripheral vision met that of Rock Monster, and both sides showed a look of understanding.
With the number of Pokémon in the cave, it would be natural that only one dominant Pokémon could be created. In fact, Snakebite could have used the dominant aura formed by so many Pokémon to impact the King level a long time ago. The reason why it didn’t do so was because of a delusion in its heart.
She wanted to wait for Xiaozhi. The dream was too real. Xiaozhi might not be a fantasy but a real existence. She told this view more than once to the giant rock monster who was still the mantle rock at that time. That’s why she refused the loyalty of these Pokémon and asked them to put the mantle rock on the throne instead because she knew that she would leave sooner or later. She kept the initial Pokémon posture without evolving so that Xiaozhi would remember the scene of their first meeting when he saw her for the first time. She kept working hard, fighting, and getting stronger, just to get Xiaozhi’s recognition when they met again, to prove that she was no worse than that electric mouse, and to make Xiaozhi not abandon her after they met again.
Perhaps in her subconscious, the reason why Xiaozhi abandoned her and her friends and only left the electric mouse to adventure in a new area was because they were not strong enough?
In the end, when Xiaozhi promised to help the Pokémon who came to this strange place with them out of trouble and even help them find the land cloud if possible in the future, her last bit of hesitation disappeared.
She turned around and waved goodbye to the Pokémon she had been with for years. She looked into the eyes of the Giant Rock Monster, and for a moment she paused at the expression on its face that was wrapped around her. She turned her head with a smile on her face.
It is certain that according to what Xiaozhi said before, they live nearby and can come back often in the future. However, the Snake that comes back at that time will not be the Snake in the underground cave, but Xiaozhi’s Snake.
A vine stretched out from the ground and stretched the Poké Balls hanging on Xiaozhi’s waist to his eyes. The vine snake pressed towards the luxurious ball without hesitation, but there was no red light wrapping around it, only a buzzing sound indicating that it already had an owner.
Snake didn’t care and put his hands on the other two Poké Balls. As expected by Xiaozhi, two similar sounds came out of the Poké Balls. Snake lowered his head in silence and looked at Xiaozhi, who was a little embarrassed.
Fortunately, those Pokémon had already returned to the cave one after another under the command of Pangolier, so they did not see this embarrassing scene directly.
Snake turned around and stared at the three owned Poké Balls with some annoyance. The eyes of the humanoid Pokémon behind her seemed to have become less aggressive, which made her a little unhappy. Although she didn’t care about the other party’s gaze before, now the other party’s expression that seemed to have lost its threat made her even more annoyed.
Lisa, who was standing next to him, couldn’t bear to see this. She hurriedly searched for a Poké Ball in her space waist bag, but was stopped by a vine. Xiaozhi looked at Lisa, whose hands were entangled by the vines, and showed a look of shattered hope. He forced a smile and said helplessly, “Please, Snake, I’ll give you another one when I get back, okay?”
“…” Snake put the three Poké Balls back in their original places without saying anything, but pointed at the three Poké Balls, each with a different appearance, and made a pleasant sound.
Xiaozhi smiled and nodded: “Okay, then I will pick a Poké Ball you like and give it to you. I promise you will be satisfied, okay?”
Only then did the vine snake nod and agree.
Xiaozhi used the power of waveguide to detect the surroundings and confirm the location of the town, then turned back to Lisa and said, “Lisa, Miss Ninja, let’s go back.”
The way back was very smooth. With the presence of Charmeleon, except for some Iron-Headed Pokémon like Beedrill that would show up and get beaten, other wild Pokémon would basically stay away from him when they sensed his presence.
Although he could return to the town quickly with the help of Ralts’s teleportation, Xiaozhi was in no hurry to go back because he had promised to explain everything to Lisa and the others. He briefly described his experience in the dream world and his speculation about the connection between Pokémon and the dream world.
Lisa had already prepared for this because of her experience with Eevee. The only thing that surprised her was that Xiaozhi had traveled to so many places in the dream world. This made her a little envious. After all, although she had been to Chengdu to study, she had never left this continent. She didn’t know what Sinnoh, Unova, and Kalos were like. But she immediately thought of her brother and the little ones she had taken in, so she had no choice but to give up this idea. At least she had to wait until they grew up, right?
On the other hand, compared to the ignorant Lisa, Aya was much more surprised. Before Aju’s daughter came back, she had been trained as a reserve gym leader, so naturally she knew some secrets that others didn’t know.
You have to know that the so-called dream invasion event eight years ago did not occur all over the world at the same time, but started from the Kanto region until the first candidate appeared, the dream trial ended, all the children trapped in the dream woke up, and a new dream invasion event would occur in the next region. Not to mention that Xiaozhi said that his other personality had been awake in reality and escaped the crisis of the Kanto riot with two children, which was unbelievable. The fact that he did not wake up after the dream trial was over was unbelievable, not to mention that he also participated in dream trials in other regions, which she had never heard of before.
Seeing that the two girls in front of him were lost in their own thoughts, Xiaozhi did not interrupt them. He rubbed the head of the vine snake who seemed a little sleepy lying in his shirt. The little grass snake didn’t want to pay attention to him but didn’t stop him. After a while, she actually fell asleep.
Seeing Serpentine’s adorable expression with her guard down after she fell asleep, Xiaozhi also relaxed. Previously, through Serpentine’s energy circulation pattern and the growth of the green leaves on its tail, he judged that Serpentine had been in a state of fatigue. She must have been worrying a lot about the Pokémon in the cave, so it would be better to let her rest for a while.
While he was still looking at the sleeping face of the little grass snake, a slender finger poked him on the back. Xiaozhi turned around and looked at Ralts’s ruby-like eyes hidden in the light blue hair. He didn’t say much. He reached out and gently stroked the little girl’s head as before, helping her comb her slightly messy hair, and using the power of waves to soothe the somewhat restless fighting energy in her body.
Lalulas was a little shy. Actually, she just wanted to go down and take a walk. She was not jealous of Snake lying in Xiaozhi’s arms. Although she felt a little unhappy at first that her position was taken by someone else, she was not so angry after feeling the joy of her master and Snake’s pure heart. After hearing Xiaozhi’s story just now, she didn’t mind it at all. Xiaozhi’s hands were very comfortable, so this was not a bad thing.
While little Lalulas was still enjoying the touch of his master, a voice came from behind Xiaozhi: “Xiaozhi, why… did you tell us such a secret?”
Xiaozhi recognized the source of the voice. It was not Lisa but the taciturn ninja lady. Although he was a little surprised, he answered without hesitation: “We are friends.”
Aya waited for a while but heard nothing further. She couldn’t help but continue asking, “Is that all?”
Xiaozhi saw that she didn’t reject the friend he mentioned, and he was a little happy. He narrowed his eyes slightly, raised the corners of his mouth and smiled naturally: “Isn’t this enough? If you have to hide it from your friends, then life will be too tiring, right?”
Aya stared blankly at Xiaozhi’s unguarded expression. For some reason, she remembered the angry girl that day, the elders around her with indifferent eyes, the elders with disappointment in their eyes who kept sighing and holding their foreheads, and the action of Aju’s brother who turned his head away and didn’t look at her.
She opened her mouth to speak, but she didn’t know what to say. After all, she was the one who provoked him first. Even if he disregarded her dignity and humiliated her, what right did she have to complain to others? She covered her chest tightly with one hand, as if this would make her feel better.
Xiaozhi looked at the other person’s strange expression and didn’t know if he had said something wrong, so he had to change the subject and said, “Your voice is actually quite nice. It would be better for you to talk more in the future, what do you think?”
For some reason, the girl in front of him not only did not feel relieved after hearing what he said, but she burst into tears silently.
Xiaozhi was at a loss as to what to do and didn’t know what he had said wrong. He had to turn to Lisa for help. Looking at the crying Ninja, Lisa couldn’t help but think of herself asking her parents for help when her candy was stolen when she was a child. She quickly called Xiaozhi to come over and comfort the crying Aya with her.
Xiaozhi didn’t know that he had inadvertently taken on the role of a father. Looking at Lisa stroking Miss Ninja’s back with her hand, he thought about it and rubbed Miss Ninja’s head gently like he had touched Snake and Ralts before.
Only then did he realize that the ninja lady’s headscarf was not made of linen dyed black like traditional ninjas, but was made of a naturally black silk. Otherwise, it would not have such a delicate luster and would not feel so soft, as if he could touch the three thousand black strands of hair through the layer of gauze.
Such clothes would never be cheap even in modern times, not to mention that such ninja clothes could not be ready-made ones sold in stores on a daily basis. They could only be tailor-made, and the price would be much higher.
The other party’s identity is easy to guess considering that he uses poison-type Pokémon, wears ninja clothes and speaks with a Kanto accent. Xiaozhi’s memory gradually came back to him, and he seemed to vaguely remember the name Aya when he recalled his experience in Kanto in the dream world.
However, the tall woman in front of him, crying with tears in her eyes, was completely different from the pretty lady who always looked superior in his impression.
Although he was somewhat happy to meet the person in his dream, Xiaozhi still felt a little strange. The other party did not seem to recognize him. Although he had only participated in the gym as a gym challenger, they met again after returning from the Chengdu area trip. How could he not have any impression of him? (After the trip to the Kanto area, Xiaozhi was 10 years old, and after the trip to the Chengdu area, he was still 10 years old. Even if the other party really had an impression, he probably wouldn’t recognize the 18-year-old Xiaozhi, right?)
Unlike her two companions who were caring about her, Aya was now filled with shame and embarrassment. She was originally just a little uncomfortable but was able to control her emotions. However, after Xiaozhi praised her beautiful voice, she inexplicably felt even more aggrieved.
一个小孩在陌生的地方摔跤可能疼了哭两下发现周围没人理他就会默默地擦拭眼泪忍着疼回去找妈妈，但若是这时他的爸爸妈妈刚好找过来问他摔的疼不疼那小家伙不大肆宣泄一番的话可没法消停了。
现在的阿雅大概就是这样的状况，但是，当她发泄完理智恢复了之后她才意识到，在安慰她的两个同伴都比她小得多尤其是小智才刚刚成年没多久，明明作为大姐姐她应该负责照顾他们才对，但事实却是她反过来被安慰了。
她其实很想说自己已经恢复过来了，但却实在不好意思，嗅着眼前青年传过来安心的气息她干脆将错就错躺进小智的怀里，假装自己哭累了睡着了。
小智被对方这个行为吓了一跳，阿雅躺在小智怀里的姿势似乎把藤藤蛇压到了，让小草蛇发出了有些难受的呜咽，小智连忙调整了一下姿势让阿雅和藤藤蛇隔开一段距离，但看着阿雅那闭眼时沾着泪水的眼睫毛，他也实在没法做出将对方推开的举动。
“忍者小姐？阿雅小姐？醒一醒啊？”小智轻唤几声却发现面前的姑娘似乎真的陷入了沉睡（你永远无法叫醒一个装睡的人.jpg）没办法，他只好把对方拦腰抱起，和也有一些不知所措的莉莎面面相觑。
“我们继续回去吧？”小智率先打破了沉静，此时太阳已经微微西斜哪怕不看手机他也能大致确定现在已经是临近吃晚饭的时间了，要知道他们身上还有一堆东西要处理回去的晚了说不准可忙不过来，当然那是在吃过晚饭后的事情了，目前的当务之急是回去看看两个妹妹。
说曹操曹操到，小智刚想到妹妹们他的电话就响了，小智目前腾不出手，只能拜托背后的拉鲁拉丝帮忙，小家伙也听话的用念力将手机从他裤兜里取出接通了电话。
电话那头传来明美的声音：“哥哥……我，我，刚刚……毛球……毛球他们……”
明美的声音断断续续，小智能听出她声音中的不知所措和求助这让他不由得心头一紧，还好对方的声音并不慌乱，也没夹带着什么恐惧，这至少说明对方没处于什么危机状态。
他当即没有犹豫直接询问道：“明美，你现在在哪里？”
明美听到哥哥熟悉的声音也渐渐平复下来声音有些发颤的回应道：“我在蔬菜集市那靠近家这边的一处小巷里。”
“周围有什么醒目的参照物吗？”
“有……有一个门前飘着彩带的理发店，名字好像叫……”
听完明美的描述小智扫过记忆，大致估计出了位置他镇定的说：“明美，不管发生了什么，你先藏好保证自己的安全，我马上到，还有，不要挂断电话。”
听到电话那头肯定的回复，小智和莉莎对视一眼纷纷加快脚步往家里赶。
如果阿雅现在还醒着，现在恐怕也不会躺在小智怀里耽误他的速度了，但这位极度自卑的忍者小姐显然对自己的身体状况缺乏足够的自知之明，虽然一开始是假睡但嗅着小智身上让人放下提防的气息，她就仿佛秋日里晒着太阳的小猫一般，一不留神真的睡着过去了。
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当小智他们抵达那个小巷时只看到几个倒地不起的小混混却没发现明美的位置。小智唤了几声，一只末入蛾就带着小姑娘从隔壁屋顶上飞了下来。
小智将明美抱起，细细打量一遍，发现自己的妹妹身上没什么地方受伤只是裤脚有些脏像是跑步时不小心沾到的。
见小丫头没什么事，他才放心下来，对着已经进化成末入蛾的毛球道谢，顺带解释了一下它的主人的去处。
之前因为某位忍者小姐睡着了小智他们也不方便第一时间赶过来，所以小智依靠着拉鲁拉丝的瞬间移动直接传送回家了，把忍者小姐放到自己床上后，拜托还在家乖乖待着的小爱梨照顾好这个大姐姐后小智两人才火急火燎的赶过来。
了解了自己训练家的去处后末入蛾显然安心了不少，但看它的表情也知道，很明显无法第一时间和训练家分享进化的喜悦让它还是有些失落。
不过小智暂时无法顾及到它了，他紧紧盯着地上那似乎被催眠粉控制，暂时陷入睡眠的混混们，眉头紧锁。
这些人他认识，而且很不凑巧，就是记忆里侵入他家想要拐卖爱梨和明美的那些混蛋。
难道黑市那一次给他们的教训还不够吗？为什么他们还要来招惹自己？小智想不明白，不过这种事情还是问问本人比较好。
小智拜托莉莎先和末入蛾一起带着明美回家他还有事想和这几个混混谈谈。
莉莎虽然有些担心，但看着小智不容置疑的眼神也就答应下来，带着明美先走了。
小智像抓小鸡一般，将三个还算健壮的混混都拧起来，通过波导和拉鲁拉丝沟通，带着这几个家伙来到了森林里。
将胆小虫和火恐龙从精灵球里放出来让他们先将另外两个人提走，看着剩下的一个人小智没留手，直接一脚踢中那人的腹部。
那人原本就快要苏醒了，受到小智这不留情面的一击，当即清醒过来，捂着腹部发出痛苦的呻吟。
小智一把将之提到半空，盯着对方痛苦中夹带着茫然的脸严肃的说道：“你们为什么要袭击我的妹妹？”
那人一开始还没反应过来，等他看清小智的脸后才开始感觉害怕，没有犹豫，他直接求饶起来，断断续续的讲述起事情的来龙去脉。
事情并不复杂，黑市一战后那些残余的地下帮派失去了原来的驻地只好去依附其他的帮派势力，而被小智打伤的那个红毛混混因为受伤过重又没及时去医院治疗，最终落下了残疾被帮会抛弃，失去一切的他对把自己打伤的小智怀恨在心，随即花了一点自己最后的资蓄请他们这几个老部下帮忙想要让他们教训一下小智的两个妹妹出出气。
说到这里时，小混混还不断的夸小智有多么英明神武，那个红毛小混混是多么的愚笨不堪直到小智怒斥一声才闭嘴。
小智看着已经把一切交代出来的混混不知该怎么处理。他的内心，那个已经逝去的另一个自己留下来的关于理性的一面正在疯狂的报警，明美被袭击这一点似乎触及到了什么逆鳞，让他的心里不断的传出一个念头：清除威胁。
但他的感性告诉自己，这个混混虽然不是什么好东西，但也没到必须以死谢罪的程度，他不该如此轻佻的决定别人的生命。
那场发生在黑市里的小小战争，虽然当时他不小心杀了人时还没感觉，但当一切结束后其实他心里后悔过当时自己下手实在重了些，那些人虽然大部分都是自己发生踩踏事件自己人踩死自己人的，但当时其实他是有机会阻止那件事发生的，只是当时的自己正沉浸在仇恨之中，有些失去了理智。
那么现在呢？如果他真的可以随意决定一个人的生死时他该怎么做呢？
面前的这个人无疑是可恶的，平时欺压百姓肆意妄为，为了些小钱就打算对一个十岁出头的小丫头下手，受点挫折就卖友求荣，对于这种人小智是真的厌恶的不行。
但他真的该死吗？如果是战场上双方起冲突时，小智真的杀了这样的人他无疑不会有任何负罪感，但现在这种程度他反倒犹豫不决起来。
他盯着眼前的对方看了很久，最终取下了对方腰间的精灵球将小混混丢到地上。没等对方发出反应，就将他的精灵球远远的抛飞出去。
那小混混楞楞的看着精灵球飞往的方向，却不敢动弹，只能畏惧的看着小智。小智没看他，盯着精灵球远去的方向严肃道：“这次暂且放过你，记住你没有下次机会了，如果下次你还敢做这种欺男霸女的事我会让你见不到明天的太阳，滚吧。”
小混混楞了一下，连说不敢，他犹犹豫豫的看着小智，慢慢往精灵球消失的方向挪去，见小智没阻止才慌张的向那边跑去。
小智没理对方，他把精灵球抛的有些远，那人想要找到恐怕不会太容易，现在又是接近傍晚，他要是动作不快点恐怕很快就要天黑了，到那时如果他还没找到精灵球那即使这里处于城市附近生活的宝可梦没有那么强的攻击性，他也免不了要吃一番苦头。
对于对方最后的下场如何小智并不感兴趣，他还得找另外两个混混问问这件事，看看他们说的和这个人会不会有所出入，如果对方骗他的话，他不介意回来给这个混蛋一点教训。
After putting the last thug down, Xiaozhi fell into thought. The confessions of these people were basically the same, all of them were the work of the red-haired thug, which gave Xiaozhi a new idea.
This time he did not let the remaining one go directly, but asked him to take him to find those people who were usually bullied by the red-haired gangster. He wanted to hear what those people thought of the red-haired gangster.
After he finished that experience, those people gnashed their teeth in hatred but avoided the question about the red-haired gangster’s deeds. However, Xiaozhi did not expect them to tell him everything. After feeling the strong negative emotions from those people’s narration from Lalulas, Xiaozhi gave those people some tips as a reward, and then carried the gangster towards the red-haired gangster’s residence.
From the information vaguely revealed by the residents and the gangster’s supplement, he had a picture of the gangster in his mind. He was a man with a perverse personality and erratic moods. Although he had not committed any murder or arson, he loved gambling. Whenever he lost money, he would ask the residents in his jurisdiction for high protection fees. If they could not pay, he would break into other people’s homes, smash and steal valuables, and even kidnap other people’s children to sell for money. This was not the first time he had done this. Although he was not an unforgivable person, he was extremely bad.
After knowing this, Xiaozhi couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief. Even if such a person died, others would probably just applaud, right?
Then he wouldn’t have to feel guilty.
Xiaozhi brought the gangster to the bus station and forced him to get on the bus to Golden Yellow City. He knew a lot but he was not a very bad person. Xiaozhi couldn’t deal with him like he did to the red-haired gangster so he could only keep him away.
Watching the bus going farther and farther away, Xiaozhi did not stop. He took out the love ball and waved it at Ralts. Ralts noticed Xiaozhi’s strange look, but just glanced away without looking at him.
Xiaozhi himself didn’t know when he had conquered this little girl. Judging from her expression, she probably didn’t want to tell him. But now was not the time to dwell on this.
Xiaozhi leaned over, gently touched Lalulas’s head, and said softly: “Let’s talk about the Poké Ball when we get back. As for now, I want to ask Lalulas for a favor, okay?”
He unzipped his coat, picked up the still sleeping vine snake and handed it to Lalulas. He didn’t know how soundly the little grass snake was sleeping. Despite all the noises before, there was no sign of it waking up. But it was good this way. He also had another reason to get Lalulas away.
“Help me take the Toudou Snake back, and talk to Airi and Akemi about the Toudou Snake. Wait for me to come back, okay?”
Lalulas looked at the little grass snake that was murmured softly and nodded.
Seeing her like this, Xiaozhi smiled with satisfaction and continued, “Then go ahead. If I see you guys behave well when I get home, I’ll buy you cakes.”
Watching the disappearing figure of Lalulas, Xiaozhi’s warm face gradually returned to expressionless. Next, he had to solve a problem, a problem that threatened the daily life of his sisters and made the other one live in fear.
When he arrived at the residence, he saw only a two-story old house. He ignored the broken door on the first floor and used the power of wave guidance to jump directly to the second floor. He pushed open the half-open door on the second floor. What he saw were piles of wine bottles and cigarette butts. There was no place to step on the ground. However, Xiaozhi did not pay attention and went straight into the bedroom.
On the bed in the bedroom, a drunk man was sleeping soundly with his arms twisted abnormally. Xiaozhi looked around to find something worth noting, but he only found a photo of a family of three on a relatively clean counter.
The photo was a little yellowed, and it was obvious that it was quite old. He stared at the bright smiles of the family of three in the photo but just glanced at it without much feeling. He just fixed his eyes on the date the photo was taken and was lost in thought for a while.
That date was the year of the Kanto Rebellion.
Xiaozhi had no idea what the red-haired gangster in front of him had been through, but he didn’t want to know.
No matter how shameful the other party’s past was, it was not a reason for him to act recklessly.
Xiaozhi put his hand on the other person’s neck, twisted it gently, and a life disappeared.
After confirming that the other party was dead, Xiaozhi searched his body and only found a Poké Ball, a few stacks of banknotes and half a pack of cigarettes.
He looked for possible places to hide the money but found nothing. With a sigh, Xiaozhi released Charmeleon from the Luxury Ball and whispered, “Charmeleon, please do me a favor and set this house on fire.”
Then he walked out of the room.
There were a lot of wooden furniture in the room, so it wasn’t difficult to burn them. Not long after Xiaozhi left the house, Charmeleon followed him.
Xiaozhi didn’t have much to say, so he left the house and hid in an alley a little further away, observing the fire.
Soon a big fire broke out and thick smoke spread. The surrounding residents opened their windows and leaned their heads out. After confirming that it was the red-haired gangster’s house, they just stared at it blankly. They neither went forward to put out the fire nor called the fire department. They seemed to be simply confirming whether the fire would spread to their house.
Xiaozhi took out the box of cigarettes, took out a cigarette and lit it with the tail of the Charmeleon, imitating the way he saw on TV. He took a puff, but felt choked and couldn’t help but lower his head and cough.
He wanted to throw away the cigarette, but felt it was a bit wasteful, so he smoked it anyway. However, this time he did not inhale the smoke into his lungs. He just let the smoke stay in his mouth and then blew it out, forming a column of smoke.
After a while, the fire brigade finally arrived and started to put out the fire.
Xiaozhi put out the cigarette that he didn’t know how many cigarettes were on the fire, and after confirming that the fire would not affect others, he took out the luxury ball and said to Charmeleon: “Come in first, Charmeleon. It’s too conspicuous to bring you along on the street at night.”
Charmeleon saw the fire was gradually dying down and nodded. He was not interested in the person lying on the bed, nor did he bother to ask why the house was burned down. Xiaozhi’s request was always right.
After putting Charmeleon back into the Poké Ball, Xiaozhi took one last look at the burning house and never looked back.
He still had a lot of things to do, such as returning the only money left by this man to those who were charged protection fees, or going back to the vegetable market to buy some dinner. He didn’t forget that Airi, Lisa and the others hadn’t had dinner yet.
The red-haired gangster didn’t have much money on him. Although it looked like there were several stacks of money, the total amount was less than three thousand yuan. It would be even less if it was divided among the many family members he had harmed. Xiaozhi had to add some money to make it even.
After stuffing the last few bills into the crack of the door, Xiaozhi looked around and made sure that no one noticed him before leaving.
This amount of money was probably barely enough for a week’s food for each family, and was not enough to offset what was taken away from them by the red-haired thug. But Xiaozhi had no other choice. He himself was short of money, let alone helping them. He could only hope that their lives would be better after there was less oppression.
Xiaozhi found a public restroom and kept washing his hands with tap water until his hands turned white. He then took the water and washed his face thoroughly. Only then did he notice his blurry face on the white ceramic tiles on the wall.
He clearly couldn’t see clearly, but for some psychological hint he could tell that he was a ghost, he still saw confusion in his own eyes.
There is a fundamental difference between intentionally ending someone’s life and accidentally killing someone. Thinking about it carefully, he has only been awake for two months, but he has experienced too many things he has never experienced before. He was forced to join the Rocket Team, which he hated the most, just after waking up. He violated the trainer’s principles in his first battle and shot someone else’s Pokémon (Scarlet) and wanted Scarlet to help him attack his master… When he went to the black market for the second time, he lost his mind and caused many people to die. Although those people were enemies, but…
Xiaozhi recalled his experience in the dream world, where he and his friends went on adventures, met other trainers, fought, made friends, and parted ways. He didn’t need to worry about money or getting hurt in battle, he just needed to move forward according to his heart.
If only I could go back.
…
Xiaozhi put his head under the faucet to let the water soak his head, raised his head, and slapped his face hard with both palms.
He exhaled a breath of foul air and said to himself facing his own figure on the wall: “I am Xiaozhi, how can I be defeated by such a question?”
Now that he was awake, how could he lie down again? Since he knew it was fake, how could he indulge in it? He still remembered Aunt Hanako’s last words, did he still know that his friends were still waiting for him in an unknown place in the real world, did he not forget Professor Kukui, and Liliae and the others were still trapped in the inexplicable black fog crisis.
Xiaozhi first went to the market to buy vegetables. As the night grew darker, most of the vegetable farmers who had set up stalls at the market had gone home, and the remaining leafy vegetables were not very fresh. He could only buy some vegetables such as potatoes that had a longer shelf life.
Then, he went to the nearest cake shop to buy cakes for Airi and the others, and then Xiaozhi hurried back home.
When they opened the door, only Miss Ninja and the two sisters Airi who had woken up were inside. It seemed that Lisa had gone back home to cook for her younger brothers and sisters. It seemed that the cake prepared for her could only be given to her tomorrow.
He put the dishes in the kitchen first, and then divided the cake among everyone. Vine Snake also had a portion, but unfortunately she was still sleeping, so he could only leave her a portion for tomorrow like Lisa.
Xiaozhi originally wanted to talk to Lalulas about the Love Ball, but seeing that Miss Ninja seemed to have something to say but hesitated, he had to let the little guy eat the cake and go out to talk with Miss Ninja.
When they walked downstairs, Xiaozhi asked first, “Miss Aya, do you have anything to say?”
Aya hesitated for a moment before asking, “Xiaozhi, are you going to…” She wiped her neck with her hand.
“…” Xiaozhi looked at the ninja lady, not knowing what to say, but he had no intention of lying. After thinking for a moment, he responded: “Did the moth tell you the clues and you deduced it?”
Aya opened her mouth to speak, but finally took out a notebook and started writing. Xiaozhi hesitated and leaned over to see what she wrote.
‘A few days before he went to Chengdu to take up his post, Brother Aju went out one night and didn’t come back until noon the next day. At that time, he changed his clothes and his eyes were exactly the same as yours now.’
Aju… Are you talking about the current poison king of Kanto? But… his current name should have inherited the family name and should be called Light Red Ju… Yes, in ninja clothes, he looks so close to the poison king and his name hasn’t changed…
Xiaozhi then remembered the female ninja in pink ninja uniform that he had met in his dream world. He had never thought about it before because their personalities were so different, but now that he had expected it, the girl in front of him was indeed similar to the girl in Xiaozhi’s memory.
The other party didn’t seem to recognize him. It was unknown whether she had no memory of the dream world or the impression was too shallow to remember. But putting these aside, was the other party hinting at the word Aju to reveal her identity? Did she expose the fact that he had just killed someone and then hinted at her secret in order to establish a cooperative relationship where both of them had secrets known by the other party? What was the other party trying to do? As far as Xiaozhi could see, the only information he had at present was the strength of Charmeleon, apart from the strange experience in the dream world. But that strange experience actually had no practical use as the dream world dissipated. I’m afraid no one would be interested in it except the people in the research institute… So was Charmeleon’s strength important? That’s right, if it was that Aya…
Xiaozhi opened his phone and searched for the current Poison-type Gym Leader in the Kanto region and got the answer he wanted.
That explains everything. Aya, as the original successor to the gym leader, had a conflict with the current gym leader, Xing. She failed in the fight and had to leave to save face. As an ordinary person, she probably joined Team Rocket to better conceal her identity. So…
Xiaozhi looked deeply at the timid-looking girl in front of him with some emotion. He always thought that she was a crybaby with some autism, but he didn’t expect that she was so secretive. But it was also good this way, she lacked strength and he lacked money, and they just complemented each other.
He pondered for a moment, and suddenly asked, “Ms. Aya, do you want to defeat the current Poison Gym Leader, Axing?”
“?” Aya was a little overwhelmed but her body nodded subconsciously. She wanted revenge, wanted to save face, wanted to prove her own worth, wanted to make big brother Aju look at her differently… She had dreamed more than once that she had defeated that little girl and made everyone look at her differently, but the more proud she was in the dream, the more confused she would become when she woke up.
She wanted to ask a question, asking the young man in front of her how he knew what she was thinking, but she was interrupted by Xiaozhi as soon as she opened her mouth.
Xiaozhi didn’t like to hide things so he told everything directly: “I saw you in the dream world. You were wearing a pink ninja costume and said that you were the master of the Crimson Gym. At that time, I was fooled by your fur ball~” Xiaozhi still felt a little funny when he recalled the experience at that time.
Aya was different. When she heard about the pink ninja suit, her brain froze. Her ears turned red with embarrassment when her embarrassing moments from her middle school years were exposed. Fortunately, there was no one around and she was wearing a mask so it wasn’t noticeable.
Seeing her dull eyes, Xiaozhi thought she was just wondering if she had any impression of him. In order to avoid her saying something like “Who are you?” or “I can’t remember you” and making everyone embarrassed, Xiaozhi answered: “Don’t worry about the past. Let’s think about the future. If you believe in my strength, then the goal of our cooperation is to defeat Gym Leader Axing head-on with Pokémon and regain your position in the Crimson Gym, right?”
Aya was somewhat conflicted. She actually cared more about the attitude of the people around her than defeating Axing. But if she had not been defeated at that time, would the result be different? Thinking of this, she nodded.
Xiaozhi couldn’t help but get excited when he saw the other party agreed. He thought about it and asked the most critical question first: “How much money do you have in total?”
Aya has been taken away by Xiaozhi. When Xiaozhi asked her questions, she didn’t consider why the other party asked this, nor did she think about covering it up. She calculated in her mind and said it honestly: “Probably… around one million?” When she ran away from home, she left the credit card that her eldest brother used to give her pocket money at home. The one million yuan she has now is still left to her by her deceased parents, and the more she spends, the less she has.
Xiaozhi was somewhat surprised to hear the number of one million, but thinking about the other party’s original identity, it seemed normal. Thinking of the Leaf Stone he had just obtained today, he said, “Please write down the information about the other party when you go back today, so that I can make a training plan after reading it tomorrow. Um… can you lend me 10,000 yuan first? I need it urgently now, and I will pay you back next month.”
Aya opened her mobile phone, found the account of Xiaozhi that had no avatar but displayed the real name, and transferred money to him.
Xiaozhi smiled, held out his hand to the girl in front of him and said in a relaxed manner: “Let’s get to know each other again. I’m from Pallet Shin… No… I’m an abandoned child from Golden City. The people who took me in gave me the nickname Zhi. From now on, please continue to call me Xiaozhi. Please take care of me in the future.”
After receiving Xiaozhi’s formal self-introduction, Aya looked at the hand that the other party extended and hesitated for a moment, then extended her hand and replied: “I am Aya who grew up in the city of Crimson. You can just call me by my name in the future without adding Miss… Um… Please give me more advice in the future, Xiaozhi.”
After shaking hands, neither side knew what to say, and could only stare at each other. After a moment of silence, Xiaozhi spoke first: “Aya, do you want to stay for dinner?”
Aya wanted to agree, but then she thought of the maid who was still at home. She would probably have prepared the meal by now. If she didn’t go back, she probably wouldn’t eat first given her awkward personality. It would be better for her to go back.
After rejecting Xiaozhi’s offer, she took the cake handed to her and then walked back.
She was still a little dazed by Xiaozhi’s series of questions. She was caught off guard. Now there was only one thought in her mind: Xiaozhi wanted to help me beat up that bad girl A Xing.
It seems not bad if you think about it this way? If it was Xiaozhi, then with the strength of his Charmeleon, there would definitely be no problem… and the feeling of being protected by someone… seems not bad?
Xiaozhi had no way of guessing what Aya was thinking at the moment. He was just relieved that the problem with Leaf Stone was solved. After watching the other party disappear around the corner, Xiaozhi turned around and went back.
When they opened the door, the two sisters seemed to be busy in the kitchen. There were two half-eaten cakes on the table. Mingmei heard the door open and came out. Seeing Xiaozhi coming back, she hurriedly brought the cake to Xiaozhi for him to taste. Xiaozhi wanted to put it down after taking a bite, but the little girl asked him to eat it all. The two sides argued for a while until Xiaozhi reminded him that the food in the pot was about to burn, and then he sent the girl away.
He pushed open the door. Snake was still sleeping soundly, while little Ralph was sleeping on the desk, making extremely subtle and cute snoring sounds. Xiaozhi took a tissue to wipe the cream off the corner of its mouth, then gently picked up the little girl and put her on her bed. Looking at his opponent’s peaceful sleeping face, he remembered the love ball again.
“It seems like you, little guy, have escaped…” Xiaozhi gently touched Lalulas’s head and said to himself with a smile.
“Brother, it’s time to eat.” As Airi’s lively voice came from outside, Xiaozhi took one last look at the two Pokémon in the room to make sure they didn’t disturb their sleep, then walked out the door and released Charmeleon and Chinchilla.
These two have big appetites, and after such a long time they must be more or less hungry.
Future plans for the lava tubes and A Xing’s plans (old version)
When people are busy, time always flies by. After class in the morning, Xiaozhi went to the market and took the time to sell all the special products of Pang Yanguai. What surprised Xiaozhi a little was that because there was a lack of minerals in Jinhuang City, the value of the special fragments dug by Pang Yanguai was generally 20% higher than Xiaozhi estimated. After selling all the goods, Xiaozhi earned more than 60,000 yuan. The extra money must have allowed Pang Yanguai and his friends to live less tightly.
Of course, these can only alleviate the immediate problem. After all, the planting area of the underground cave is just a small forest, and the fruit trees add up to no more than 300 trees. It is still too difficult for them to feed almost the same number of Pokémon. The way to solve the problem once and for all is to send them back.
However, this place is at least a thousand miles away from the Unova region, and it is obviously not realistic to rely on Ralts’s teleportation. According to Xiaozhi’s idea, the safest way is to capture them with Poké Balls, then teleport them to another trainer in the Unova region, and release them six by six slowly. The second is to hire a merchant ship to transport them back, and the last and most elusive way is to find the Land Cloud and let it send the Pokémon back.
But each method is fraught with difficulties. The first method is to find someone trustworthy to help. After all, the profit of hundreds of Pokémon is no joke. Even if the other party is trustworthy, this method of transferring a large number of Pokémon to another area actually touches the scope of smuggling law. This abnormal signal will be transmitted to the police by the computer. If there is no reasonable explanation at that time, he will easily be arrested and imprisoned. Even if the police let him go, every subsequent release will cause the Poké Ball to transmit the information of the released Pokémon to his account. When this data is too high, it will also alert the ranger system. If he does not have a reasonable explanation at that time, he may be charged with causing species invasion or destroying the balance of nature and imprisoned. Even if he avoids all of the above perfectly, the data information of releasing hundreds of Pokémon will reduce his credit score to the lowest level. It will become extremely difficult to accept tasks or get a promotion and salary increase in the alliance system in the future. (After all, most people who release Pokémon either dislike the Pokémon’s poor strength or simply don’t get along with Pokémon, but most people releasing Pokémon a few dozen times is already exaggerated enough, and a person who releases Pokémon a few hundred times is probably not reassuring in any way.)
The difficulty of hiring a merchant ship is not to be mentioned, just one word: money. Unfortunately, Xiaozhi currently lacks this thing the most. He had taken the time to look at the price of hiring a merchant ship before, but after looking at it, he could only shake his head. Even Aya’s one million was only enough to hire a small inland cargo ship, and the price of hiring the cheapest sea freighter for a trip was more than 10 million. With Xiaozhi’s current speed of making money, it was definitely a drop in the bucket.
After much thought, the most reliable method is to find the land cloud. Xiaozhi is more or less helpless. He can only find a way to find relevant information about the civil war in the Unova region. He may have to go there in person when the time comes.
Of course, these things can be discussed later. After finishing the day’s work, Xiaozhi and his friends took the fertilizer and Pokémon food they bought back to the underground cave and asked Pang Yan to arrange them. Then he and Lisa began to study Apricot’s battle information.
As a new generation acting gym owner, Ah Xing’s strength is actually in the middle and lower reaches among all gym owners, which is why there is an “agent” in front of her name as the gym owner.
Of course, this does not mean that she is not strong. From the relevant videos searched on the Internet, Xiaozhi can also see that even with the second-tier Pokémon that can deal with gym challenges, she can still perform her duties excellently. She is very comfortable with both commanding and teaching trainers. I am afraid that in another year or two, the word “agent” will be removed from her head.
The opponent’s main lineup was also revealed by Aya. Axing’s original Pokémon was Zubat, which has now evolved into Xbat. Through Aya’s description of the battle, Xiaozhi roughly confirmed the opponent’s strength, which is unique or in other words: gym leader level.
Among the remaining Pokémon, Alidos and Mothra may have also reached this level, but Aya is not sure how strong they are. After all, according to her description, her Alidos couldn’t even survive two moves from these two, so it is difficult to judge their strength.
It is said that she also has two Gastlys, one of which looks ordinary but is particularly large, while the other has a chimney on its head that looks like a top hat, and there is beard-like foam at the corners of its mouth. Compared with the ordinary Gastlys, it looks more like a gentleman. It is said to be the Galar region form of Gastly.
I heard that she recently captured a super bad star, but this was just what Aya heard from her maid’s casual conversation, and she doesn’t know how to confirm whether it is true or not.
After understanding the strength of the opponent, Xiaozhi was ready to confirm the plan with Miss Ninja. First of all, the training of her Pokémon must focus on learning ground, psychic, rock, fire, flying and other attribute moves that can restrain the opponent, and it is best to learn moves such as Mystic Guard that can resist abnormal states.
The next step is to capture new Pokémon. At least she needs to have six Pokémon as well. Xiaozhi has many ideas for Pokémon recommendations to capture, such as capturing a Psychic and Ice-attribute Mystique to suppress Xbat, or a three-in-one Magneto with Electric and Steel attributes to effectively resist Apricot’s Pokémon. Unfortunately, Aya said that she didn’t want to capture Pokémon specifically to deal with Apricot. Although she wanted to defeat the opponent, she would rather capture her favorite Bug-type or Poison-type Pokémon.
Xiaozhi understood his opponent’s idea. After all, compared to defeating Apricot, the captured Pokémon will accompany the trainer for a long time, so he must consider it carefully. However, even if it is limited to these two attributes, there are still many Pokémon to choose from, such as the Bug and Steel attribute of Giant Claw, the Bug and Rock attribute of Pot, the Electric and Poison attribute of Trillion, etc.
In fact, these can be exchanged through the Rockets’ points system. Although the prices are not cheap, it is still much more efficient than looking for them specifically. However, Aya has only joined for a short time, so naturally she cannot consider it in a short time.
Fortunately, Aya still has money, so there is no problem in learning moves. She let Alidos learn net moves such as Electric Net and Sticky Net, and let Moth learn moves such as Butterfly Dance and Psychic as soon as possible, which he can learn by himself. Nidoran also needs to start training. In the battle against Axing, this little guy is actually the Pokémon with the greatest advantage in Aya’s hands. Not to mention the attribute restraint, she can learn all the moves of insect, poison, and flying attributes. She can get the upper hand against almost every Pokémon of Axing.
So naturally, she shoulders the greatest responsibility. Xiaozhi specifically asked Charmeleon to take good care of this little guy, and also told Aya about the special nature of this little guy and asked her to give her more nutrition in daily life.
After finishing all the chores, Xiaozhi pulled out the electric sword, which was more like a narrow iron rod than a sword, and said to Aya, “Then I’ll leave today’s training to you.”
Aya drew out her weapons, a small sword and a parrying dagger, looked at the broken cracks on them and put them back.
She stared at Xiaozhi’s serious expression and thought for a while, as if she was considering something, but soon she made up her mind and took out a scroll from a waist bag.
She didn’t hesitate and handed the scroll to Xiaozhi.
After Xiaozhi took it, he asked the ninja lady opposite: “Aya…what is this?”
Seeing Xiaozhi take over Aya, she was relieved. Looking at the scroll in Xiaozhi’s hand, she took out a pen and a notepad and began to write: “This is the ancient people’s training method for fighting. Legend has it that in ancient times, the battles between humans and Pokémon were extremely cruel. Because humans were very weak and could not directly fight Pokémon, some sages combined the Pokémon’s fighting methods to analyze and summarize and create a unique fighting method for humans. However, with the emergence of the Poké Ball, humans can subdue Pokémon after fighting. This method that takes a long time to achieve success has actually been eliminated long ago. The scrolls that have been preserved now are more of a collection than a practical meaning. However, with your strength, Xiaozhi, you can just use it. ‘
The girl in front of him seemed to be trying to say that this item was not valuable and she didn’t care. But this gym-born lady obviously didn’t know the value of this kind of scroll among the people. Pokéballs have existed for hundreds of years, and this scroll that existed before the Pokéball was born is not an exaggeration to call it an ancient artifact. How could such a thing be unimportant?
Xiaozhi remembered that she seemed to be 14 years old in the dream, so the ninja lady in front of him was already 22 this year. She looked very shrewd yesterday (he thought so), but today she looked clumsy. I wonder which face is the real face of the other person?
But what can be confirmed is that the other party has no ill will towards him. As the owner of the wave power that can sense other people’s emotions, he can be sure of this. So… Xiaozhi held the scroll with care and replied to Aya: “I will master the contents above as soon as possible. Thank you, Aya.”
If you don’t know, then don’t make blind guesses. Instead of doing things you are not good at, he believes more in the theory of putting yourself in other people’s shoes.
Final preparations (old version)
The next day, Xiaozhi came to the team’s daily gathering place, carrying the Leaf Stone that he got by borrowing money from Miss Ninja to fill the deficit.
When the uncle arrived, all the members were already there. This man in his prime seemed to have stayed up late again the night before, and had heavy dark circles under his eyes.
As usual, everyone briefly explained their daily schedules. After Aya and Uncle Alola left, Xiaozhi took out the Leaf Stone and handed it to the uncle.
The uncle subconsciously took the emerald green stone. He stared blankly at the Leaf Stone in his hand, then suddenly pinched himself until he groaned in pain, only then he confirmed that he was not dreaming again.
“You kid… why did you take out such an expensive gift without telling me?” The uncle said his true feelings to Xiaozhi in a somewhat reproachful manner, “How are you going to support your family if you take out so much money? I’m not helping you just to get you to repay me. How are you going to support your two little girls if you take out so much money?”
Xiaozhi smiled, put his hands behind his back so that the uncle couldn’t return the things, and then said, “Uncle, don’t refuse. Your Smurf should have evolved a long time ago, right? The next task is not easy, so it’s better to let him upgrade as soon as possible. Besides, even if you return the things to me, I have to calculate the depreciated price when I return them, so I will lose a lot of money.”
The uncle looked at the stone again before putting it back into his pocket. He scratched his head and reached into the lining of his coat and fumbled for a moment before pulling out a light purple crystal and handing it to Xiaozhi.
Xiaozhi hesitated for a moment, but the uncle didn’t wait for him to refuse and said, “I’ve already accepted your gift, so it’s normal for me to give you a gift in return, right? Do you think you look down on me by not accepting it?”
After hearing this, Xiaozhi had no choice but to accept this item which looked very valuable.
Seeing Xiaozhi take it, the uncle spoke up and said what it was: “I actually picked this thing up in a cave when I was doing a private job. I went to have it specially identified. It’s called the Evolution Stone. If a Pokémon that hasn’t evolved to its final form carries it, it will increase the Pokémon’s physical and energy defenses. But after the Pokémon evolves to its final form, this defense improvement will disappear. I don’t know why.”
He patted Xiaozhi on the shoulder and continued, “Don’t worry about the price of this thing. My Rhythm brought a hard stone item. This Evolution Stone was originally prepared for Kochika. Now that I have the Leaf Stone, I naturally don’t need it.”
Seeing Xiaozhi nod, he changed the subject: “It’s getting late, aren’t you going to training?”
Xiaozhi glanced at the time, said goodbye to the uncle and Lisa in a hurry, and ran towards the class.
Lisa watched Xiaozhi go away until he disappeared around the corner before she spoke to the uncle, “So what are we going to do today, Captain?”
The uncle yawned and replied a little embarrassedly: “I stayed up a little late last night. Little Lisa, can you take over some daily maintenance tasks for me today? I will sleep in the morning and come to help in the afternoon.”
Lisa sighed helplessly. She looked at the uncle’s tired look and expressed her guess: “Uncle Kai, you… didn’t go to work overtime to make money at night? Did you really pick up that evolution stone?”
…The uncle looked up and said to himself nonchalantly, “It’s such a nice day today.”
There was some haze in the sky at the moment. As it was already autumn, the wind in the morning was a little cold. The dry and cold climate really did not match what the uncle was saying at the moment.
Lisa didn’t point it out and started to accept today’s task on the mobile platform without saying anything else.
When everything returned to calm, half a month had passed without realizing it.
In the past half month, the difficulty of all training courses has increased. The battles that Xiaozhi is experiencing in the field combat exercises are basically large-scale battles that last for several days. His personal command skills have little effect in such head-on conflicts involving thousands of people. He can only slowly learn how to command the NPC players in his team to make his Pokémon cooperate with the Pokémon they control to maximize their own strength.
The course of urban complex terrain simulation was a bit strange. Xiaozhi originally thought that he would gradually move on to actual combat after becoming familiar with the course, but the later training was aimed at reaching specific locations in the city. Some of these locations were underground, such as subway stations and sewers, and some were in buildings as complicated as mazes in slums. His task was to get there within a limited time. If he failed to get there within the time limit, he would fail the mission even if he defeated all the enemies he encountered along the way.
The final multi-Pokémon basic formation training was much simpler. In addition to the wolf pack tactics taught at the beginning, the instructor also taught the three-three tactics that are conducive to the use of team strength. (That is, when attacking, the nine members of a combat team are usually divided into three three-to-three formations, two in front and one in the back, and the team leader is in charge to avoid chaos. The distance between members is generally about eight steps, which can not only expand the width during the battle, so that the large-scale skills of Pokémon will not accidentally hurt team members, but also avoid being covered by the enemy’s large-scale moves. In close combat, the three-three tactics are very effective. The battle of three people in a group will not be too bloated and make the commander spend too much energy. The command can also allow the Pokémon to work together to achieve the effect of one plus one being greater than two.)
In addition to these two tactics, it is more about adapting people to the situations they will face in large-scale wars, such as how to retreat in an orderly manner without disrupting their own formation when facing a fierce attack from the enemy, and teaching them methods to deal with special situations.
The final math was much simpler. After confirming Xiaozhi’s level of math learning, Mr. Shoji taught him and Lisa more about how to apply math to real-life situations, how to plan trips most efficiently, and how to judge which products are the best among products of the same price when purchasing goods. This type of math is closely related to the daily lives of trainers.
On the contrary, Lalulas, who was originally just accompanying Xiaozhi to class, was very smart, so Teacher Zhenger taught her mathematics from the basics. In just three weeks, the little girl’s math level has evolved from counting on her fingers to knowing addition, subtraction, multiplication and division within four-digit numbers. The cultivation of mathematical logic is not only reflected in the fact that the little girl’s brain has become smarter, it is even helpful in combat. At least in Xiaozhi’s opinion, the little girl’s control over energy has become more refined, and the moves she releases are always just right, and there is no extra waste of energy.
In addition to the changes in course content, Xiaozhi also made good progress in Pokémon training.
As for Xiaozhi himself, the body of the cowardly bug has grown further under the continuous diet therapy. Its body length has now grown to 70 cm. Both its physical fitness and the power of its mastered moves have been greatly improved. In addition to the original sand shoveling, rounding, insect resistance, water jet, and alloy claws, due to the accumulation of waveguide energy in its body, it has officially learned the waveguide missile with a higher strike range.
Lalulas has also grown a lot. Her telekinetic moves have evolved into phantom rays, and she has also learned a new move, the shadow clone.
The growth of the Vine Snake is not very obvious. In fact, Xiaozhi has been trying to find a way to get along with the Grass Snake in the past half month. He first saved money to buy the little guy a super ball as her temporary residence, and then took the Grass Snake to eat all kinds of delicious food to cultivate feelings and slowly get familiar with the little guy’s current physical condition.
The little girl is quite powerful. Although she has not been exercising enough to improve her physical fitness and has not even reached the level of evolution, her mastery of energy is worthy of her level of strength. The little girl has mastered special attacks such as Magic Leaf, Ultimate Absorption, Seed Bomb, and Leaf Storm. While using the physical attack move Vine Whip to perfection, she can also skillfully use Throw, Leaf Blade, and Water Tail, but the power is much worse. Even in the dream world, the little girl has mastered a few changes in moves. In addition to the natural charming moves, she has also mastered Growth, Parasitic Seed, and Provocation, which can be said to be comprehensive.
There is not much to say about Charmeleon. At his level, unless he makes a breakthrough in the control of energy, his strength will not grow much.
In addition to the improvement in the strength of several Pokémon in Lisa’s place, the most important one is the Jaw Ant. This little guy with the Sand Burrow attribute has learned the two crucial moves of digging holes and biting, and has officially become a general in Lisa’s team.
In addition to learning the moves that Xiaozhi had planned, Aya also began to spend money to raise pets. She fed poison sacs to Ariados to increase the power of poison moves, bought a move learning machine for Moth to learn various psychic moves, and gave Nidoran various nutritional supplements to improve his physical fitness. She also bought exercise equipment to exercise his body. These expensive projects reduced her small coffers and improved her strength. In Xiaozhi’s eyes, Moth and Ariados are already at the elite trainer level, and although Nidoran has not yet been upgraded across classes, his physical fitness has also improved significantly, and he has a promising future.
After the uncle’s Smurfette evolved into Venusaur, its strength also improved and it officially entered the advanced stage. The strength of the other Pokémon remained the same as before, with no obvious changes.
As for the last Alola uncle Soma… In Xiaozhi’s opinion, the strength of his Pokémon has hardly changed. Well… The only incredible thing is that his cooking skills have improved by more than one level. In Xiaozhi’s opinion, he is probably half as good as Xiaogang. While people sigh at his talent in cooking, they also feel a little sad that he is not doing his job properly.
But the leisure time ended here. When Xiaozhi just finished today’s class, the uncle gathered everyone together and informed them of something that Xiaozhi had already expected.
The Rocket Team’s intelligence department has already got some clues in investigating the force of the elite team that killed the old man. The Rocket Team has begun a full investigation and a battle may break out at any time. The reserve members like Xiaozhi who are affected must take assessments in advance and become official members to participate in this plan.
Return to the Black Market (Old Version)
The news came suddenly, and even though Xiaozhi had been mentally prepared, he was still caught off guard. He had no choice but to go with Aya and Soma to ask the uncle for advice on the exam experience.
The uncle was a little mysterious. He didn’t tell Xiaozhi and the others about his own experience. Instead, he told them another thing, which was that the underground black market that was previously occupied by Team Rocket has reopened, and asked Xiaozhi and the others to go there and take a look.
Xiaozhi didn’t quite understand this hint, but with the idea of taking advantage of it, Xiaozhi and the other two still went to the underground black market.
The person originally guarding the door was replaced by a member of the Rocket team in plain clothes. After confirming the identities of Xiaozhi and others, that person let them in.
There was a heavy clicking sound from behind the door, as if something heavy was moved away. This door that looked like a wooden door seemed to be made of some material that Xiaozhi didn’t know. Xiaozhi’s waveguide could not penetrate it like a wooden door.
As soon as Xiaozhi and the others entered, they saw Haoli next to the Rocket team member lower an iron gate, and the iron gate hit the blocking position and made a sound similar to the previous one.
“Why do I feel like I’m entering a secret base?” Alola Uncle Soma said what Xiaozhi wanted to say.
The Rocket team member snorted and warned coldly: “You reserve members better be careful with your tongues. There’s nothing to be afraid of even if the police discover this secret base, but if you guys are found gossiping, your superiors will not let you off easily.” After he said that, he turned around and ignored the reactions of Xiaozhi and the other two.
After being scolded, Soma didn’t dare to say anything, but just followed Xiaozhi, who was familiar with the route, into the underground tunnel.
The three of them skipped this episode and walked into the black market. The entire black market seemed to have been renovated. The previously messy places were renovated, and some illegal buildings that originally occupied the road were also demolished. The appearance of the entire black market was completely different from before, and it looked more simple and clear.
Xiaozhi, Aya and the other two acted separately. He first visited the Rocket Team’s base here. There was no doubt that all the people here were ordinary Rocket Team members, and there were also several ordinary combat teams who were on daily patrol to maintain order.
This made him doubt the identity of the gatekeeper at the door.
The opponent’s equipment is even more elite than those of the elite team. There is fighting energy flowing on that seemingly inconspicuous uniform. Although the specific effect is unknown, it is obviously worth a lot of money.
His status is obviously higher than those in this stronghold. Why would such a person be guarding the gate?
The door of this underground black market is the only exit exposed to the public. If this black market is important, then it is reasonable to have an entire elite team guarding this door. If it is not important, then it is reasonable to have an ordinary combat team stationed there. However, a fighter who looks stronger may not be much stronger than an ordinary team in terms of strength. It is obvious that the cost of having such a person stationed here is higher than that of an ordinary combat team, but there will be no higher gains. The person in charge of the Rocket Team here is not a fool, so how can he do such a loss-making business?
Besides, the other party’s words and actions just now were a bit extreme. Just now, Xiaozhi observed through the power of wave guidance that the other party’s emotions were very stable, and it didn’t seem like he was deliberately speaking like that. In fact, in Xiaozhi’s opinion, it seemed more like a kind of nervousness, as if the other party was doing something that required concentration and he hasn’t come back yet.
Combining the two pieces of information, Xiaozhi guessed that there might be an elite team that had been patrolling here for a while and might not have made any progress until recently. The purpose of keeping this person might not be to guard the gate, but to observe whether those who came in were suspicious. Combining the news that Xiaozhi had heard from the uncle before, he quickly made a guess.
The elite team, the underground black market, clues to the murderer and the uncle’s hint that he should come for a visit, all of these combined made Xiaozhi have his own guesses.
He had always thought that Team Rocket was concerned about the killing of the old man’s entire elite team, but now it seems that the important thing is not the team, but the box taken away by the old man in this underground black market. The reason why the other party left one person behind was probably because he went there after getting information from somewhere else. The purpose of this person who stayed behind was probably to guard against any suspicious people sneaking back here to make some arrangements, right?
But…what does this have to do with tomorrow’s assessment? Confused, Xiaozhi wandered around the black market again.
The items sold in the black market were very diverse. Xiaozhi even saw some hot-selling Pokémon dolls among them, but there were no trademarks on them, which meant they were obviously homemade by the merchants.
The price seemed to be much cheaper than that of normal brands, so Xiaozhi bought a few based on his feeling and then joined Aya and the others.
Compared to the distracted Ash and his friends, their harvest was obviously much richer. Aya found a poisonous orb from somewhere. This thing is dangerous for ordinary Pokémon, but for Pokémon with a single poison attribute, it can increase the damage of their poison-attribute moves and the energy recovery speed. Even for those Pokémon with poison healing properties, the poison attached to it is a tonic that can quickly restore their strength and injuries.
Uncle Soma bought a lot of strange things. He noticed that the black market sold a lot of meat products that were stolen by poachers from livestock farms. Since the meat was from unclean sources, the price was much cheaper than the market price. He bought several kilograms of pork and excitedly told Xiaozhi that he planned to go back and marinate it and make a barbecue and invite them to try it.
The throwing monkey behind him was holding a dark green ball and playing with it as a basketball. After Xiaozhi and his friends asked, Uncle Soma came back to his senses from the joy of buying cheap meat products and explained to Xiaozhi and his friends that he bought it from a small stall selling weapons. The core of the ball was made of scrap iron and weighed about five kilograms. The outer layer was wrapped with a layer of soft rubber that was said to be made of the secretion of the lysozoic beast to ensure that it had sufficient elasticity. If someone who was proficient in throwing skills threw the ball out, the ball could be bounced back and reused with the help of elasticity. It was a good weapon for the throwing monkey, but I didn’t know if this type of equipment could be considered a prop certified by the alliance?
When the three were about to leave, they noticed that there was a building under construction in the black market, which happened to be located at the base of the elite team that Xiaozhi had gone to rescue the old man.
The original house building was completely demolished. It seems that those who are looking for clues are good at digging deep into the ground. I wonder what the building that is about to be built will look like?
Putting aside their curiosity, Xiaozhi and the other two left the black market. Before leaving, the gatekeeper looked them over carefully, as if he was confirming whether they were the suspicious elements he was investigating.
Soma heaved a sigh of relief after they were a little further away and began to greet the man’s parents.
Aya didn’t say anything but handed Xiaozhi a piece of written note. The words on the note were asking Xiaozhi if he knew the purpose of the uncle asking them to come here.
Since this mission would involve the other two, Xiaozhi had no intention of keeping it secret and revealed all his speculations.
Unlike what Xiaozhi expected, the expressions of the two people who received the news did not change. Xiaozhi could roughly guess what Uncle Soma was thinking. After so many days of getting along, he gradually saw through his character. He was the kind of person who took things as they came, and did everything from day to day without any sense of crisis. It was also normal that he did not care about this matter.
Aya was a little puzzled. As a native of Kanto and one of the direct heirs of the Crimson Gym, she should be well aware of the unusualness of this matter.
However, seeing the other party’s matter-of-fact look, Xiaozhi did not ask. In this team, both he and the other party have combat strength higher than ordinary members. As long as they will not be responsible for the core part of the mission as the uncle said, he is confident that it is more than enough to protect everyone’s safety.
Since the test was tomorrow, Xiaozhi did not mention the evening training for the first time. He just encouraged each other with Soma and the others and then said goodbye.
Assessment: Battle for the Underground Black Market (Old Version)
“The test will begin in one minute. Please wear your helmet correctly, keep your body and mind relaxed, and clear your mind.”
“The countdown begins: 59, 58, 59…”
Xiaozhi put on the helmet as instructed and felt the enclosed dark space around him, feeling a little nervous.
He knew in his heart that this was just a regularization test, and with his ability, it should not be a problem for him to pass, but he still couldn’t help but feel his heart beating faster.
This has nothing to do with the assessment, but another reason. If he really passes the assessment, it means that he has truly joined Team Rocket, and he will fight as a member of Team Rocket in the future and strive for the interests of Team Rocket.
Before passing the assessment, he could comfort himself that he was only temporarily committed to being a thief and there would be a day when he would soar high into the sky. However, after crossing this threshold, he officially became a member of the Rockets’ pyramid hierarchy, and even if he quit the Rockets in the future, he would not be able to erase this stain.
He had always thought he was prepared, but until now he felt that he seemed not to be fully ready.
I don’t know what I should do if I meet Xiaoguang and the others in the future? But it’s easier to meet Xiaoxia and Xiaogang in Kanto, right?
Before Xiaozhi could continue thinking about the opening remarks he should make when they meet, the mechanical broadcast voice suddenly raised its pitch by eight notes.
“1, the countdown ends and the assessment begins.”
As it came to an end, Xiaozhi’s senses gradually became blurred and he lost connection with the waves that were emitted.
As his vision returned, he regained control of his body. Xiaozhi looked up and found himself sitting in a van, and the surrounding scene seemed familiar.
Before he could recall, the familiar voice of the uncle came from the side: “Hurry up and put on your equipment, don’t be dazed, we are going to attack the underground black market of the gang organization. Although we are only a logistics team, you can’t guarantee your life safety if you don’t pay attention.”
Xiaozhi turned around in surprise, but only saw a strange face. Before he could exclaim, a system prompt came to his ear.
“The environment module has been loaded. The current battle scene is XX Town, Jinhuang City. Mission event: Lost Property Recovery Mission.”
“You have received the task information:
Main quest: Complete logistical work until the lost property is successfully recovered.
Optional task 1: Help team members complete the task as much as possible.
Optional Task 2: Participate in the process of fighting for lost items as much as possible.
Please note that your performance will affect your final score, so please proceed with caution.”
After the message was played, Xiaozhi looked back at the NPC whose spoken language was exactly the same as the uncle’s but whose face was completely different. He looked around and found that the people around him looked different from the people in the car in his memory.
Xiaozhi pulled out the dagger from the waist of the person next to him, and saw the figure reflected in the glass clearly through the reflection.
That was exactly what I looked like in real life.
…Others have kindly changed their faces to protect their privacy, but am I the only one who still shows his real appearance to others?
Xiaozhi was silent for a while. Perhaps he had already been involved in the crime since the incident ended and could not clear himself from it? If he could experience this battle again, it meant that others could experience it too. His identity was exposed from the moment this simulated mission was uploaded.
Xiaozhi didn’t think about it anymore and put on his equipment again. It’s not that he hadn’t thought about leaving Team Rocket. He had even done some research on which jobs didn’t require ID to apply for a job, and the most common ones were porter, lumberjack, and farmhand.
All three are heavy physical labor occupations. The first one, a porter, is paid by piecework. The more he moves, the higher his salary will be. However, it seems that those who are more capable will work harder, but in fact, the weight of increasing wages is increasing exponentially like 2, 4, 8, 16, while the salary growth is an equivalent growth of 2, 4, 6, 8, 10. The more he moves, the more he loses. It’s just bullying because of the lack of education.
The job of lumberjack and farmhand is not much better. The daily wage of lumberjack is slightly higher than the average wage, but not only do they have to buy tools at their own expense, they also have to bring their own Pokémon to work with them. They also have extremely high daily workload requirements, and their wages will be deducted if they fail to meet them. Xiaozhi cannot accept the fact that he is paid only for one person to do the work of two people (one Pokémon each), and he is afraid that Charmeleon will starve to death halfway through the work. The name of farmhand looks high-sounding, but the work he does is all torturous, such as digging cow dung, driving away insects, and protecting the vegetable fields from being eaten by Pokémon at night. These are all dangerous and energy-consuming jobs. The key is that the salary is paid every six months. If Xiaozhi really goes, he will really have no time to take care of Airi and Akemi.
Almost all jobs that do not require proof of identity are the high-risk, physically demanding and low-paid labor mentioned above. For an illegal immigrant like Xiaozhi who was born in a slum, it is also very simple to obtain a proof of identity. First, he must have a formal job. Secondly, he must have at least three years of work experience. Finally, he must ask his superior at the unit to issue him a letter of guarantee before he can go to the tax bureau to pay three years of personal income tax and apply for a personal identity certificate.
It sounds easy, but in fact, the first formal job is not so easy to find. After all, many of the jobs mentioned above, including the porter, are actually not formal. They are just small workshops. It is naturally impossible to issue a letter of guarantee.
After giving up all those messy jobs and looking back, Xiaozhi sadly discovered that the only thing that suited him was joining Team Rocket…
Picking up the shield and baton in his hands, Xiaozhi looked at his clothes again to make sure they were neatly dressed before sitting down again and starting to plan his next move.
Now that he is experiencing the operation again, he naturally will not be satisfied with simply copying his previous actions. He wants to try to see if he can save as many people as possible this time.
After arriving at the destination, they passed through the somewhat familiar underground tunnel again to reach the black market. Originally, everyone would have disbanded their patrols here.
At this point, Xiao Zhika suddenly spoke up: “Everyone, we don’t know what’s going on in the battle on the front line yet. Don’t you think it’s a bit risky to disperse like this? If we encounter a small group of enemies that have been defeated by the main force, we won’t be able to face them alone. How about we go to the front base to get information and reasonably allocate patrols according to the actual battle situation?”
Xiaozhi wants to try to use words to influence the actions of these NPCs. Will these NPCs only act according to a fixed behavioral logic or do they have a certain intelligence and will they adopt reasonable suggestions?
The result soon emerged. Apart from the original uncle, only the team leader and the deputy team leader followed Xiaozhi. The others seemed to have never heard of it and continued patrolling along the original route.
Xiaozhi immediately understood that ordinary NPCs were the former, while those with positions and who had to make decisions on the battlefield were the latter.
He said no more and rushed to the stronghold with the three of them.
Since they arrived earlier than originally planned, Xiaozhi and his friends could still hear fierce gunfire in the distance when they arrived at the base. Xiaozhi hesitated for a moment whether he should go over there to warn them that it was an ambush, but gave up after thinking for a moment.
The experience of the previous half month had already told Xiaozhi that the general plot direction in the battle simulation cannot be changed. Even changing it in advance will make the plot take a worse direction. For example, powerful characters entering the field early, the opponent’s reinforcements arriving in advance, etc. will lead to an even greater gap in the strength between the enemy and us, making the controllability caused by this variable even smaller.
When Xiaozhi arrived at the base and saw the injured Pokémon all over the ground, he did not go up to treat them immediately. Instead, he turned around and told the three people behind him his thoughts: “According to the wartime regulations of Team Rocket, Pokémon that are seriously injured and sent back to the rear for treatment need to stay in the rear until they are fully recovered, unless there is a decisive battle on the front line. In this situation, we can use this rule to treat some of the Pokémon with lighter injuries and use the right of logistics management to take them to patrol to increase our strength.”
Because he was facing an NPC, he didn’t use any honorifics, but quickly told others his thoughts.
The three of them nodded without hesitation and joined in the rescue.
The number of people rescuing Pokémon increased from two to five, and the speed was greatly increased. After rescuing all the Pokémon, Xiaozhi and his friends still had time to feed the Pokémon energy blocks and compressed food to restore their attribute energy and physical strength.
Thanks to timely treatment, the injuries were prevented from getting worse, and this time even more than a dozen Pokémon recovered their combat capabilities. Ash didn’t hesitate to be polite to others and directly took over the control of a Pidgeot with an injured right eye, a Nidorino with bandages wrapped around its hind limbs, and a Golbat with a broken tooth in its mouth.
These Pokémon were all members of the group that lost their combat capabilities due to lack of timely treatment in that battle. However, the reason why they were able to be cured in the virtual world was that they arrived in time and the treatment in the virtual world was very convenient. As long as the health bar on the Pokémon’s head was filled up, their injuries would improve and recover quickly. Unlike in reality, they didn’t need to clean up the alien energy in their bodies and stop bleeding before the wounds could begin to heal.
After dealing with all this, there was a warning sound outside the door just like last time. Xiaozhi did not hesitate. After seeing the NPC with the uncle’s voice, the NPC with Lisa’s voice and the other two people go out, he went around from the back door and observed from the flank. He found that after the two sides started fighting, they let Zubat and Pidgeot attack from the sky to alert the enemies on this side. While the enemy’s attention was attracted to the air, he suddenly rushed out from the alley and threw the Poké Balls of Chicharito and Nidorino into the crowd to cause chaos. While the people around him were in chaos and besieged the two Pokémon, he rushed into the enemy group, and with the cooperation of the two Pokémon flying in the sky, he formed a pincer attack on this part of the enemy and quickly defeated them. What happened afterwards was the same as last time. The only difference was that since the strength of his side had increased a lot and the enemy’s defeat was faster than the previous time, the uncle and the two guards did not lose their combat ability.
After interrogating the original small leader, Xiaozhi also took the opportunity to ask for the rescue of his teammates, and took the three NPCs who had followed him to rescue the members of Team Rocket.
However, after rescuing the people this time, he did not ask them to return directly to the base. Instead, he distributed the extra energy blocks and healing items he brought with him and asked them to lurk in the houses on both sides of an alley to prepare to ambush the large army.
Of course, Xiaozhi did not have the authority to command these ordinary NPCs, so what he said was another matter. He tried his best to state the advantages of this terrain, saying that it was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the two buildings could form a horn to help each other, which was very suitable for them to rest temporarily. With the help of the identities of the two NPC team leaders next to him, he got the other party to agree.
In this way, Xiaozhi’s snowball kept growing bigger and bigger. When he encountered the evacuees led by the female captain, he had already arranged several ambush sites using the previous method.
What happened next was unremarkable. It was nothing more than luring the enemy into an ambush circle, cooperating with those ordinary NPCs who sensed the enemy coming out to kill the enemy, and when those ordinary NPC Pokémon were defeated and evacuated, letting their own flying Pokémon block the enemy’s pursuit to avoid casualties, and then leading the enemy into the next ambush circle to repeat the process.
However, before the last ambush circle, Xiaozhi did not choose to go with the evacuation troops. Instead, he let Pidgeot and Golbat carry him around in a big circle and got behind the enemy.
When the siege began, he took advantage of the enemy’s confusion and attacked from behind. His original intention was to attack from behind, which would definitely catch the enemy off guard. Given the fighting spirit of these hooligans, they might surrender like the little leader after being hit hard. However, he overlooked one point.
This is a virtual world, and the enemies in front of them are not real people, but data that act according to logic. Without a way out, the retreat commands in the minds of these NPCs naturally cannot take effect. Naturally, they only have the option of fighting.
The final battle was more intense than Xiaozhi had imagined. Since he was the only one in that direction, most of the enemies were rushing towards him. For every Pokémon he knocked down, two more would come up. For every person he knocked down, two more would rush up. The crowd seemed almost endless.
He wanted to use the power of waves, but remembered that he couldn’t activate it in this virtual world. He had to concentrate. He recalled the contents of the scroll that Aya gave him, and gradually imitated the movements on it and began to move.
In the half month since he got the scroll, he had read its contents more than once, but he could never understand the strange steps and weird movements. It was not until this moment, when he was facing the siege of the crowd, that he finally understood.
The purpose of those special steps is not to release some powerful moves or have any strange effects. Their purpose is to allow people to adjust their posture when exerting their full strength. Just like Xiaozhi, he simply cannot face the siege of everyone at the same time, so he can use this step to fight and retreat while knocking down the enemy.
These strange postures do not serve to unleash any special moves, or secret techniques to draw energy from heaven and earth to strengthen the body, but rather allow one to take advantage of the momentum to attack the enemy while dodging the enemy’s attacks.
Each of the above moves and styles do not have any magical effects. They are just the most simple techniques to defeat the enemy, but they are most appropriate at this moment.
Xiaozhi’s mind was highly concentrated, attacking, dodging, parrying, and moving. New enemies rushed up every moment, and while he was either dodging or killing them, he also had to guard against flying Pokémon in the sky, long-range attacks from the enemy’s rear, and interfering moves such as anesthetic powder.
He is in danger at any time. As long as any of these moves hits him, his body will pause for a moment, reducing his efficiency in killing the enemy. This will cause his balance to collapse and he will be overwhelmed by the Pokémon tide. Having lost the power of the wave, he is actually just an ordinary person with a better physical fitness than ordinary people. It is easy to imagine what will happen then.
But such an environment is also the best way to train people’s potential. After dodging the enemy’s attacks for who knows how many times, Xiaozhi was finally careless. A water gun shot out from the gap in the crowd. At this moment, Xiaozhi had just dodged a powerful attack and his body was still moving backwards, so he didn’t notice the water gun at all.
Just as the water gun was about to hit Xiaozhi and the generated water vapor touched Xiaozhi’s skin on his waist, Xiaozhi’s body seemed to sense the crisis and he subconsciously contracted his muscles to deflect his body so that the blow that would have hit his body directly only grazed his waist.
Xiaozhi also felt the abnormality in his body at that moment, as well as the water that brushed against his waist. It was as if his reaction just now was not guided by him subjectively, but his body subconsciously sensed the danger and acted naturally.
He didn’t think much about it but kept this phenomenon in mind and devoted himself to the battle.
Attack, step back, adjust body posture, and attack again. I don’t know how long this cycle lasted, until finally, Xiaozhi saw a stranger coming up, and just as he was about to swing his baton, he stopped right before hitting the other person. The other person was the NPC with the uncle’s voice.
Looking around, there were only enemy “corpses” emitting faint light and disappearing everywhere, and a few Rockets teammates who stayed in the crowd to heal their wounds.
Only then did he realize that the battle was over.
The assessment is over, and the mysterious cadre is questioning (old version)
Xiaozhi collapsed to the ground. Although this was a virtual world, he seemed to really feel the fatigue in his body.
He gasped for breath, and only raised his head after adjusting his mentality, staring at the few people in front of him in a daze.
He still remembered that his initial idea was to avoid casualties as much as possible. Obviously all the previous steps were correct, so why was there such a big contrast in the end?
…He was not stupid. When he had doubts, he naturally thought of the reasons. But in reality, would the other party really surrender as he imagined if they encountered such a situation?
Not necessarily. He had seen an ancient saying on the Internet before, “Besiege three walls and leave one missing.” It means that when attacking a city in ancient times, if the number of people on both sides is not much different, the attackers will always only surround the three walls and leave the last one alone.
There are three reasons for abandoning that wall. 1. If you surround one wall less, the enemy will have to defend that wall, and they will have to leave enough troops to defend the city. They can then concentrate their forces to attack the other three walls. 2. After abandoning that wall, the enemy will feel that they have a way out and don’t have to be trapped in the city to defend it, which will reduce their fighting spirit. 3. When the enemy is in crisis, you can also deploy mobile forces to ambush them in advance, and catch them off guard when the enemy breaks out from there.
Xiaozhi’s previous experience was actually somewhat similar to this. The most convenient way to avoid casualties is to lie in ambush first, and then attack the enemy from the middle after most of the enemy begins to retreat. Then, he only attacks the enemies that have begun to retreat, and lets those enemies that have not retreated continue to fight with the ambush troops. In this way, the enemy will not fight to the death because of being in a desperate situation, and he will not be in such a mess as before, and he can continue to expand the results of the battle through pursuit.
Of course, this is not without disadvantages. This method of attack naturally cannot completely wipe out the enemy, but looking at the remaining Miaomiao and a few others, Xiaozhi would rather do it himself.
He walked into the crowd and checked the remaining people. The female captain NPC character died, and the other two NPCs who followed Xiaozhi here were also missing. Xiaozhi even saw the two guards in the base and the NPC with Lisa’s voice lying on the ground. These friendly NPCs did not disappear into spots of light, but lay on the ground bleeding like real people, as if to warn others how important life is.
After closing the eyes of these “companions” who had only met once, I decided to carefully consider the consequences before doing anything in the future. Otherwise, if Lisa and the others were injured or even…
Xiaozhi took out the Poké Balls at his waist, and found that all four Poké Balls were empty. In the previous crisis, he had no time to command them, and the result was obvious. The virtual Pokémon without command would not run away, but would only mechanically attack the enemy in front of them. What would be the result when the enemy was much worse than him?
He searched the battlefield to find the remains of the Pokémon. Holding the shapeless bodies, he really didn’t know what to say… Why did they make this virtual world so real? Everything in front of him, this tragic victory was more difficult to accept than the defeat.
Fortunately, this is a virtual world, and he can only use this reason to comfort himself.
He took care of his injuries a little while preparing to take part in the subsequent operation to rescue the elite team. But at this moment, a violent explosion suddenly came from the distant building. Then a virtual settlement screen popped up in front of him, indicating the end of his trial.
His vision gradually blurred, leaving only the words that kept appearing on the virtual screen in front of him.
Main mission: Complete the logistics work until the lost items are recovered successfully. (Completion level: Completed)
Optional Task 1: Help team members complete the task as much as possible. (Completion level: Exceeded)
Optional Task 2: Participate in the process of fighting for lost items as much as possible. (Completion level: Exceeded)
Comment: You successfully rescued the Pokémon in the black market base and assisted the garrison in repelling the enemy’s counterattack. You covered most of the Rocket Team members’ escape from the enemy’s encirclement and arranged an ambush, completely annihilating the enemy who was much stronger than your own troops. Your comprehensive ability far exceeds our standards, but please pay attention to your own safety.
Congratulations on passing this assessment.
Since I will initiate a manual review of your results to determine your final score, your consciousness will not be able to return to reality for the time being. Please wait patiently.
Xiaozhi didn’t quite understand what happened, but he was relieved to hear that he had passed the review. Even though the process made him very unwilling, at least he passed and would not be eliminated because of his poor performance in the end.
Xiaozhi was still complaining to himself. On the other side, the customer service representative who received the settlement information and was about to send the resume and assessment recording of the qualification rating of special grade to the secretary general of Manato suddenly received a warning of virus invasion. Before she could react, a virtual image of Rotom suddenly appeared from the laptop in front of her and laughed mischievously at her.
The customer service representative obviously had never experienced this before, so he quickly found a senior customer service representative to ask for advice. The person glanced at the screen, took a sip of tea, and then waved his hand to reassure her. After swallowing the tea, he instructed, “First, look at the text on the back of this Notom. Do you see it?”
The new customer service representative came forward to take a closer look and said uncertainly, “It looks like there’s a 02 mark on the back?”
The senior member took another sip of tea and asked calmly, “Do you know what this mark means?” After seeing the other party shake his head, he showed an expression that showed that young people still need to practice and gave the answer, “You should know that there is only one 01 in our entire Rocket Team, and that is Lord Sakaki. 02 means that the other party’s status is only below Lord Sakaki, which means that the other party’s status is the legendary branch director. We may not meet such a big shot in our lifetime. You are really lucky to encounter this situation when you just took office.”
“But I just received a very important resume and haven’t–“
The senior employee quickly put his index finger in front of his mouth to ask her to shut up. He glanced around and confirmed that no one was paying attention before he spoke: “Why do you think 02 wanted to hack your computer? I’m afraid they probably found that good candidate on the resume you mentioned and are rushing to make a move. You’d better not tell anyone about this. When the time comes, 02 will naturally give you a hush money if the job goes well. Remember to ask for dinner when the time comes.”
The newcomer looked at Rotom, who was still smiling mischievously on the computer, at a loss, and hesitantly said what he was thinking: “What should I do now?”
“Close your notebook and drink your tea.”
Xiaozhi naturally didn’t know that there were people thousands of miles away who were troubled by his problems. His attention was still focused on self-reflection on previous events, and he was reviewing his previous actions to see if there were other areas that needed reflection and improvement.
He didn’t notice that a woman appeared right in front of him.
While he was thinking with a frown, the other party was looking at him with great interest, as if he was looking at an uncut gem.
She didn’t rush to speak, just like a teacher waiting for students to answer questions, just watching silently, not disturbing the other person’s thoughts, until Xiaozhi’s brows relaxed, she said: “What are you thinking about?”
Xiaozhi looked up at the source of the sound, but saw only darkness. He could only answer his answer in a daze in the general direction: “I am reflecting on my mistakes.”
The woman was surprised at the other party’s answer at first, then seeing that the other party had no purpose and was just glancing at her for politeness, she realized her little mistake.
With a snap of his fingers, Xiaozhi’s eyes suddenly brightened. In this pure white space, a desk, a chair, and a masked woman in the black uniform of Team Rocket suddenly appeared in front of him.
She was a long-haired woman with long legs and a bulging chest.
Xiaozhi has actually always been a little confused about why some girls have bulging breasts while others have nothing on their breasts. This can actually affect people’s judgment. At least if Lisa wore the same clothes as him and shaved her long hair short, he really couldn’t tell whether the other person was a boy or a girl. Fortunately, he doesn’t have to worry about making the other person angry by calling the lady in front of him “sir”. This is particularly important. Well, at least he had a profound experience with Xiaoxia.
The woman opposite obviously didn’t know what kind of rude thing Xiaozhi was thinking at this moment. Seeing that Xiaozhi answered her previous question without speaking, she took the initiative to bring up the topic and said, “Aren’t you surprised?”
After hearing this, Xiaozhi looked around again, trying to find something strange that he had missed, but in the end he only saw the desk, the recliner, and the woman in front of him.
Seeing Xiaozhi’s confused look, the woman confirmed her thoughts. She said with some self-mockery: “It seems that you really don’t know me.”
Xiaozhi wanted to complain. Even if he really knew the other person, he wouldn’t be able to recognize him, right? But the other person’s style was obviously that of a senior official. He didn’t want to offend the other person, so he modestly said, “Maybe I just joined Team Rocket not long ago, so I’m not familiar with the taboos of the higher-ups. Please forgive me for not having time to remember the names of each adult.”
The woman waved her hand and pointed, and a detailed resume appeared in the air. She pointed to a piece of information on it and asked curiously, “You achieved a real-life simulation level achievement in the first week after you joined?”
Xiaozhi felt that the other party was doubting his identity, so he took the opportunity to reveal the secret that he had no intention of hiding: “I am a trial participant.”
Hearing the unexpected answer, the woman wanted to speak again, but Xiaozhi seemed to see her thoughts and answered in advance: “I have two younger sisters at home. I was injured in the Kanto riot and I haven’t recovered yet, so I didn’t tell you when I registered the file.”
Although this sentence was a bit confusing, the woman who understood the Rockets’ style immediately understood what the other party meant. He was afraid that if he showed too much talent, his family would be held hostage by the Rockets, and that if the Rockets did not take good care of his two sisters, their conditions would worsen.
She nodded and was silent for a while before throwing out her idea: “Would you like to be my subordinate?”
Xiaozhi shook his head and refused without hesitation: “I have already joined the conservatives, and the conservatives’ uniforms are all white, so I’m afraid I can’t join your army.”
“Those guys who stick to the old ways? Do you think there’s a future with them?”
Xiaozhi did not answer immediately, but looked up as if he was looking at a starless sky, and then answered the other party: “I want to see the stars.” He remembered the words of the uncle when he persuaded him to join, and remembered the starry sky he saw every time he looked up when camping outdoors in the dream world. He had to admit that he was attracted by this sentence. What on earth is there in that vast sea of stars?
The woman didn’t know how many times she was surprised today, but the look in the eyes of the young man opposite her didn’t seem fake at all. Thinking of the dazzling sea of stars she saw in silence during her adventure a long time ago, she couldn’t help but be interested. Unfortunately, she still had things to do. She didn’t have the right to pursue her dreams. At least, before she finished that thing…
She came back to her senses and finally remembered the important matter. She looked at the young man in front of her and asked, “If your performance this time is divided into special, good, medium, and poor, where do you think you should be ranked?”
Xiaozhi hesitated for a moment, then sighed helplessly when thinking of his previous behavior: “I think… it’s inferior.”
“Inferior?” The woman remembered the special-level file that Notom had intercepted before, and for some reason she wanted to laugh. “You only used less than 40 combat team members who were in poor condition to wipe out nearly 240 gangsters? Why are you so unconfident in yourself?”
“When I participated in that operation, the casualties of my teammates were less than half of this time when I defeated and recruited the enemy. At that time, I was able to save the physical strength of the Pokémon to participate in the rescue operation. But this time, I was completely unable to fight. It was obviously the second time, but my performance was not as good as the first time. What else can I say if not inferior?”
The woman was amused by his strange self-evaluation that emphasized his weaknesses and avoided his strengths. She looked at the young man in front of her with deep meaning and said, “Are you sure? If I report your inferior evaluation, your reward will be much lower.”
After hearing this, Xiaozhi hesitated and asked, “Will there be money in the reward?”
The woman shook her head and gave the other party a negative answer. How could such an assessment that would affect one’s career have such a perfunctory reward as a bonus?
Seeing the other party’s negative answer, Xiaozhi breathed a sigh of relief and said decisively: “Then I’ll leave it to you.”
The woman nodded and didn’t ask any more questions. She just changed the file, looked at the interesting young man and said, “My name is Chris.”
“I’m Xiaozhi.”
Chris looked at him one last time and said something intriguing: “We will meet again.”
Xiaozhi did not answer. He put his right hand on his left chest and nodded, “Master Chris, take care.”
The Nature of the Human Body (Old Version)
When his vision was restored, Xiaozhi also felt the return of the wave power again. He stood up and stretched his muscles. Looking around, he found that everyone else had left. Only Aya and Alola Uncle Soma were waiting for him.
“Little brother, you are a little slow. How did you do in the exam?” Soma couldn’t wait to ask when he saw him stand up.
Xiaozhi nodded and said, “Although it was a bit tortuous, I finally passed it. What about you guys?”
The uncle was a little embarrassed. He scratched his head and thought of his poor performance and sighed, “I almost didn’t pass. Fortunately, a female captain brought a few people to support the base at the last moment, otherwise I’m afraid I really couldn’t hold the base.”
Aya also picked up a note and simply wrote down her experience. After she defended the stronghold, she also received a rescue mission, but the last group of people were too many. She could only attract as many enemies as possible and drag a group of people to play parkour in the black market until the mission was over.
After telling their respective experiences, the three of them left the classroom together and informed the uncle and others of the test results.
After seeing the uncle and the other man from a distance, Xiaozhi ran over first, hugged the uncle, then turned to Lisa and opened his arms.
Lisa was a little confused when he hugged the uncle, but when Xiaozhi turned to her, she immediately reacted and waved her hands in front of her chest: “Wait a minute, wait a minute, there are so many people…”
Before she could finish, Xiaozhi held her in his arms. She took a deep breath and felt the familiar scent of the person next to her. The knot in her heart was finally relieved.
The negative emotions in my heart finally dissipated when I saw that I was safe.
He took two steps back and looked at the uncle who still had a childish expression, and Lisa, whose face was slightly red and who lowered her head to avoid looking at him, and said cheerfully, “I’m glad to see that you are all right.”
The uncle obviously realized the meaning of what Xiaozhi said and began to ask Xiaozhi and the two people who came over about their experiences during the exam.
When Xiaozhi finished answering, he realized why Xiaozhi was so excited and sighed helplessly.
他先向小智他们解释他们为什么会匹配到同一个考核场景的原因。原来，每次火箭队出任务时如果那次任务能被选为实战模拟那接下来的转正考核中那些参与这次行动的战斗小队所处的火箭队基地都会进行同内容的考核。虽然看似不相关，但这种机制对于那些战斗小队是有好处的，首先就是做宣传，让基地里的新人都知道自己基地里有一只小队出现在自己的考核里面并且自己在考核中或多或少和对方都有些联系他们必然更加好奇这个小队，虽然为了保护隐私改变了对方的相貌，但声音和名字可还是原班人马，只要细心打听不难找到，这样也无疑会让他们招收新成员变得更顺利。再就是被选入实战模拟时，上面会告诉所有参与作战的战斗小队队长这点，这些队长也可以告诉一些他们看好的新人这一点让他们更容易得到好评价，无论是拢诺人心还是收取金钱无疑都能创造更高的利益。
大叔原本也是打得这种想法提前提醒了一下小智三人，他本以为以小智的实力配合上他对于这次战斗的了解最后拿个上等或者特等都有可能却没想到最后是这个结果。小智并没有详细说明全歼这个词，只是说自己这次疏忽了，损失重大才打败了敌人恐怕评价不会太高，大叔也就自然以为他这次是和上次一样只是击溃了一小半敌人让大半敌人逃跑了自己却还损失惨重的结果了。
算了，大叔没再多想，见三人都通过了就带着他们又回到了丽莎女士的办公室，进行正式的战斗队员申请。
丽莎女士的办公室摆放了不少新制服，看来是做好了准备的。等小智三人在她那登记信息后关于考核的结果才展露出来。
相马大叔的档案上有下等两个字，结合他之前的描述倒是合理，毕竟他到考核结束也只是刚好守住了据点。
阿雅是中等，她不仅守住了据点，还帮女队长拖走了一大堆追击者，让女队长成功撤离，但她的行动却也让很多零散开的火箭队员遭了殃，让很多原本能逃脱的人都被这场追逐战牵连了，所以这个结果也合情合理。
但轮到小智时最后的结果却让他吃了一惊，因为他的档案上并不是他对那位克丽丝干部说的下等，上面明明白白的写着上等两个字，小智又想起那位女干部有些淡薄的气质不由得苦笑，好歹人家也是大人物怎么会因为他的一句话就改变自己的想法呢？
他当然不知道自己原本的成绩是特等，还是克丽丝看出他想要低调行事才给他降了一级，而且他不知道的是像他这样实战模拟构建者第二次经历场景的其实评价基本都能拿到上等，要是随他的意给个下等评价却会更加引人注意。
不知道这些细节的小智自然领会不到对方的好意，不过克丽丝显然也不会在乎这一点。
收拾好心情，小智他们开始了更换装备，由于他们正式成为了战斗队员（或者说火箭队小兵？）他们每人都领到了一套基础战斗防护服，这套衣服内衬是用绿毛虫吐出来的丝制成的十分坚韧，中间的夹层用的是工业纤维具有一定的耐火性和防水性，外层据说使用的铁壳昆进化时脱落的甲壳质地坚韧的同时还有一定的防御能力。
普通人穿上这一身虽然说徒手打败腕力之类较强的宝宝宝可梦有些夸张，但小拉达，喵喵这类的宝可梦的攻击都能有效抵挡却不是什么空话。
然后就是联络设备的更换，小智原本那个样式有些老的设备被从新换成了更先进设备，模样看着有些像半翻盖手机。
最后的收获便是一笔积分，下等300点，中等600点，上等900点。这笔钱应该算得上是火箭队对于新人的新手奖励了，毕竟兑换比例上升小智的这900点足以兑换9000块钱差不多是他在火箭队两个月的工资了。
当然，暂时摆脱经济危机的他也没兑换金钱的打算，而是马上就把积分花了出去。
先花了四百积分买了两个豪华球为以后回归的同伴做准备，接着又花了300积分给火恐龙买了两盒火系能量方块最后的两百积分也没浪费和之前积累的积分一起直接兑换了一个守住的技能学习机，这个招式小智的所有宝可梦都能学会而且十分实用买下来绝对不会亏就是了。
像小智这样参加转正考核的小队火箭队并不会安排强制任务所以小智他们考完后相当于放了一天假。
大叔锤了锤小智的肩膀责怪了他一番为啥故意贬低自己让人误会，但很快就揭了过去谈到晚上吃庆功宴的事，还拍了拍胸口声明自己请客。
众人又聊了几句才相继离开，大叔又拉着相马去喝酒了，他们两人在这半个多月的相处十分融洽，赫然一副异性兄弟的模样。阿雅陪着莉莎去她家逗小孩子了，虽然一开始时阿雅老是不说话让那几个小不点有些怕她，但后来在小智的建议下她每次去都带着几颗糖给小朋友们，很快她就成了继莉莎姐姐，小智哥哥，明美姐姐和爱梨姐姐之后第五受欢迎的人了，至于利奥，这位大哥没什么作为长辈的尊严还老是偷吃他们藏起来的零食，是小家伙们最不欢迎的人之一。
小智和他们道别后回到了那间数学教室，果不其然，正二老师正在对着拉鲁拉丝讲课。
小智走到一边，拉开一个凳子坐了下来耐心等待。
正二也没停，直到把知识点讲完并且确认拉鲁拉丝理解了后才转过头看向小智。
他将教材合拢不经意的询问道：“你的考核通过了？”
小智点点头向他汇报了自己的考核结果。
正二听到他的评价是上等后也不意外，虽然和这个学生才相处半个月，但他对小智的评价极高，这个孩子思维清晰，做事果敢，临场判断能力出色。在他看来如果小智有个正常的家庭出生现在的成就不会比联盟那些十多岁就成为馆主的年轻一辈差，现在只拿了个上等恐怕是考核时多少有些失误了。
他看小智一副下课后去办公室找老师请教问题的模样主动开口询问了：“小智你有什么不解吗？”
小智没有犹豫，直接对着面前的数学老师说出了自己考核时最后的那段经历。
正二听了也觉得有趣，他思索了片刻，让小智稍等一下自己则出门寻找资料去了。
教室里无人，拉鲁拉丝很快就贴了过来拿起那本书对着小智展示她的收获。
小智瞥了一眼顿时有些无言，那课本上的内容赫然是一元二次方程。天可怜见，半个月之前这小家伙对于十以外的加减乘除可都是一片空白的现在却已经开始学习初中方面的数学知识了。
他将手伸到用超能力漂浮在半空的拉鲁拉丝的头上，轻轻抚摸赞美道：“嗯，拉鲁拉丝真厉害，照这种速度恐怕不用一个月你就会超过我了吧？到时候可不要嫌弃我这个训练家哦？”
小智开的这个玩笑有点让拉鲁拉丝接受不了，她将小智的大手拿住，小小的嘴巴直接咬了上去，并没有用力，甚至小智被咬住的地方还有些舒服。
不过小家伙自然不知道这些，只是恶狠狠的看着自己的训练家，阐述着自己的想法：小智的这个玩笑一点都不好笑！
小智感受到小家伙的情绪才意识到自己的失误连忙向小家伙讨饶并保证自己再也不开这样的玩笑了。
拉鲁拉丝对于感情十分较真，这点从她一只宝可梦活着都费劲还要带着熊宝宝一起生活就看的出来，拿感情开玩笑无疑是触及到了小家伙的禁忌了。
收到小智的道歉，拉鲁拉丝才松开口，坐到小智怀里复习起书上的内容起来。
静静的看着小家伙复习，小智不禁回忆起这些天来的点点滴滴，他还是不知道这小家伙什么时候进入精灵球的，毕竟这小家伙进了精灵球还能自己出来，而不是静静躺在球里等着小智发现。
这点恐怕就是超能系精灵与其他宝可梦的最大不同了，除非主人放开限制其他属性的宝可梦除非学会瞬间移动否则基本无法主动出来，这也是超能系宝可梦难以被收服的原因，他们只要想走随时都能走，只要对训练家不满意就算被收服他们也能随时离开，想要收服超能系宝可梦重要的不是打败收服对方，而是收服他的心。
小智不知道还要等多久，就把胆小虫和藤藤蛇都从精灵球里放了出来让他们透透气，不过他也没等多久就看到正二老师推门走了进来。
他拍了拍手上的笔记本电脑，看着小智有些兴奋的说道：“看来你以后还有新的内容要学了。小智，你知道人体的本质是什么吗？”
所谓人体（旧版）
听到这个问题，小智和几只宝可梦都面面相觑，如果是数学凭借着另一个自己留下的记忆小智还能略懂一二这人体构造他就只能两眼抓瞎了。
正二老师显然也明白了自己问了句废话，他咳了咳，把投影仪打开连接上电脑后很快就露出了一副人体神经的分步图。
他指了指上面的图片对着小智解释道：“我们想要动起来其实要进行一个十分复杂的流程，首先大脑发出信号，信号沿着神经系统传递到相应器官，相应器官指挥肌肉纤维做工，做工途中不断的传回信号给大脑，大脑再传递信息给感应器官，感应器官确认做工是否顺利，中间不断的传回信号让相应器官做出修正直到动作结束为止。”
点击鼠标到下一张图，正二接着开口：“这套系统足够人日常生活了，但在某些凶险时刻却完全无法反应过来，毕竟无论神经速度有多快信息的传递还是太繁琐了，这样就要提到人类的下一重保险了，那便是痛觉。”
“痛觉这个神经系统想必大家都知道，被重物砸到会疼，被火焰灼烧会烫，人在受到这些攻击时痛觉神经会通过痛苦这种让人不适的方式提醒大脑，我现在处于的部位正在遭受伤害，要尽快脱离险境，收到警报的大脑就不会向往常一样慢吞吞的挪而是会让相应的组织器官不管不顾的马上脱离危险，这点也被称为潜意识亦或者身体本能，人被火烧到会迅速缩手，嘴巴被热水烫到会下意识呼气都是这个道理。”
说到这正二老师顿了顿，见台下一人和三只宝可梦都在认真听才欣慰的接着说：“痛觉这个神经系统有好处也有坏处，好处之前已经说了可以让人规避风险及时止损但坏处也很明显，当人无法逃离风险只能正面迎战时这种痛苦也会极大的影响人的判断这种时候该怎么办呢？”
这句话似乎是对着台下问的，小智犹豫了一下，见自己的宝可梦们都没说话才开口道：“只能咬牙硬挺吧？既然迟早要受伤那先做好心理准备会好一些。”
正二点点头继续说：“对于这点我们的的身体也早有了备用方案，最常见的，便是激发肾上腺素，让身体的痛觉神经短暂麻痹从而让痛苦无法影响战斗而较为少见的，是让大脑切断和身体各部分的信息传递，让各部分的神经单元自我除理危机，通俗来讲就是大脑放弃思考，战斗全靠本能。”
“而小智你的情况和第二种有些类似，很可能是小智你当时的注意力过度集中在需要调动的四肢上使得大脑放弃了对于其他部位的指挥，而其他区域的身体由于先前的不断躲闪加深意识渐渐产生了本能，在那道攻击近身快要击中你的那一刻触发了身体的危机规避的本能使得你还没察觉身体就下意识躲过去了。”
“本能闪避吗？”小智回想起当时的感受，觉得有些道理。
正二老师点头，他思索片刻继续说：“小智你是想要锻炼自己的宝可梦学会这种战斗方式吗？”见小智点头他思索了片刻才接着说：“这种事我觉得得你自己先懂才能教会宝可梦们，不然一知半解的教很可能会弄巧成拙，你尽量的想办法复刻这种场面吧，我记得火箭队的实战模拟里是有类似的任务场景的尽量往那里去努力吧，现实生活中就不要做那种冒险的事情了，哪怕你自己不在乎也要考虑一下家人的感受。”相处了大半个月，作为自己唯二的学生他也着实花心思了解了小智的信息，这是个有浓郁正义心，对自己的宝可梦看得很重，做事喜欢勉强自己的青年，若是别人他完全不会担心对方会为了锻炼宝可梦把自己陷入险境，但小智不同，不论是他的思维方式还是他远超普通人的身体素质和战斗能力都很有可能让他这么做，不提醒一句正二还真放心不下来。
小智闻言也点点头，放弃了原本的念头，如果能在保证自己的安全的前提下达成目标那自然是再好不过了。
和正二老师又聊了一会儿见时间已经接近中午小智才道别，临别前正二老师又掏出了那盒装满属性宝石的盒子将之递给小智。
小智知道这种礼物的珍贵自然不肯收，正二老师笑着开口道：“不是给你，是借你的，我知道你们要去参加追回失物的任务，据我所知那件事风险可不小，这些宝石借给你们防身，我可不想才教到两个学生他们就死于意外了，记得要优先保全自己，注意安全，我希望你们回来你可以亲自把这个盒子还给我。”
正二老师的语气越到后面越严肃，让原本对这趟行程没多少负担的小智都不由得紧张起来，他欲言又止最终却没有发问，如果能说恐怕对方早就说了，提醒一下就没有后文那说明要么是对方知道的不多怕说错了影响自己的判断，要么是后面的话不能说，无论是哪个都说明这次的失物并不简单。
他点点头，接过正二老师手中的盒子道谢后让宝可梦们回到精灵球，推门离去。
正二收拾好教材，直到回到自己的办公室后才叹了口气，他注视向一张有些老旧泛黄的合照喃喃道：“学长你究竟是怎么想的呢？把这么多年轻的孩子牵扯其中……难道你真的已经忘了当初……”察觉到自己的失态，他不再多言默默整理着桌面。
小智离开后先回家和爱梨，明美吃了午饭，接着就带着火恐龙他们回到了地下溶洞。
溶洞里面还是那副热火朝天的景象，不过宝可梦们现在也大致了解了土壤肥力的概念不会像之前一样不停的催熟树果吸取土壤里的生命力，而是让其自然生长。用肥料灌溉土地后种植土豆，玉米等培育周期短的蔬菜来填饱肚子。
居民区也被重新规划了，为了增加耕种土地很多原本的住所都被推平后种植蔬菜了，现在的居民区全是建立在无法种植的岩石上，哪些在休耕期被砍掉的树在小智的建议下被搭建成简陋的篷房供应宝可梦们休息歇脚。
虽然看起来宝可梦们已经度过了食物匮乏的危机但小智也知道他们远没到可以放心生活下去的时候。
这数百只宝可梦中，光是关东联盟标注的入侵物种（即在关东生态圈中没有天敌繁衍不会受到限制的宝可梦）就有十几种，万一这个地方被护林员找到了，小概率是他们会好心的将他们迁回，接受自己的重大失职（让有可能会影响地区生态平衡的宝可梦族群在自己的眼皮底下发展壮大），高位者降职低位者退役进行一番大清洗，中概率是所有宝可梦被秘密收服后不影响生态平衡的悄悄转移回去，影响生态平衡的用特殊手段先令其失去繁殖能力然后分摊下来给这一处和周围几处护林员基地，作为功绩上表（入侵物种被少量发现叫明察秋毫，及时止损，大量出现才是工作失职）。
更有可能的是他们直接将所有宝可梦都“人道毁灭”后摧毁溶洞，毁尸灭迹。
这就是网上对于护林员的评价，骂他们自私自利，暴力执法，滥杀无辜的人数不胜数。
小智没接触过他们所以对于这些评价只是抱着不置可否的态度，毕竟如果护林员真像他们说的不堪早该被巡护员代替了，不至于到了现在还占据着绝对的上风。但他也不敢将这些宝可梦的性命放上赌桌毕竟他根本不了解护林员的行事作风，若是他们处理问题的方式真就这么简单粗暴怎么办？
所以他只能帮庞岩怪想办法伪装，隐匿自身。
这次来也是为了这点，他不确定这次要离开几天所以把之前提前买好的一些蔬菜种子带了过来。
聚餐和上学（旧版）
这次来地下溶洞自然不止是送种子和肥料，小智看向拉鲁拉丝，双方交换眼神后小家伙便使出瞬间移动消失了。
几个呼吸后小家伙又重新回来了将小小的爱梨带了过来随即又使出瞬间移动离开将明美也带了过来。
两个小丫头明显对于这处溶洞里面忙碌的景象很感兴趣，好奇的打量四周。
庞岩怪对于这两个新面孔也很好奇，两个小小的人类似乎把他当成了溶洞里的石柱居然根本没注意到他。
Xiaozhi didn’t wait any longer. He put his hands on Airi and Mingmei’s shoulders and motioned them to look forward. He said, “He is my former partner, Pang Yanguai. You should get to know him.”
The little girls didn’t understand at first, until Pang Yanguai opened his mouth and they were frightened. They hugged Xiaozhi’s waist and fearfully avoided the sight of the big monster in front of them.
It’s no wonder that the two little guys were making a fuss. Pangolin’s size is indeed too big now. Compared with those Pokémon that are not much different in size from humans, it looks more like a monster that came out of a special drama and wantonly destroyed the city.
Xiaozhi comforted his two sisters for a long time before they were willing to touch the big guy in front of them. The Pangyan monster seemed to be used to it and did not move, for fear of scaring the other party.
Only after the two little girls touched the solid crystal of the giant rock monster did their fears slowly disappear and Xiaozhi began to introduce each other.
In fact, during the previous half month’s exchanges, Xiaozhi had already revealed the existence of both parties, but the underground cave had been undergoing land reclamation and was not safe, so he did not bring the little guy here until now that all the construction projects were basically completed.
As they gradually became familiar with each other, Xiaozhi explained the purpose of bringing his two sisters here. This trip was to the city, and even if they went as fast as possible, it would take a day or two to come back. He planned to let the two little girls stay here and live with these Pokémon.
In addition to wanting Pang Yanguai and the others to protect the little ones, Xiaozhi also wanted Airi and the others to meet Pokémon that could form bonds with them. After all, no matter how good the protection is, there will be a day when they fail, and the best way is to let them capture Pokémon and then protect themselves.
Pang Yanguai was not surprised by the arrival of the little ones. In fact, he and Xiaozhi had already prepared a lot for this day. At this time, Airi and Mingmei, who were brought over by Xiaozhi, also saw their residence, a two-story wooden house.
This is Xiaozhi’s proud work. In order to build this house, he specially asked Mr. Zhengji about the calculation method of the load-bearing capacity of the house, learned relevant information on the Internet, asked Snake to reinforce the wood, and made wooden furniture with some Pokémon that are good at chopping.
I won’t go into detail about the difficulties he overcame along the way, but in the end, when the wooden house was officially completed, he was 100% satisfied.
The furniture inside had already been arranged. Xiaozhi packed up the luggage brought by the little ones and then led them to sit on the head of the Pangyan monster to patrol the territory.
It was not until almost time for the evening dinner that Xiaozhi said goodbye to Pang Yangai and left with his two sisters. The uncle had said before that he would specifically bring his family members over during the dinner so that everyone could meet properly, so he wanted to take Mingmei and the others with him as well.
At this time, compared to the still bright light in the cave, the sky outside was gradually getting dark. After Ralts teleported Ash and the others back, he used his psychic powers to open the backpack on Ash’s back and crawled in himself.
She really likes being carried on Xiaozhi’s back. Xiaozhi is actually a little puzzled about this. There is no observation record of Ralts having this habit either on the Internet or from Mr. Zhengji. Xiaozhi can only attribute it to the little girl’s personal hobby and there is nothing he can do about it.
Thanks to her, Xiaozhi now has to carry a backpack every time he goes out, making him look like a mountaineer.
Mr. Tachibana’s restaurant closed early. Xiaozhi pushed the door open and went to the backyard, only to find that almost everyone had arrived.
There was a large wooden table in the backyard. Lisa and her three little ones were sitting together, talking about something with the uncle. Leo was typing on his laptop, and no one knew what he was busy with.
Ah Xing moved her stool a little further away awkwardly, as if she was not used to such a lively scene.
Uncle Alola was helping Mr. Tachibana. When he saw Xiaozhi coming, he shouted and started serving the food.
The only person who surprised Xiaozhi at the scene was Ms. Lisa. She was sitting next to the uncle and did not intervene in their conversation. She just watched the uncle and others silently.
Although he had met this lady several times, Xiaozhi was not familiar with her. He thought that she might have come here as the uncle’s friend.
Xiaozhi first asked Airi and the others to find a seat and sit down. He released the Pokémon from the Poké Balls and asked them to eat at another table where all the people sitting were Pokémon. After all, the diet of Pokémon was very different from that of humans and there was no way to confuse them.
The dinner went smoothly, and everyone chatted freely. Halfway through the meal, the uncle looked at the children thoughtfully and asked, “Xiaozhi, Lisa, have you ever thought about sending these children to school?”
Xiaozhi put down his chopsticks and thought about something.
Studying and going to school is not an easy thing. In the world of Pokémon, there is a big difference between ordinary schools and Pokémon schools. Although the official league does not limit people who graduate from ordinary schools to become trainers, there is no doubt that people who graduate from Pokémon schools are much better than those who graduate from ordinary schools in terms of combat quality, professional knowledge, and some basic nursing knowledge. Which school a child goes to is related to his or her future.
Xiaozhi is not concerned about this, but another benefit of entering the school, which is identity proof. As long as you have studied in a school for more than three years without any bad records, you can apply for it when you become an adult.
This is actually the common way for most illegal immigrants to get their IDs back. They go to an adult college, attend classes a few times a day, and after three years, they can get their IDs. In the final analysis, the threshold for obtaining IDs is to confirm that the person with the ID is self-reliant and can pay taxes properly. From the beginning, the ID restrictions were not for illegal immigrants who can live independently and have a stable job, but for lazy homeless people who live day by day. As long as they can pay taxes, the alliance does not care who gets the ID.
The reason why Xiaozhi didn’t take this path was very simple. He didn’t have time. His time was basically occupied by work and training. He couldn’t work during the day and go to class at night like those people who went to adult college. He wanted to go to Alola to save everyone. If Airi and Akemi didn’t need his care, he would have rushed to help. He really couldn’t wait for three years.
But Airi and Akemi are different. Unlike Satoshi, they are at the right age to go to school. It can even be said that the two little ones start school a little late.
Airi was born at the time of the Kanto Riot, which happened in late autumn eight years ago. If you count carefully, she is now over seven years old, so it’s not bad that she was only one year late.
Mingmei is a little late. She is only five years younger than Xiaozhi. They used to play in the mud together before Xiaozhi fell into the dream world. Mingmei is 13 years old this year. If she entered a regular school, she should be in the second grade of junior high school now.
Xiaozhi hesitated for a moment and expressed his concerns. He had never considered sending the two girls to school before, not only because he really had no money, but also because he was afraid that the two girls would be excluded by their classmates because of their physical injuries. After all, incidents of school bullying due to physical defects have appeared on TV more than once.
After Xiaozhi finished speaking, the uncle looked at the two little girls and then shut up. Mingmei really looked too petite. He had always thought that she was the same age as Airi, and he thought that the two sisters would take care of each other, so he said this. If what Xiaozhi said was true, Airi’s leg disability really affected her life, and the two sisters were too far apart in age to study in the same school, it was indeed a problem.
Lisa did not have Xiaozhi’s concerns, but discussed her plan openly. Her three children were only 5 years old and would not go to school until next year. She had already prepared the tuition fees and was waiting to send the children to school in the spring of next year.
Uncle Orange thought for a moment and suddenly said, “Xiaozhi, have you ever thought about hiring a tutor?”
Children with physical disabilities like Airi and Mingmei who have difficulty going to school can apply for a tutor to come to their home to help them with their homework. As long as the teacher has relevant certificates and uses his or her own honor to guarantee the character of his or her students, the students will receive the same treatment as students who go to school.
But then again, Xiaozhi has no money. Hiring a tutor like this would cost at least 4,000 a month, even at the cheapest price. Xiaozhi has two children, so the price might be doubled. With his current salary, it’s hard to support two little ones and Pokémon. He can only sigh at the expense of 8,000.
Uncle Ju also knew this and expressed his thoughts: “I remember that you are very familiar with that teacher Zheng Er, right?”
Xiaozhi was a little confused, but finally nodded in affirmation.
Seeing Xiaozhi admit it, Uncle Jue continued, “He might be able to help you. He is a top student who graduated from Silver Academy. After graduation, he was directly retained as a lecturer at Silver Academy. If he hadn’t been involved in a scandal later, he might have become a professor in the future.”
Everyone was shocked by the revelations made by Uncle Tachibana. Silver Academy is the most famous academy in Kanto. It is unexpected that this teacher, who usually keeps a low profile, has such a great background. But why would such a person hide in this ordinary town of Team Rocket and waste his time? What exactly happened in that scandal?
Faced with everyone’s curious gazes, Uncle Ju just shook his head and said nothing, which made the uncle complain a lot.
This episode passed quickly, and after eating and drinking, everyone said goodbye and left one after another until only the two uncles were left.
Uncle Ju pulled the uncle who was about to get up and said seriously: “Akai, this mission is not easy. You’d better do your job well and don’t think about anything else.”
Seeing the uncle’s surprised look, Uncle Ju continued to talk to himself: “This time the water is very deep. The radicals have mobilized too many combat teams. There must be a problem. These kids are all good new blood. You don’t want them to be like you, do you?”
The uncle’s face was pale and he was about to speak but was interrupted by Uncle Ju with a wave of his hand.
Uncle Ju said gloomily, “I have retired. Don’t ask me about the details. You just need to know how to protect yourself.”
The uncle hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded and left.
Looking at his back, Uncle Ju felt a little conflicted. He wanted to call back several times, but the call was stuck in his throat and he couldn’t utter it until the uncle’s figure completely disappeared.
He sat back down, looked at the table full of cleanly eaten food, and murmured, “Don’t die.”
Golden City (Old Version)
Parting is always quiet. The next day, Xiaozhi did not get up early in the morning. The two little girls were still sleeping soundly on the wooden bed. Xiaozhi covered the little ones with the quilt that was accidentally lifted up and walked out of the wooden house.
The brilliant white crystals above the head emit a light like sunlight. The unique natural environment here creates a lighting effect similar to that of incandescent lamps in artificial farms. Plants can grow normally even without sunlight.
The Rock Monster was lying on a high platform, eating some excavated mineral resources. Xiaozhi looked at the other party, and after nodding, he woke up the Charmeleon who was sleeping on the cushion at the door.
Charmeleon rubbed his eyes, looked at his master impatiently, and then followed Xiaozhi’s finger and looked inside the door.
Xiaozhi patted the guy’s head and entrusted him, “Charmeleon, Airi and Akemi’s safety is in your hands.”
Charmeleon nodded first, then reacted and knocked away Xiaozhi’s hand that was pressing on his head. He stood up and stretched his muscles first and then patted his chest, signaling Xiaozhi to rest assured.
Xiaozhi smiled with relief, looked at Lalulas who had jumped onto his shoulder at some point and said, “Then let’s go, Lalulas.”
It was not until Xiaozhi and the others got into the car that the uncle explained to them the part they were responsible for in this operation: peripheral reconnaissance.
Obviously, this mission would not be too difficult. They only needed to take a bus to report to the downtown area of Huangjin City, and occupy a good position on the outskirts while waiting for action. If everything went well, they would just have to enjoy the scenery for a while. At worst, they could eliminate the fish that slipped through the net, or when Miss Junsha arrived, they would quickly notify the people inside to retreat.
Even the uncle didn’t seem too nervous. One could even tell from his bloodshot eyes that he had obviously stayed up late last night.
Fortunately, it was not him who was driving but a member of the Rocket Team who was sent from the headquarters in Golden Yellow City to pick them up. Otherwise, Xiaozhi would be really worried that the uncle would have an accident on the road due to fatigue driving.
However, although they said they were here to pick them up, Xiaozhi felt that these people were here to monitor them.
They were currently staying in the trunk container of a small truck. In addition to the two Rockets members sitting in the driver’s seat and the co-pilot’s seat, there were ten other Rockets members sitting in the trunk.
If they were in the same group as the two in front, they could form a full-strength combat team.
Those unfamiliar members of the Rocket Team kept staring at Xiaozhi and the others, as if they would attack them if they made any unusual movements. The uncle tried to ease the atmosphere several times, but to no avail. Lisa also felt that something was wrong with the atmosphere, but since they were all in the same industry, she didn’t know what to do. She could only check her equipment over and over again. Aya clenched her hands but glanced at the hilt of the sword behind her from time to time, as if she was thinking about where to draw the sword. Only the one from Alola was the most relaxed, he was already leaning aside and snoring.
Xiaozhi already knew from the uncle that he was a suspect, but he was still confused by the tense atmosphere.
But he carefully recalled all the information he had mastered so far and slowly understood the reasons for the current situation.
Although they were suspected before, their strength was low. How much effect could a logistics team leader with a mediocre resume and a newcomer who had just joined the team and received Pokémon play? To put it bluntly, even spies would not be like this uncle. After all, if you want to steal important information, you have to climb to a relatively high position at least.
At that time, they were naturally looked down upon by others, but what about now? In less than two months, the former logistics team leader suddenly became the captain of the combat team. Not long after the team was established, it recruited a combat team member with many years of professional experience (Lisa), a small leader who was still in the smuggling gang not long ago (Uncle Alola), and a mysterious ninja with unknown resume (Aya). What’s even more strange is that the newcomer who just became a logistics staff member passed the test and became a combat team member and happened to join his team?
How come you were lazy before, but you are so arrogant after this incident happened? Why don’t you recruit people with simple backgrounds? Since you recruited people, why don’t you recruit full staff and only maintain half of the establishment? Is it for elitism or to maintain the purity of the internal organization for certain forces? If it is for elitism, why are you so obsessed with it? Could it be that you want to become a traitor after being promoted step by step?
In this way, the reason why these people are so wary of them is simple. Now that the operation is imminent, it is the time when the traitor is most likely to be exposed. They are probably baits thrown out. There may be a troop lurking in the dark, waiting for them to kill these ordinary team members or cooperate with the attackers in the dark to kill these people and then catch them all in one fell swoop?
If Xiaozhi’s estimation was correct, they would probably be staying with this team for the entire mission.
Looking at the nervous look on the other side, Xiaozhi couldn’t help but sigh, hoping that he was just imagining things.
Fortunately, this atmosphere did not last too long. The town they were in was not far from the city. Not long after Xiaozhi figured things out, the car stopped. There was a lock unlocking sound from the exit of the container, followed by the sound of the door opening, and a beam of light shone in.
Xiaozhi stood up and walked towards the door.
What is Jinhuang City like in Xiaozhi’s impression?
If you ask about the dream world, he would say that this is a prosperous city and a super-powerful gym that has cast a shadow on him. Counting his eight years of life in the dream world, this is also one of the few gyms where he has failed to challenge three times in a row.
If he was talking about the real world, in his impression, the representative of Golden City was the slums full of garbage and old and dilapidated, and the distant skyscrapers that were magnificent against the backdrop of the night view, as if from another world.
Xiaozhi had long known through the memories left by another of his own that Golden City had been destroyed after the riot related to Mewtwo. The current Golden City had actually been rebuilt with great fanfare, but the scenery before him still shocked him.
Almost subconsciously, his eyes were attracted to the Zeppelin airship floating in the sky, which was covered with rainbow lights. Under the airship hung a striking sign with the words “Golden City Welcomes You” displayed in red and blue fonts.
The most eye-catching building was a tall building that stood like an iron tower in the center. Its height even exceeded the floating height of the Zeppelin airship, and the top floor even floated in the clouds. Even with Xiaozhi’s eyesight, he couldn’t see how high it was. It was like the Tianzhu Mountain in Fengyuan’s teleportation. The other tall buildings surrounding it were like adults and children compared to it.
Of course, even if they cannot compare with the Pillar to the Sky, those tall buildings are not without their attractions. They seem to be covered with data boards or some kind of display-like things. Xiaozhi is not very familiar with this. In short, it is as if he is watching TV at home, with all kinds of advertisements constantly playing. Xiaozhi can’t see clearly what is said on it, because from time to time there are cars floating in the air, blocking his sight.
Xiaozhi was still in a daze, his foot floating in the air for a long time without falling, until a hand was placed on his shoulder and he came to his senses. He hurriedly got out of the car, and the people behind him followed one after another.
Even the other team of combatants who saw him as a threat didn’t complain about his recent disrespect. The over-prosperity of Golden City and the backwardness of their small town almost made people doubt whether the two sides were in the same world. Even they didn’t perform much better than Xiaozhi.
It’s not that Xiaozhi hasn’t seen high-tech cities before, whether it’s Laros City in Fengyuan or Miare City in Carlos, but he has actually lived here after all, and can feel the changes here more clearly, as if it were a different world.
The uncle explained behind him: “How does that saying go? A blessing in disguise? In short, although the riot caused by Mewtwo separated hundreds of thousands of Golden City citizens from their families, the Alliance also proved its strength through this incident. First, the Four Heavenly Kings worked together to suppress the Golden City riot and repelled Mewtwo. Then, the legendary trainer Red once again single-handedly injured Mewtwo a year later. In comparison, the sluggishness of other regional alliances when faced with legendary Pokémon attacks resulted in more tragic casualties than ours in Kanto. This also led to the fact that when Golden City was rebuilt, financial groups in other regions wanted to invest in the reconstruction of Golden City for a sense of security. In addition, the addition of this huge amount of additional funds and the opening of the long-distance railway between Golden City and Chengdu prompted the Kanto Alliance to tilt towards the economic and political status of Golden City. In the end, it took only seven short years for the city to become prosperous again. What do you think, kid? Are you scared?”
Xiaozhi just nodded silently, staring at the towering “Tianzhu Mountain” in a daze.
But they were not here for sightseeing, and soon a shout attracted everyone’s attention.
The Fog of Internal Struggle (Old Version)
“You mean we can’t do anything but stay in this dormitory and wait for the plan to proceed?”
At this moment, Xiaozhi and his group were in a staff dormitory of the logistics branch of Rainbow Group, and the uncle was questioning the manager who brought them here.
The manager in work clothes nodded and explained, “You are not an isolated case. All combat personnel who will participate in this mission will be isolated in advance to ensure the confidentiality of the mission. This is also for your safety during the mission.”
He paused, as if waiting for Xiaozhi and the others to ask more questions. Seeing that no one spoke, he continued, “Your three meals a day will be delivered to the door by someone special. As long as you don’t leave the door, we will not interfere with your freedom. All necessary measures will only be used outside the door. We have set up a local area network here. You can kill time when you are bored. However, it is better to give up the idea of transmitting information to the outside world as soon as possible. If you have no other questions, I will take my leave.”
The man took a look around and then walked out.
When the footsteps faded away, Alola uncle Soma spoke first: “This idiot is so arrogant, it’s like others owe him money, so arrogant.”
He obviously hadn’t figured out what was going on. He just thought it was an ordinary mission and was dissatisfied with the other party’s cold attitude.
The uncle immediately pulled him aside to explain the whole story so that his drinking buddy could understand the current situation.
Lisa quickly adapted to the environment and rolled up her sleeves to start cleaning. Ibrahimovic followed closely behind her, acting as her little tail.
Miss Ninja took out a whetstone and started to take care of her knife.
Xiaozhi went into each room to familiarize himself with the environment. Although it was a dormitory, its area was quite large. Its interior design seemed to be designed according to the number of people in a standard combat team. A dormitory had four bedrooms, three of which were for living, with two bunk beds.
The last bedroom seemed to be a place specially for Pokémon to rest. It was extremely large, but there were no cushions of various styles. It was just a layer of soft rubber made of unknown material on the ground. It was not very soft, but it was better than sleeping on the floor.
It is worth noting that there is also a training room in the dormitory. The things inside seem to have been specially reinforced, and a layer of iron sheet is laid on the floor. Obviously, this is specially designed for Pokémon.
When he came back after turning around, the two uncles started staring at the ceiling in a daze.
Soma, who had been indignant before, was now muttering to himself: “How could this person be so bad? You were the ones who risked your life to carry out the mission, so why did you end up doubting us?”
Although this uncle was a smuggler when he first appeared, he essentially inherited the simple folk customs of Alola. He may have his own little thoughts and will do anything to survive, but he is a straightforward person and will stand up for his brothers.
Xiaozhi nodded to him, and then told the uncle the fact that he had discovered long ago: “Only the dormitories on the far left and far right of each floor of this building have people living in them. If the scenes in the other two dormitories are the same as here, then the ordinary combat team participating in this mission should be around 700 people at most.”
The uncle was stunned for a moment and said, “Did you use your special ability?”
Xiaozhi nodded. The fact that he had the power of wave would be exposed sooner or later, so he told everyone in the team everything without hesitation. After all, it would be difficult to hide it with his personality.
Of course, exposing this secret is not without benefits. At least the fact that Uncle Soma is just complaining here instead of worrying about his own life safety is proof of this.
Are you kidding? He has a super human and a super Pokémon on his team that can teleport with others at any time. Why should he worry about his life? At most, he can just run away if the situation is critical.
The uncle’s mood at this moment was completely different from Soma’s, and he was extremely solemn.
Before that, I have to mention something old. Golden City is a rebuilt city. Most of the Rockets who originally stayed here died in the tragic Golden City Defense War. With the addition of the reformists, Boss Sakaki naturally let them take over the underground forces of Golden City, which was still in ruins at the time.
However, due to the continuous injection of funds from various regions, the speed of reconstruction of Golden City exceeded everyone’s expectations. The prosperous metropolis made the radicals who had originally withdrawn greedy. In their view, the city’s prosperity again was inseparable from their initial sacrifices. Now that it is so prosperous, why should they, who had put in so much effort at the time, only be able to tighten their belts and watch a bunch of newcomers who contributed nothing enjoying the good life?
The reformists, who took it for granted, were also unwilling to give up their interests. They had watched Jinhuang City grow from ruins into the towering tree it is today. To put it bluntly, if they had not secretly supported the reconstruction work, maintained law and order, and killed corrupt officials, the reconstruction of Jinhuang City would not have been so smooth. Now that the fruit trees that they had worked so hard to cultivate have produced plump fruits, a group of people suddenly showed up to steal the fruits of their labor. How could people accept this?
The two factions, which had extremely conflicting positions and beliefs, clashed over the huge interests of Jinhuang City. The two sides were like powder kegs filled with gunpowder. The only reason why no large-scale bloody incidents had occurred until now was that Boss Sakaki was still there.
It was this gentleman who had been working in Jinhuang City and suppressed the outbreak of this “civil war”, but he had previously obtained information from one of his superiors, a person who had been in contact with him since he was promoted to captain of the combat team, indicating that this uncrowned king who secretly manipulated the underground forces in the Chengdu area of Guandong had secretly left Guandong half a month ago. The uncle did not know where that gentleman had gone, but the most important thing right now was whether the top leaders of the two factions, who had lost their suppression, would clash over interests in this critical mission?
As a conservative, will he and the members of his team be implicated in the struggle between the two factions?
He focused his eyes on Xiaozhi again and breathed a sigh of relief. If he said that the best decision he had ever made in his life was probably to recruit this boy in front of him into the team, if someone told him, who had just saved Xiaozhi and his three siblings, that “this dishevelled, shabby, scarred boy in front of you is a special ability user, a trialist in the dream world, and a trainer who is extremely good at cultivating Pokémon,” he would definitely suspect that the other party had drunk too much last night.
But now the facts were before him. Apart from anything else, even though Ash’s Charmeleon obviously didn’t use his full strength in that battle, he could still judge that the opponent might have the strength of a cadre.
Although this mission is very risky, with the Fire Dinosaur, it is obviously not a problem for them to protect themselves.
Thinking of this, the uncle couldn’t help but ask their savior: “Xiaozhi, where is your Charmeleon?”
Xiaozhi scratched his head and answered naturally, “Didn’t they say that this mission would be over soon? I asked Charmeleon to stay at home to protect Airi and the others. What’s wrong, uncle?”
The uncle is now feeling even more melancholy.
After everyone had made their beds for the night, Xiaozhi took out the protective moves learning disc and showed it to everyone gathered together.
There are generally two types of move learners. One is a universal move learner. Its advantage is that it has a wide range of adaptability and can be used for different Pokémon, but it also has some disadvantages. Since this learner is for all Pokémon that can learn this move, the content inside is destined to only be taught by methods that everyone can use. This inevitably results in the teaching method inside being only correct, but effective, but not the most suitable for the Pokémon currently learning this move. It is obvious that the success rate is low and the efficiency is not high.
The second type is a learning machine specifically for a certain type of Pokémon. For example, if someone wants to teach their Grunt to learn Flame Fang, the counter lady will usually recommend a teaching video of Houndoom, which is also a land egg group, canine family, and fire type. This kind of professional learning machine will obviously have a much higher learning efficiency, but the disadvantages are also very obvious. It is also possible for Scorpion to learn Flame Fang, but it is unlikely to learn it through this move learning machine.
What Xiaozhi had in his hand was the first one. He put Snake’s Poké Ball into the desktop computer in the living room, then clicked on the skill learning column and placed the “Protect” move learning disc on the pop-up player socket.
After finishing his work, Xiaozhi looked up at everyone and said, “Since we are all together during this period, let’s take this opportunity to let the Pokémon master the protection moves.”
He spoke with confidence, as if mastering protection was as easy as breathing air.
Learn protection moves in 30 minutes (old version)
Protect is also known as (Hold On). You can know the function of this move just from its name.
The official skill description states that its effect is that it can completely block the opponent’s moves in most cases, but continuous use is prone to failure.
For most trainers who do not participate in league competitions, this move is actually not practical because of a flaw that is not written in the skill description: this move consumes too much energy.
For most trainers, whether using moves in life or fighting wild Pokémon in the wild, saving energy is something that must be considered.
The energy stored in the Pokémon’s body is limited. Once too much energy is consumed, the consequences are not only that the moves cannot be used for a short period of time, but also that the logistics after the battle are troublesome. If too much energy is consumed and the energy must be replenished quickly, it is bound to consume energy blocks, which will cost a lot of money for no reason.
But then again, why does the Protect (Hold) move consume so much energy? This requires mentioning the skill principle of the Protect move.
When a Pokémon performs a protective move, it will let its own energy spread from the soles of its feet to the top of its head. Once the Pokémon’s entire body is wrapped, the energy that has rotated to the top of its head will be scattered out through inertia, turning into a sensor in the air. After sensing the approaching attack, all the scattered energy will gather around the Pokémon again to form a second protective shield that rotates in the opposite direction. When the outer protective shield is attacked and pressed into contact with the inner protective shield, a huge pressure will be formed between the two protective shields that rotate in the opposite directions. Eventually, all the energy of the outer protective shield will be gathered at this compressed force point, forming a repulsive position to resist the enemy’s attack.
In fact, seeing this you can understand the limitations of this move. Pokémon are not protected by any special power when using this move. They are not invincible. Except for moves like feint that can break the position, if the opponent’s strength far exceeds that of the Pokémon using the move, the protection is only to reduce the damage caused by the enemy to it.
As for Ash, even though he advocates quick attack tactics and likes to take risks to achieve victory by surprise, and he almost never lets his Pokémon use protection moves, he still has some ideas about how to master this move.
The greatest difficulty in learning protective techniques is actually using the emitted energy to sense attacks and then gathering the energy together for defense. This is actually to guard against attacks coming from blind spots or various tricky angles. The warning significance is actually greater than the protective effect.
Therefore, if this step is omitted, the difficulty of learning will be much lower.
Of course, even so, it is impossible to learn protection in a short time. The reason why this move has a strong defense is that the key is the energy vortex around itself. If you want to resist the enemy’s moves, the condensation speed of this move must be fast. At the same time, the energy density must be guaranteed at the same time, which is one of the difficulties for beginners to use this move in actual combat after learning it.
Is there any way to quickly learn to protect yourself? In fact, it is very simple, that is to use inertia.
When wind blows through trees, it will roll up fallen leaves. Similarly, when Pokémon perform their moves, their moves will be affected by external conditions. If one Pokémon releases a protect move while another Pokémon releases a move that manipulates airflow, such as Tailwind, Wind Rise, or Tornado, will it affect the speed at which the protect move is performed?
The answer is of course yes. Then, conversely, if the Pokémon that can manipulate airflow helps the Pokémon that performs protective moves to speed up the speed of energy, so that the Pokémon that performs protective moves only needs to concentrate on adjusting the energy density, it will naturally be much easier.
What Xiaozhi is doing now is to let everyone’s Pokémon learn as many of these basic protection moves as possible.
There are quite a few Pokémon in Ash’s team that can learn protect moves. Ash’s own Snakehead and Ralts; Lisa’s Eevee, Bearcat, and Ant; Ogre’s Rhydon, Smurfette, and Ladybug and so on can almost all learn this move, which is why Ash exchanged for this move because its versatility is so great.
But unfortunately, even with this beggar’s version of protection, only the four snakes, the vine snake, the moth, the ladybug and the night fire lizard, have learned protective moves. The others are either not good at energy moves and cannot master them or are too young and have not developed well to fully control their bodies. In short, these are problems that cannot be solved in a short time.
The food delivered in the evening was unexpectedly rich. There was even a potato stew with meat soup, which was very delicious. In the pile of Pokémon food, each Pokémon was given a box of energy cubes. If Xiaozhi had this in his meals every day, he would really like to stay a few more days.
Unfortunately, according to Team Rocket’s internal information, the only Pokémon that Xiaozhi owns up to now is Chinchilla, so the only energy cubes he got were a box of water-attribute energy cubes.
Since there were only five people in the team, they could fit in two rooms, so Ash and the others gave the extra rooms to the Pokémon. After all, Pokémon also have genders, and it’s not good to mix female and male Pokémon together.
After a day of running around and afternoon skill training, not only Xiaozhi and his friends, but even the Pokémon were a little tired. In order to save energy for the action tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, everyone was idle in the evening.
Even in a four-person dormitory, the space is large so it doesn’t feel crowded, which is very different from the free lodging spots at the Pokémon Center.
Opposite the camp bed were four desktop computers that looked somewhat old. The uncle and Soma were both busy with their own things on the computers.
The old man seemed to be playing some online game. Xiaozhi only took a few glances before his attention was attracted by Soma next to him.
He is here, studying the recipe.
I saw this uncle watching a food program while writing something in a notebook, looking very serious.
Xiaozhi watched silently for a while before asking, “Mr. Soma, do you like cooking?”
Soma had sensed someone behind him a long time ago. When he heard Xiaozhi’s voice, he pressed the pause button and said embarrassedly, “I plan to learn more skills. If I leave Team Rocket in the future, at least I can make a living, right?”
The uncle also stopped typing and complained, “This guy was able to become a small leader among the poachers because of his excellent cooking skills. I think if there are any missions that require staying overnight in the wild in the future, I can try his cooking skills.”
Xiaozhi nodded, looked at the small notebook that the other party had closed casually, and asked curiously: “Can I take a look? Well…if it’s inconvenient, just pretend I didn’t say anything.”
Soma handed the notebook to Xiaozhi and said embarrassedly: “This is not a secret recipe. I just copied the recipe from this food show. I have to practice it when I go back to confirm the taste.”
As he said, there was no special recipe recorded in the notebook. The most curious thing was that the measurement units in his notes were a bit special, such as a pinch, half a cup, half a bowl, and half a handful. It looked like the wizard’s manual for preparing magic potions in medieval novels.
As if he could see Xiaozhi’s confusion, Soma explained, “Although the video clearly explains how much to add, I can’t imagine the exact amount, so I looked at the amount they added in the video and thought roughly about how much I would add if I were to make this dish myself, and then wrote it down in a notebook. After all, in our place, no one writes down the cooking instructions in such detail…” When he said this, he seemed to have remembered something sad and his mood immediately became depressed.
Xiaozhi roughly knew what he was thinking about, and he couldn’t help but lose interest. What happened in the black fog-shrouded Alola, and what was the current situation of his companions there? He had no way of knowing. Now he could barely take care of himself and his two sisters, and even raising Pokémon was tight, let alone crossing the ocean to help them.
Now he can only trust his companions, believe in Professor Kukui’s strength, and believe… Pikachu.
If everything in this world were peaceful, Xiaozhi believed that Pikachu would be waiting for him in Pallet Town, but since such a big thing happened in Alola, their second home, Pikachu would have rushed there long ago. However, the news about Alola has hardly changed in recent years, and even if Pikachu went to support, the situation there would not improve. I hope everything is fine.
While Xiaozhi was still worried, there was a knock on the door. Lalulas pushed the door open and led Xiaozhi, who was still confused, into the third room. She pointed at the Vine Snake, who was coiled on the bed and tapping the screen with her little hands, without saying a word.
After noticing its trainer, Snakebite didn’t say much. It just rolled up the phone with its vine whip and put it in Satoshi’s hand as if it was tired of playing with the toy. Then it closed its eyes and rested, without even looking at Laltlas the whole time.
Lalulas stamped her feet, bit her lower lip and stared at Xiaozhi. Although she didn’t say a word, she said: Trainer, look at her, she has been bullying me and her meaning is almost overflowing.
Xiaozhi could only helplessly touch the little guy’s head to comfort him, and couldn’t help sighing in his heart. He hasn’t even dealt with the relationship with his own Pokémon yet. Snakebite is outstanding in strength and was the first one that Xiaozhi met in the dream world. Naturally, it acts like a senior when facing Ralts and Snakebite. However, because of its own experience, Ralts is strong when facing the strong and weak when facing the weak. It and Snakebite don’t like each other. It was good before with Charmeleon as the big brother to suppress it, but the conflict became intense when he was not there.
If Xiaozhi wants to calm everyone down, he may have to put in more effort.
Action unfolds (old version)
Xiaozhi did not return to his room in the end. Although he was already good at dealing with conflicts among Pokémon, he had no experience in conflicts between two little girls.
Even if he knew where the problem lay, how could he stop these two little guys from fighting when they weren’t even talking, let alone arguing?
He had no choice but to pull the two little ones aside to chat, talking about their own stories that they didn’t know about in the dream world, their encounter with Pikachu, their ideals, and the various Pokémon-related things they had experienced.
He has never been good at speaking, he just says whatever comes to his mind, but the effect is surprisingly good. Little Grass Snake and Ralts are gradually attracted by his story, and their sharp edges towards each other gradually converge, and they gradually lean on both sides of Xiaozhi to listen.
When Xiaozhi talked about how he captured Dragonite in the Orange Islands, Ralts had already closed his eyes and fell asleep at some point.
Xiaozhi laid her flat on the bed, looked at Snake, and only left the room after the other party gave him a look that said “leave it to me”.
After the door closed, Teng Teng Snake stared at the small figure covered with a quilt, wondering what he was thinking.
After leaving the room, Xiaozhi went to the next room. It was much more lively here. Moth was floating in the air. He didn’t flap his wings, but supported himself with telekinesis. Eevee was using Rumble Stone as a springboard, jumping from him. Baby Bear followed her and circled around Rumble Stone. The light green energy and the aqua blue energy were intertwined on the body of the coward. This guy was obviously still familiar with the skills of combining the two moves. Ladybug was using a sandbag to practice boxing. Since he evolved and felt that his ability had become stronger, he had become more diligent, which was completely opposite to his trainer’s attitude towards life. Alidos had woven a web at some point and was sleeping on it. The Throwing Monkey and the Night Fire Lizard were having fun throwing balls. Only one conspicuous bag of large jaws ant was entangled in Alidos’s spider web for some reason. It was making a low cry for help, but it was obvious that no one noticed it because they were having fun.
Xiaozhi had no choice but to help the big-jawed ant. After being rescued, the little guy chirped happily and bit Xiaozhi’s hand with his big jaws. It was growing up and obviously didn’t pay attention. Even Xiaozhi felt a little pain. He knocked the little guy’s head and asked it to pay attention and not to use such great strength when biting Lisa and the others. Then he put it next to the rumble stone that was still lying there in a daze.
Xiaozhi praised the slug for his efforts, took off the trainer from him, and went back to the Rumblestone. He grabbed the two naughty Pokémon, Eevee and Ursa Major, one in each hand, and said good night to everyone in the room.
When Xiaozhi returned to the female Pokémon’s room, Snake seemed to have fallen asleep as well. Her bed was covered with green vines. If Xiaozhi didn’t use the waveguide, he wouldn’t have been able to tell where she was hiding.
Xiaozhi used the method he learned from Xiaogang to calm the two little ones who were still trying to play, then closed the door and returned to his room.
It’s late at night. If I don’t go to bed early, it will be difficult to get up tomorrow.
Although he knew this, Xiaozhi still suffered from insomnia. The unfamiliar environment, the snoring of the two uncles around him, the worry about his companions far away in Alola, and the unfamiliarity with the world he lived in made it difficult for him to fall asleep.
He could only listen to the uncles’ snoring, trying to imagine himself falling asleep and hypnotizing himself, but it didn’t work.
If this continues, I’m afraid that tomorrow Lisa and the others will see Xiaozhi with two panda eyes.
Unfortunately, this world is not so peaceful. At some point, Xiaozhi, who was lying on the bed just now, suddenly opened his eyes, and his waveguide sensed something unusual.
In a room downstairs from him, one of the twelve waveguides that were originally emitting aura suddenly disappeared.
It was not that he left through the window, nor that he died suddenly, but that he suddenly disappeared as if he had performed teleportation.
Xiaozhi hesitated for a moment, then got out of bed, woke up the uncle sleeping on the lower bunk, and explained to him everything he had sensed.
The uncle had just been woken up, and was stunned when he heard Xiaozhi’s news. After thinking for a moment, he said, “Use that special ability to feel if there is any movement downstairs.”
After hearing this, Xiaozhi started to sense again. There was nothing unusual at first, until Xiaozhi suddenly discovered that another 12 light spots on the same floor began to move, and soon overlapped with the eleven light spots. In less than a minute, 11 of the 23 light spots gathered together disappeared.
Xiaozhi was stunned…
The uncle lit up a cigarette at some point, took a long drag, savored it for a long time before spitting it out and asking, “Is it solved?”
It took Xiaozhi a while to come back to his senses. He understood what the uncle was asking and nodded with a grim expression. He was a little angry but afraid that others would hear him, so he whispered, “Those people may not be in the same group. It is very likely that only the missing person is a spy. They are playing with human lives by doing this. They are not qualified to do that!”
The uncle was somewhat relieved by Xiaozhi’s indignant look. He put out the cigarette in his hand and put it back into the cigarette box. “The fact that you think so at least shows that I didn’t make a mistake. However, excessive sympathy is not a good thing. Before participating in this mission, Uncle Ju and I roughly investigated the identities and resumes of other teams… The missions they completed before were relatively rough. In short, they don’t seem like good people.”
The uncle got off the bed and started to put on his clothes. As he put on his clothes, he continued, “I doubt if the people who are acting with us are bait. After all, even in Team Rocket, there aren’t many scum like this. I’m afraid few people would really feel sorry for using them as consumables.”
Xiaozhi watched the uncle put on the equipment, and suddenly thought of a question and said to the uncle: “They found out so quickly, doesn’t that mean that all our rooms are under constant surveillance? Wouldn’t the noise we made when we got up have been discovered?”
The uncle buttoned up the last button and then smiled, “You just found out? Well, it’s okay. After all, in the eyes of these radicals, we are outsiders. So our abnormality is normal to them.”
Xiaozhi nodded, but was still a little confused about the uncle’s sudden action of standing up and putting on his clothes.
“Uncle, do you want to get up and go to the bathroom?”
The uncle smiled mysteriously, pointed his finger above his head and said, “It should be almost time.”
“When is it almost here?”
The uncle didn’t answer. After two or three seconds, Xiaozhi was about to speak when a quick, sharp tone seemed to pierce his eardrums and drill into his head, which made him perk up.
It was not until the sound faded that the uncle replied belatedly: “When the action begins.”
Xiaozhi was stunned for a moment, until the uncle urged him to put on his clothes, then he reacted and took action quickly.
Alola uncle Soma was woken up by the noise and didn’t know what was going on. He cursed who was making trouble so late at night. It was not until the uncle who was already dressed pulled back his quilt that he realized it was an emergency assembly. He hurriedly put on his clothes like Xiaozhi.
Xiaozhi didn’t realize what was happening until he got dressed, woke up the sleeping Pokémon and asked them to get into the Poké Balls, and gathered with Lisa and the others at the square below. He could only stare at the strange Rocket team members who didn’t even know what had happened before.
The uncle saw his confusion and explained, “False when real, false when real. Don’t these high-ranking officials like to play this kind of trick? I think the spy who escaped probably received some internal intelligence from them and rushed to report it, and the high-ranking officials took advantage of the other party’s attention being diverted to attack the real place of action, right?”
Xiaozhi stared at the stranger next to him with some vigilance. Although the uncle’s voice just now was not loud, this person could definitely hear it.
The uncle came over and squeezed between Xiaozhi and the man, comforting him, “It’s okay, this is not a secret. The people above will definitely tell us where we are going. It’s okay to let people know a few seconds earlier. But you can’t say for sure. What if the information leaked this time is false and they want to lure out another group of traitors? What do you think, brother?”
The uncle nudged the other man’s shoulder with his elbow, forcing the man to force a smile in response.
When the man consciously moved away, the uncle came back to Xiaozhi and whispered, “Cheer up, kid, tell me if anything happens. The water is deep this time, we just need to protect ourselves and don’t think too much.”
Mantis stalks the cicada (Part 1) (Old version)
There are very few stars in the sky above Golden City tonight, as if they were blocked by something, with only a half-moon hanging alone.
Although the economy of Jinhuang City is highly developed, it is not without cost to build such a huge city in just six years.
After the Kanto riots, most of the Golden City was reduced to ruins. It would be far less costly to make such a large area of dilapidated buildings look brand new than to rebuild a city.
Therefore, the initial address of the new Jinhuang City was not actually at the original address, but on a flat land near the sea between Yuhong City and the original Jinhuang City. This made it convenient to transport materials from Yuhong City and to use sea transportation to save freight costs.
At the call of the government, most of the original residents of Jinhuang City moved to the new Jinhuang City and started a new life. A small number of residents were unwilling to leave, and they accepted government funding to rebuild their homes. If things had developed smoothly, the two sides might have argued over which side was the real Jinhuang City in a few decades, but there would not have been much actual communication. Unfortunately, this was not the case.
As legendary Pokémon appeared around the world, more and more natural disasters left many people homeless. People who had lost faith in the local alliance flocked to the new Golden City for refuge. The sharply rising population prompted Golden City to continue expanding. The Golden City carriage, which had been running smoothly, suddenly ran wildly under the whip of the driver, until it finally broke away from the control of the Kanto Alliance.
New Jinhuang City and Old Jinhuang City are adjacent to each other.
The two sides, who were equal a few years ago, are now treated differently. I’m afraid that everyone will feel unbalanced. Some conflicts that were previously buried broke out instantly, and the league officials were not in a position to intervene. After all, once they stepped forward, they would face a dilemma: Is the old Golden City considered Golden City?
If they admit that it is, then they have to be responsible for their words. Incorporating the old Jinhuang City into the new Jinhuang City system will require investing resources in it that are no less than those invested in the new Jinhuang City. Who can afford such a huge extra expenditure?
If they don’t admit it, it will be even worse. The most obvious point is that Kanto is not the only one with the Pokémon League. What if they get angry and directly leave the league system to join Team Rocket? Even if things develop in the best direction, the official will no longer be able to reconcile the contradictions between the two sides after the clear statement. With the continuous expansion of the New Golden City, the final result will inevitably be that the Old Golden City, whose interests are constantly encroached, will explode in the repression. The real version of the War of the Two Cities is just around the corner.
But things will eventually have an outcome. With the mediation of the alliance officials and the concessions of the New Golden Yellow City, the worst outcome did not happen. The old Golden Yellow City was renamed the Golden Yellow Administrative Special District and incorporated into the New Golden Yellow City system, but it has independent autonomy and is not governed by the New Golden Yellow City.
To show its sincerity, the new Huangjin City deliberately gave up the land bordering the Huangjin Administrative Special District during its development, on the surface that it would not interfere with the interests related to the old Huangjin City. The Huangjin Administrative Special District also took a step back, only taking the judicial power of these bordering areas but not participating in the distribution of interests and giving all the benefits to the other party.
The location of the Rockets’ operation this time was this middle area. The target of the raid was an organization named the Super Power Lovers Mutual Aid Association. Such organizations were common in Golden City, which had a super power gym. What really made the Rockets suspicious was that when the Rockets plundered the wealth of the black market leader, they accidentally discovered that he was a member of this organization. And that person had contacted the other party before the Rockets raided the black market and said that he had found a “supreme treasure”.
In fact, even now there is no direct evidence to show that the other party is the direct murderer who attacked the treasure transport team. Unfortunately, Team Rocket is not the police.
Of course, all this information only exists in the uncle’s mind. No matter the birth of the new Golden City or the fight for the lost item, there is no need for the Rockets’ top management to explain to Xiaozhi and the others.
The base of the Super Power Enthusiasts Mutual Aid Association is in an abandoned medium-sized shopping mall. In order to completely block all the exits of the shopping mall, in addition to blocking the four exits in the southeast, northwest, and north, the two underground garage entrances at the south and north gates must also be blocked. Xiaozhi and his team’s mission this time is to guard the underground garage entrance at the north gate.
The uncle actually enjoyed the tough job of guarding the gate in this obviously lucrative task. He even started discussing with Xiaozhi their evacuation point in case of any accidents.
It was not until the uncle said he was thirsty and was about to drink some water that I felt something was wrong. Why was there so little movement in the shopping mall?
He quickly asked Xiaozhi if he felt anything unusual, but how could Xiaozhi, who was highly vigilant in this regard, discover the problem later than him?
In Xiaozhi’s waveguide perception, the waves of the Rocket Team members who entered earlier still exist, neither decreasing nor increasing, which means that they have not faced the enemy head-on until now. Xiaozhi’s waveguide can only perceive things within a hundred meters around, so he is not very surprised that he did not perceive the enemy. If the only abnormality is that these people are walking too slowly…
Thinking of this, Xiaozhi took out the Love Ball and asked Lalulas to come out and let her find out some information.
But then something unexpected happened. At Xiaozhi’s signal, Ralts was about to find out the information about the surroundings when it was hit by a heavy hammer. Its body floating in the air suddenly fell down, and it held its head with its hands and groaned in pain.
Xiaozhi went up first and tried to use the power of waves to sense where the little guy was injured. After feeling that Ralts was fine, he quickly asked the uncle to release Venusaur to use hypnotic powder on Ralts.
The uncle alerted the higher-ups the moment Ralts showed any abnormality. After letting Venusflower put Ralts to sleep, he reminded everyone to be alert around and then asked Xiaozhi what had happened.
Xiaozhi gently took the sleeping Lalulas back into the Poké Ball and then looked at the dark underground garage and whispered: “Lalulas was not attacked physically, but mentally. This feeling is somewhat familiar to me…”
He was silent for a while and suddenly spoke: “I suspect that the so-called Psychic Lovers Mutual Aid Association, the target of our mission this time, is not a civilian organization in the conventional sense. Their leader is likely to be a trainer who has a Psychic Pokémon whose strength is not inferior to that of a gym leader. This group of people is likely to be a group of illegal underground Psychics. Only in this way can Lalulas, who has excellent Psychics, fall into a disadvantage so easily. The Rocket team members who just entered the position but did not make any movement may have been influenced by the other party and arranged to various strange places by the illusion, right?” At this point, he remembered the gym leader Nancy in the dream world…
Shaking his head to let those bad memories disappear from his mind, Xiaozhi spoke again: “Captain, we have to remind the people above of the current crisis, ask them to evacuate as many people as possible, and reorganize a group of trainers with Dark or Bug Pokémon (because Bug and Dark Pokémon are very common in Team Rocket and can effectively resist Psychic energy, so letting their trainers and Pokémon get closer can effectively resist the confusion of those illusions) to go in and fight.”
The uncle nodded. Even though he was planning to run away if something went wrong, the current situation was far from out of control. He had made great contributions by sending out the warning signal and finding out the reason for the abnormal situation. If everything went well, it would not be a problem to use this credit to register the two girls in the boy’s family in front of him for a new Huangjin City residence. He quickly reported to his superiors through the communicator.
Due to the uncle’s previous warning, everyone released their Pokémon. Mothra took over Ralts’s reconnaissance duties and flew into the air to scout the enemy, while the uncle’s Ladybug guarded it and was alert to the surrounding attacks. Ash released his only registered Pokémon, Snake, and was hidden by Ash as a surprise soldier. Lisa released Jawbone and let it hide using the sand hole characteristics.
It was not until the uncle finished his call and turned around to see this scene that he realized the problem. Wasn’t the insect Pokémon possession rate of their team a bit high?
(Although the Jaw Ant has only ground attributes, its egg group is insect and flying dragon)
The Mantis Catches the Cicada (Part 2) (Old Version)
The development of events is never as expected. Xiaozhi and his team were indeed re-incorporated into the combat sequence, but they were no longer the independent combat teams as before. Instead, they were incorporated into the combat unit to act as vanguards.
The person who took over the command of Xiaozhi’s team was a young man who looked to be nearly 30 years old. He had a serious face and a cold expression. Even though he knew that his side was in trouble, he was not panicked at all. Instead, he commanded his troops with confidence.
He did not charge in directly as ordered from above, but instead ordered the Rock and Ground-type Pokémon to seal all the entrances. Then, under his orders, his direct subordinates and himself released the Pokémon.
MagmaSnail, Charmeleon, Infernape, Charmeleon, Cinderella, and finally, the two Pokémon of exceptionally large sizes belonging to this commander, Infernape and Houndoom.
As if they had a plan in place, these Pokémon arrived at various entrances one after another, and then spewed out thick black smoke with a burning smell from their mouths.
The black smoke only filled the entrance at first, but as several big-mouthed bats flapped their wings to create a tailwind, the black smoke quickly spread and filled the entire shopping mall.
Xiaozhi stared at the scene in a daze, and suddenly remembered the red-haired gangster he had strangled to death. The scene before him was actually not much similar to that time, but the same thing was that both of these “fires” were caused by human desires.
The reason why Xiaozhi wanted to get rid of the gangster was not because he really wanted to kill people, but because he had no choice. He could not guarantee that the gangster would just let it go after he let it go. He would not be able to rest assured as long as he kept the gangster alive. It would be better to dirty his hands than to insist on his kindness and let the children fall into unknown danger.
What is this person thinking? You know, humans and Pokémon have completely different physiques. Pokémon may not care about moves like smoke screen, but if humans inhale too much, they may suffocate or even be in danger of death due to lack of oxygen. Although it is very effective against enemies hiding in the corner, it is also a big threat to the people trapped inside.
He stared in a daze at the fire beast that was spewing black smoke not far away, and suddenly felt something was wrong as he felt the temperature around him rising.
When he saw those Starter Pokémons before, he thought that most of these trainers were revolutionaries, but ignored this Charizard. But now that he thought about it again, he remembered a key issue.
Does the Fire Camel know how to perform smoke screen moves?
This brings us to the characteristics of the Pokémon Charmeleon.
The Pokémon Charmeleon is found in large numbers in the volcanic regions of Fengyuan. Their homes are either blazing deserts or erupting volcanoes, and this environment gives them a unique body structure. The two humps of Charmeleon are actually two small volcanoes that constantly spew hot smoke, which contains rich fire elements.
Because they have lived in an environment rich in fire elements for a long time, fire camels always go all out when performing fire-related moves. Their fire attacks are so powerful that they are enough to scare away opponents. However, this all-out attack method also brings a problem – it is difficult for fire camels to accurately control the flames. Their fire attacks are often too fierce and difficult to hit the target accurately.
Although the Fire Camel has powerful fire abilities, its control over its body is not enough to dispel the fire element in the smoke. Therefore, the Fire Camel cannot perform a smoke screen move, and can only perform a move called smoke spray.
The names of the two moves differ by only one letter, and the ways they appear when released are somewhat similar, but the meanings they represent are completely different.
The smokescreen move does not cause damage, and its purpose in combat is generally to confuse the enemy or hide yourself.
However, the smoke spraying skill will cause high fire damage to the enemy trapped in the smoke. If the enemy accidentally inhales the air containing the smoke, it is likely to cause burns to the inside of his body and put him into a burned state.
It can be said that if it was the former, the Rockets players trapped inside would still have a good chance of survival, but the latter was simply premeditated murder.
Xiaozhi looked serious, stepped forward to stop the commander, and asked: “You should know what you are doing, right? These fire Pokémon are not using smoke screen moves but smoke spray. Don’t you know how many people will be killed by this move?”
The commander glanced at the young man’s incredulous face in front of him and was too lazy to pay attention to him. He wanted to open the other person’s hand, but found that the other person’s hand was like an iron gate and he couldn’t move it even if he used all his strength.
The commotion here alerted the surrounding Rocket team members, and they surrounded them. The uncle and his companions were also alarmed and surrounded Xiaozhi, confronting the Rocket team members.
The commander tried to struggle out of Xiaozhi’s hand several times, but Xiaozhi held him tighter and tighter. Finally, he couldn’t hold it anymore and shouted angrily: “What are you going to do? As a low-ranking member of the Rocket Team, what qualifications do you have to question me? Do you want to betray the organization?”
Xiaozhi did not back down. He stared at the other party firmly and said, “Our mission is to recover lost items, not to make such a big noise that puts everyone in the building in danger and escalates the situation. Your orders conflict with those from above. As a member of Team Rocket, I have reason to doubt your motives. What if you are an undercover agent of a third party and intend to use the thick smoke to confuse the situation and benefit the third party? Then won’t everyone present be blamed?”
This awakened the other Rockets who were surrounding them. They looked at the black curtain covering the entire shopping mall, and then looked at the commander’s direct troops who were wearing fireproof suits and night vision goggles. They were the ones who put up the smoke screen, blocked the entrance, and now they were the most prepared for the people who were about to enter the shopping mall. If there were any doubts…
The people around gradually dispersed, leaving only a part of the commander’s side to confront Xiaozhi and his companions.
The commander was furious and angry about being blamed for this. He cursed: “Aren’t you a conservative? What does the life and death of those disgusting guys have to do with you? Are you too compassionate? Do you know what those people usually do? If the outsiders don’t understand, don’t get in the way. Their lives will be in danger. I hope all these villains will die!”
“But what about the people from the Super Power Enthusiasts Mutual Aid Association? They haven’t killed a single intruder so far, and we are planning to kill them and our team members together. Isn’t this a bit inhumane?”
The commander finally understood what the young man was worried about. It turned out that this guy was afraid of hurting innocent people. He didn’t want to talk to someone who still had naive ideas. He glanced at his two Pokémon, signaling them to come and rescue him, but found that Infernape adjusted the angle of its body and turned its back to him, still spewing smoke, while Houndoom stretched out the demon tail behind it to the front, imitating a big wolfhound licking its fur.
What are these two guys doing?
The commander coughed loudly twice, but the two Pokémon still ignored him. Finally, the commander had no choice but to explain the whole story to Xiaozhi: “The Psychic Lovers Mutual Aid Association is a cult organization. It was founded in Old Golden City after the Kanto Riots. Its motto is to attract the attention of Mewtwo by repeating the Kanto Riots so that they can be given power after they come. So far, they have artificially triggered three beast tides in New Golden City and surrounding areas, affecting nearly 10,000 victims. Even Interpol has put them on the bounty list. You still think they are innocent?”
Xiaozhi was stunned for a moment, and immediately retorted: “You are lying. We have already investigated the official information before participating in the operation. There is no information about the Psychic Lovers Mutual Aid Association at all.”
“Because the Psychic Lovers Mutual Aid Association is not the real name of this organization. They are known as the Mewtwo Cult internationally, and Interpol is not looking for the Mewtwo Cult as a sect, but its master.”
“Why did you stop talking in the middle of your speech? Who is that master? Why does Interpol pay more attention to that person than the Mewtwo Cult?”
Although he was questioning, Xiaozhi’s grip had loosened a lot. The commander seized this opportunity and struggled to break free from his grip, using too much force and nearly falling down.
He smoothed his wrinkled clothes and glared at Xiaozhi, explaining, “Because my motives are clear enough. The two groups you thought were innocent are scum who bullied men and women, and cultists who regarded human life as worthless. Why don’t you think about the innocent people they harmed when you think about them?”
Seeing that Xiaozhi looked a little absent-minded, the commander continued to add: “Young man, think before you act. Have you ever thought about the consequences before you act?” He pointed at the team member standing behind Xiaozhi and continued, “What you did just now can be called gathering to disobey orders. Have you ever thought that these team members of yours will be implicated by you?”
Xiaozhi remained silent. He had long seen the strength of the commander’s Pokémon. Both of them were genuine elites. Although they were powerful, they were not a threat. To put it bluntly, he could beat these two majestic-looking guys to a pulp with just his fists. However, the opponent still had more than 40 subordinates on the scene. Even if each of them had only three Pokémon, that meant more than 100 opponents. It would take more than a short time to solve them. He was not sure that Lisa and the others would not be injured during this period.
In the end, he did not speak, but just stared at the other party, waiting for the commander’s next move. Now he could only make the best of it, as long as the guy in front of him gave the order, he would capture the leader first.
The commander was also a little puzzled when he saw Xiaozhi’s expression. How could this young man in front of him not be afraid after being talked to for so long? Was he relying on someone or was he really stupid? Thinking of his Infernape and Houndoom’s unusual performance today, he finally suppressed his anger and spoke again: “Since this is your team’s first mission, I will not pursue it, but you must be the first batch to enter the shopping mall as a pioneer as the price for your impulsiveness.” No matter what kind of person the opponent is, it will definitely not be wrong to let him be the first.
Xiaozhi nodded and looked at the commander’s direct subordinates who were putting on their equipment. He was interrupted just as he was about to speak.
“You will enjoy the same treatment as them, including equipment, medicine, logistical supplies, and universal Pokémon. But if you try to escape, I will enforce the law impartially. Do you have any other conditions?”
Xiaozhi thought about it and said nothing more.
The Mantis Catches the Cicada (Part 3) (Old Version)
“Uncle, pay attention to your left. There is a Rocketeer lying under the corner of the sofa thirty meters away. His waveguide is relatively stable, so he should still be alive. Please prepare a respirator and a positioning device for him.”
Xiaozhi and his friends have been in the shopping mall for a while. The temperature in the building is still quite high, but because the fire-type Pokémon outside have stopped spewing smoke, there is no fire-type energy left in the smoke in the building after losing energy support, and the temperature inside will only get lower and lower.
From an objective point of view, the commander’s tactics were quite effective. So far, Ash and his friends have captured more than a dozen cultists who were huddled in the protective shields of their Pokémon, exhausted from lack of oxygen, and they even found several Rocket members who were trapped in some narrow places waiting for rescue.
Although the other party’s behavior was bad, it would be too difficult for Xiaozhi to just watch him die without helping him.
After rescuing the man, Xiaozhi and his group continued to move forward. It was not until they entered an aisle that seemed to be a food court that Xiaozhi apologized to the team members around him: “I’m sorry, it was my impulsiveness that made everyone take this risk with me.”
“It doesn’t matter.”
“fine.”
The uncle and Lisa spoke at the same time. They looked at each other awkwardly. The uncle brushed his stubble and said awkwardly, “You go first, you go first.”
Lisa’s emotions, which had just been brewing, were messed up again by the uncle’s interruption. She pretended not to care, looked around, and only glanced at Xiaozhi with the corner of her eyes, and said shamefully: “That…that…is…Anyway, Xiaozhi, you are just like this. It would be weird if you did nothing. Don’t think too much…Anyway…Anyway, I will support you.” Her voice became smaller and smaller, and in the end, even Xiaozhi couldn’t hear clearly what she said.
Xiaozhi could only apologize first, thank Lisa for her thoughtfulness, and then look at the uncle again.
The uncle’s speech was much more straightforward. After he re-observed the surroundings to make sure there were no enemies, he said loudly: “In fact, sending us to the front is not a bad thing. There are actually three advantages to us being used as pioneers.” The uncle held up three fingers and continued, “First, we have been excluded by the forces on both sides. If we continue like this, we won’t gain much even if we successfully complete this mission. The opportunity that Xiaozhi has fought for can allow us to rescue many radicals. Afterwards, even if they are out of favor, they will give us a reward. At worst, the people in their faction will not do anything bad for our reward for this mission. The second is that our status is different. Although it is dangerous to be a vanguard, we also have all the Rocket team members in our direction as back-up, and with this silly boy here, we don’t have to worry too much about ordinary threats. As for the last point…”
The uncle touched the night vision goggles on his head and said lightly: “This thing we wear on our heads is not cheap. Didn’t the commander say that he would be responsible for the logistics? Then it is natural that one or two night vision goggles will be damaged during the battle, right? We will then…” The uncle didn’t say anything else, but it was obvious what he was going to do next.
Xiaozhi actually doesn’t care much about this kind of thing, but even though he is not very smart, he understands that the uncle is speaking for him. Even though he made up so many excuses, don’t forget that the other party is a determined runaway. He didn’t expect to get any benefits from this trip from the beginning, so how could he be willing to take risks for the sake of profit now?
“Thank you.” Xiaozhi didn’t say anything else and focused his attention on sensing the enemy.
Search, defend against enemies, destroy them, and rescue the trapped. Under the full-hearted leadership of Xiaozhi, the team’s advancement speed was surprisingly fast. In less than half an hour, they met up with the pioneers who came in from another underground garage entrance.
The two sides first exchanged their intelligence, and when they were about to report to their superiors after getting accurate information, they found that the walkie-talkie, which was originally a dedicated channel, now only had a harsh noise, and no one responded no matter how they called.
The captains on both sides were silent. This sudden change in a normal situation was an obvious sign of falling into a trap. Both captains were experienced people. They immediately asked their team members to release their own Pokémon and the common Pokémon sent down from above.
Pokémon that would have a great advantage in battling psychic Pokémon, such as Argonauts, Kairos, Mudkip and its evolved form, Butterfree, have been released, but people are still worried because no enemy has appeared so far.
After being on alert for more than ten minutes, no enemy showed up. The uncertainty of facing the unknown made everyone’s nerves tense.
If this atmosphere continues, it will be difficult to cheer them up again after their nerves have broken down.
“Is it possible that the enemy is not targeting our small group but is interfering with all teams entering the mall?”
As soon as Xiaozhi finished speaking, everyone turned their eyes to him, attracted by the voice that broke the silence.
Xiaozhi did not play dumb but spoke out his guess: “Until now we have no way of knowing the enemy’s casualties. From the descriptions of the two captains, we did not find out how many casualties the enemy suffered in this smoke attack. Is it possible that the enemy has been controlling the situation and has not taken any action, lurking and waiting for the opportunity?”
“What nonsense are you talking about? They are definitely planning to wipe out both of our teams at once. Stop wasting everyone’s time!”
“Could they be trying to trap us here and set an ambush? When the main force discovers the anomaly and comes to look for it, they will fall into their trap.”
“You idiot, if we lose contact, how can we not discover the other party’s intentions with our wisdom? If time drags on for too long, this siege may turn into an ambush…”
“I think everyone is just too nervous. Maybe the lack of signal is because there happened to be a Magneto 3-in-1 that evolved nearby and disrupted the magnetic field here…”
“Shut up!” Everyone stopped talking as the captain yelled. He looked at the young man in front of him and asked, “You mean they want to use the signal confusion to temporarily slow down the pace of our troops attacking from six directions, and use this time to concentrate their superior forces to attack our troops in one direction and break out?”
For the captain, the purpose of this operation is to retrieve the lost property. As long as the other party successfully breaks through with the lost property, their mission will fail.
But Xiaozhi’s idea was different from his. He could roughly guess the strength of the other party’s commander, so his idea was bolder: “I think the other party might want to annihilate us all here.”
“That’s impossible. They don’t have the ability.”
“They have. Please don’t forget that we still don’t have a grasp of the specific situation here or the strength of the other side.”
“You mean… that’s not right either. Even if they have the strength to deal with us, there’s no need for them to do so. What good will it bring to them if they fight us like this?”
“…Didn’t your commander say they were cultists? Why do you think cultists have clear logical thinking? Even if you follow your line of thought, maybe they leaked the news on purpose. They set a trap here to lure us in, catch us all, and then spread the news to build momentum for their subsequent return.”
“What?” The captain could no longer keep his expression when he heard this. He was shocked. If he followed the young man’s line of thought, it was quite possible. He couldn’t help but re-evaluate the other party and started to have conspiracy theories about the reason why this conservative team came to participate in this mission. “Do you… no, how sure are you?”
I was kidding… How could this guy take it seriously? Xiaozhi opened his mouth to explain, but the situation was critical and he was too lazy to correct this small mistake. Instead, he continued, “If the enemy’s goal is to annihilate us, then their best solution right now is undoubtedly decapitation. Although it seems that we are in chaos right now and we have to fight on our own as long as the communication cannot be resolved, I think the rear will have a backup means to solve this problem. They can only take advantage of the interval when our rear has not discovered any abnormalities to eliminate the commander, so that even if we restore communication, we will not be able to coordinate and defeat them one by one.”
“You mean the time it takes for us to report to the headquarters at each interval.” He looked at his watch. The previous communication interval was five minutes, but now it has exceeded it by several minutes. If things are really as the other party said, then what should have happened has already happened. “Why didn’t you say so earlier? Isn’t this already quite a bit of time exceeded?”
Xiaozhi was a little speechless. Why did he say it earlier? The reason why he said his guess was because the atmosphere was tense and he had to come up with an excuse to relieve everyone’s pressure. Of course, he couldn’t admit that he was just guessing. After all, the other party had a gym leader-level trainer. If he was unintentional, it wouldn’t be difficult to do the above things. He didn’t explain too much and answered directly: “So you have to make a decision immediately. Do you want to follow us back to support your commander, or stay where you are?”
“According to what you mean, the army that will besiege the boss must be theirs. Will it be useful for us to go?…Wait, what you mean is…I understand, let’s set off immediately.”
Mantis stalks the cicada (Part 4) (Old version)
Although he didn’t ask much, the captain following behind Xiaozhi and others couldn’t help but wonder what Xiaozhi and others’ back-up plan was.
When Xiaozhi and his team joined the operation, the information was read over and over again by the revolutionary team leaders. This was a newly established team that barely retained its establishment.
Their captain is a conservative logistics staff member who has been with the Rockets for 8 years. Although he performed well in the first few years after joining the team, he became just like everyone else after several confidential missions (they have no right to view the details). In recent years, he has even been slacking off in the logistics department. There is nothing special about him.
There is also a combat medical staff member who has also been in Team Rocket for many years, but her resume is unremarkable. What is strange is that after so many years of joining, she has not integrated into any faction, like an invisible person.
There was a poacher who was apprehended. He seemed to have appeared out of nowhere. There was no record of his existence in Kanto. All we knew was that he was from Alola.
A mysterious female ninja, whose information is kept extremely confidential, and even the captain cannot find any information about her.
Finally, there is Xiaozhi, who is extremely mysterious. Team Rocket can’t even find out his birthday, as if he jumped out of a stone. He always makes big moves. He participated in the last lost property recovery operation and made a great contribution. After the operation, he was directly transferred to the combat team. You know, it takes at least half a year for other logistics personnel to become regular employees, but he got his first Pokémon less than a week ago.
The captain didn’t think much about it when he got the information, but now it seems that the purpose of these people joining this operation is not simple. He couldn’t help but think of the three cadres who worked hard to govern after taking over the position of conservative leader. Although they have a good personal relationship on the surface, the captain doesn’t believe in such face-saving projects. Which cadre do Xiaozhi and his friends belong to?
Is it the one who is the descendant of the Rockets veteran, who was raised as a direct descendant from a young age and has strong action ability and is brave and decisive in doing things? Or is it the one whose family is the largest investor in the Rockets, who is the only heir of the family, and who is gifted, knowledgeable and is known as a versatile person? Or is it the most mysterious one, who never shows himself in front of people but can implicitly determine the direction of the entire conservative faction?
It doesn’t matter who it is, as long as they are a member of Team Rocket. Although the boss still has a trump card, if that adult takes action, the problem can be solved, but the follow-up will be difficult to deal with…
While the captain was still thinking, Xiaozhi, who was in the front, shouted, “There is an enemy behind that wall! Don’t hold back, use all your high-powered long-range moves to break that wall.”
Everyone was already on high alert, and after hearing what Xiaozhi said, they immediately manipulated their wristbands to issue attack orders to the common Pokémon around them.
A large amount of energy attacks such as rocks and water bombs poured out, most of the wall was shattered, and the cultists hiding behind were seriously injured. Several unlucky guys were hit hard on the head and fainted directly.
The cultists went from ambushers to ambushed, and they obviously didn’t react. But Xiaozhi and his friends would not let go of the opportunity. Without Xiaozhi’s order, the timid bug used the water jet to rush forward first, followed by the Eevee with lightning flash, the iron ball thrown by the hurling monkey, the vine whip of the phalanx, and the air blade of the moth.
The cultists and their Pokémon were thrown into disarray by the sudden attack before they could even recover. The trainers who were a little further away from their Pokémon were attacked first, and the remaining trainers who reacted and summoned their Pokémon were also outnumbered and overwhelmed by the common Pokémon that followed.
The captain hadn’t even seen his opponent’s face before the encounter was over. He hurriedly asked Xiaozhi, “Is this a backup plan?” Xiaozhi nodded, and without stopping, he untied the enemy trainer’s Pokémon belt and asked Lisa to keep it, and then continued to move forward.
The journey was much smoother. On the way, Xiaozhi and his team encountered two more waves of enemies. No matter where the enemy was hiding, as long as they were within Xiaozhi’s perception range, he would point them out. Thanks to the outstanding strength of the two teams, the enemies were all defeated.
The journey was smoother after that. The opponent who was commanding the battle seemed to realize that it was futile to intercept Xiaozhi and his companions, so he stopped obstructing them and let them join the main force.
As the distance got closer, the sound of explosions from the collision of moves in the distance also came over.
Xiaozhi and his friends forced their way in, but it seemed like those hostile trainers were well prepared and surrounded them after just a brief exchange of blows.
Before Xiaozhi and his companions got close, a voice came from the position covered by rocks and energy walls: “Report your team number and your names…”
Before the other party could finish speaking, the captain rushed out and shouted, “Boss, it’s us, we are here to save you!”
The voice on the other end paused for a moment, and then there was an unhappy voice: “I want you to save me? Damn, even if you are a kid, you have to tell me your number honestly!”
Although he said so, his attitude had obviously changed a lot. He asked the people around him to use Healing Bell (restore all abnormal states) and Delay (make the target’s moves be launched at the end of this round, this move is used here just to allow energy to enter the bodies of Xiaozhi and others to detect whether Xiaozhi and others are affected by super powers), and then let them in after finding no abnormalities.
“Boss, how are you? This little brother said you were in danger so I followed them here.”
The commander subconsciously turned his head to look at the temporary command center that had been smashed into ruins, and said with lingering fear: “An incredibly strong Alakazam suddenly broke through our protective shield and destroyed our military radio with a powerful mental thought. Several brothers on duty were killed there…”
Xiaozhi remembers Pokémon like Alakazam, after all, the gym leader Nancy has a Brawlhalla, and the most impressive thing about this Pokémon is their mastery of Teleport. As the only Pokémon that can master this move at birth, their Teleport is even said to be able to be performed across regions, and even in battle, they are said to perform Teleport faster than other psychic Pokémon, making it an extremely difficult Pokémon.
The gym trainer hiding in the dark must be an extraordinary person to be able to capture this kind of Pokémon.
Before they could talk more, Xiaozhi suddenly sensed something unusual and looked up at the ceiling together with the commander’s Houndoom. Immediately, a high-energy warning sounded on the commander’s watch.
The commander reacted quickly. He cursed and shouted, “Wide-area defense, use wide-area defense towards the sky!!!” As he spoke, he pressed the screen of an instrument, and then all the common Pokémon stopped what they were doing and performed their moves towards the sky.
Wide area defense, rock blockade, reflective wall, light wall, and many other protective moves were deployed. The colorful moves formed a barrier to firmly protect the humans and Pokémon behind them.
Almost at the moment the barrier was formed, the roof collapsed, and light blue bullets filled with superpowers fell from above, like a dense meteor shower, smashing down with supreme power.
Those light bullet rain and defensive moves collided and canceled each other out. As the light bullets continued to appear, the barrier continued to become thinner. Even if the trainers hiding behind the barrier continued to drive their Pokémon to perform defensive moves, it was just a drop in the bucket.
The commander had no choice but to urge the Pokémon loudly to use the digging technique in the hope that they could escape the disaster by hiding underground.
Xiaozhi threw out the Poké Ball and shouted to the ready-to-go Snake: “Please, Snake, take me up and protect everyone.”
Snake looked at the ceiling without saying anything, but a huge vine instantly lifted up Xiaozhi and flew towards the direction where the missiles fell. Several small vines tied Xiaozhi up to better fix him on it.
She was doing two things at once, using her vines to carry Xiaozhi upwards while letting streams of light green energy spread out from the soles of her feet, transforming into a green energy storm that enveloped the position and firmly protected Lisa and the others.
Xiaozhi pulled out the “sword” that had been worn on his waist for a long time and attached the wave force to it. Then he dispersed the light bullets that were attacking him like swinging a baseball bat.
As the distance got closer, the light bullets became more and more dense, and Xiaozhi’s action of swinging the “baseball bat” gradually changed from dual-wielding and slashing to turning and sweeping.
The power of the wave strengthened his body, promoted blood circulation, and adrenaline burst out. Xiaozhi’s physical fitness reached the peak instantly. The slashing blows were accompanied by continuous light blue arcs like a high-speed flowing stream. The dense light bullets seemed to hit an iron wall, and under Xiaozhi’s mortal body, this dense meteor shower was forcibly cut off.
This is not over yet. The light contained in the “sharp sword” in Xiaozhi’s hand becomes brighter and brighter as he keeps slashing, until finally the whole sword is covered by the dazzling blue light. Feeling that the time is right, Xiaozhi strikes out the last sword, and then the sword passes over his head and after briefly accumulating power, he slashes out fiercely.
The dazzling blue light seemed to be stimulated by the slash, and the energy attached to it extended along the slash and turned into a huge semicircular slash that rushed upwards. The light bullets along the way disappeared quickly like rain hitting the ground, and the light bullets that had been endless like a rainstorm before suddenly stopped.
The collision sound disappeared, people’s hurried footsteps stopped, the moves performed by Pokémon were canceled, and the Rocket Team members and cultists who were still fighting on the periphery also stopped briefly, paused and looked up at Xiaozhi, as if what he was slashing away this time was not the countless pre-foreseen future moves that attacked from the sky, but the sound of this area.
This is the martial arts skill that Xiaozhi learned by combining the sword energy attack performed by the warrior in his dream and the kendo technique “Water Cutting” in the secret scroll that Aya gave him privately, using the wave guide.
It’s a pity that none of his Pokémon are good at slashing, otherwise he could teach it to the other party.
However, he did not have time to think at the moment. Xiaozhi focused his attention on the figure floating in the air above his head with the moonlight on its back, his eyes extremely solemn.
The person he had been on guard against finally showed up.
The Mantis Catches the Cicada (V) (Old Version)
The situation Xiaozhi faces is very serious.
Even though he looked so majestic before, he knew the actual situation best. He did not hold back at all in order to save people just now. He had only practiced this move a few times before and had not fully mastered it. This time he used all his strength, the effect was amazing but the cost was also not low.
With that strike just now, he almost used up all the waveguide in his body as energy. Before this, he didn’t know what would happen when the waveguide in his body was used up. Only now did he feel the difference between having energy and not having energy. It was as if an engine was soaked in lubricating oil and suddenly all the lubricating oil evaporated in the middle of operation. The gears that lost their soft connection would keep colliding and sparking. If the engine was not shut down, the bearings connected inside would melt at high temperature in just a few moments and the entire engine would be destroyed.
In fact, he did not actively release all the waveguides, and even until the end he retained the waveguides that strengthened his body, but he overlooked one point, that is, the siphon effect of energy itself. When the energy in the body is greatly consumed, the pressure generated will cause the remaining energy in other positions to converge to the vacant position. Under normal circumstances, he could easily control the flow of this force with his absolute control over the waveguides, but this time his attention was all focused on controlling the energy of this new move, and when there were signs of abnormality, it was too late.
After the wave that strengthened his body faded away, the pressure on his body suddenly increased more than ten times. If it weren’t for Xiaozhi’s physical fitness which was far superior to that of ordinary people, he would probably have suffered serious damage at this last moment. But even so, the backlash he suffered at this time was really not small.
He could feel that every bone in his shoulders was groaning, as if they were being squeezed repeatedly by something heavy and were extremely sore. He was afraid that he would not be able to use any strength for half an hour.
Fortunately, the Teng Teng Snake had already arrived in front of him, giving him time to look at the person opposite him.
If he hadn’t known the identity of his opponent in advance, Xiaozhi would never have thought that the person in front of him was a cultist. He was an old man in a suit with a silver beard hanging down to the third tortoise shell button. He had a cane, a unique bright silver metal cane, covered with many mysterious characters, and the handle held by the old man was exposed. The huge Eye of Truth was facing Xiaozhi. It was just a carved pattern, but Xiaozhi felt like he was really being spied on. His body stood straight, but there was nothing under his feet. There was no foothold under his feet, but it seemed like there were footholds everywhere. He walked towards Xiaozhi in mid-air.
This is a genuine psychic, Xiaozhi is very sure of this, but this also means that the next battle will be more difficult. After all, the cooperation between psychics and psychic Pokémon is far from as simple as one plus one equals two.
“You are not in the future I foresaw. Who are you?”
Suddenly, a hoarse voice sounded. Even though the old man opposite did not speak, there was no doubt that the question came from him.
Telepathy? Xiaozhi didn’t dwell on this question for too long and asked the other party directly: “Why would someone like you join a cult?”
Xiaozhi is very curious about this matter. In his opinion, these cult members are all psychopaths, and the other party’s appearance is obviously at the opposite extreme from a madman. Why should he join a cult?
As if the old man opposite him sensed his thoughts, he suddenly laughed heartily, as if he heard someone asking a very stupid question, and his originally upright figure became a little hunched.
He didn’t answer Xiaozhi but threw two yellow and black high-level balls and said casually: “Don’t we still have to fight no matter how much you talk? No matter who you are, you are blocking my way young man.”
Two Poké Balls unfolded in mid-air, revealing two strange-looking Pokémon.
One of them is wrapped in a layer of dreamy mist, its body curled up like a baby still in the womb. Its head is very large, almost taking up half the size of its body, but its eyes are the size of a normal Pokémon, looking like a pair of small eyes.
The other is a humanoid Pokémon. The most eye-catching thing about it is its head. The crown on its head is very strange, and it looks like it has a mud fish on its head. Its feet are wrapped in a pair of armor-like protective layers like bell-bottom pants, which look very bloated, giving people the illusion that it has inconvenient legs and feet. The eyes that look like mud fish complement its dead fish eyes, and it looks harmless.
“Eclipse and Charrem…” Xiaozhi looked down at the petite figure standing in front of him and sighed. It seemed that he could only rely on Snake in this battle.
He took out a grass-attribute gem from the box that Shoji-sensei had given him and threw it to Fujito Snake.
“Please, use the vine whip.”
While catching the grass-attribute gem thrown by Xiaozhi, Snake used its vine whip move, and two thick vines emerged from the ground and quickly attacked the enemy.
But the distance between the ground and the air was not short, and the two Pokémon on the opposite side were well prepared, so they were easily avoided. The vines flew to the maximum distance and finally fell down, passing through the ceiling and landing on the ground.
The old man opposite did not give any orders, but his two Pokémon had already moved on their own. Dream Eclipse released pink energy that covered the surroundings. It was obvious that the other party was releasing a spiritual field.
Charrem on the side was also not idle. Light blue energy condensed on its head, and the whole Pokémon attacked Snakehead with unparalleled momentum.
The opponent seemed to be just taking advantage of Xiaozhi’s inability to dodge in mid-air and wanted to make Snake take this move, but his real intention was…
“After you dodge, entangle that Charem and don’t give him a chance to use wide-area destruction.”
Neither Ash nor Snake has the ability to fly. Obviously, the easiest way to defeat Ash and his men is not to defeat them head-on but to destroy the vines under their feet.
The vine snake turned aside a moment before Charem’s attack, and the vines under its feet swayed slightly, avoiding Charem while extending a small branch to wrap around one of Charem’s calves, causing it to deviate from its original target. The vine that wrapped around it did not break, but instead spread upwards along its calves tenaciously and tied up Charem’s hands.
Charem was entangled but did not panic. Its hands emitted red flames in an attempt to burn the vines. But before the vines could burn out, the vine snake had already entangled them. Its body emitted lavender energy that bound Charem tightly. The lavender poison energy and the orange-red flame energy wrestled with each other, making an explosion.
But the fiery red energy kept struggling, but could never break through the coiling technique of the Vine Snake. Instead, the Vine Snake’s enhanced ability after coiling made her binding strength increase suddenly, making it hard for Charem to breathe.
A dazzling pink light hit the Vine Snake at the same time, causing considerable damage. Both Teng Teng Snake and Charem cried out in pain.
But Xiaozhi’s sharp eyes noticed that the moment it was hit, it used its bent elbow to block the injured part so that neither Xiaozhi nor Snake could see the injury.
“Snake, use the Whip to carry Charrem and charge towards Eclipse.” Under Xiaozhi’s command, more vines grew on Snake’s body and completely wrapped it and Charrem so that the other party could not see each other clearly. Then it swung and finally attacked Eclipse like a large meteor hammer.
Meng Meng Eclipse kept attacking, using mental shocks, shadow balls, and the power of the moon to hit the tangled ball of vines with incredible force.
Xiaozhi was not fooled by this seemingly advantageous situation. The opponent’s purpose might be to conceal that the characteristic of Dream Eclipse is telepathy, but it is more likely that he wanted Xiaozhi to think that the opponent was concealing that the characteristic of Dream Eclipse is telepathy so that Xiaozhi could take advantage of this and take Charem as a hostage to get close to him, and then use hypnosis close to his face to make Xiaozhi suffer a great loss.
But it didn’t matter, because he never thought of using any strange tactics to win. As the distance quickly approached until it reached a certain range, Xiaozhi suddenly said: “Throw it out!”
The vines that were continuously extending toward Meng Meng Shi suddenly stopped, and then the vines entangled in the “green ball” were continuously pulled out like a ball of wool rolling forward. The line formed by the vines kept shrinking, and finally revealed the scarred Charem and the vine snake with some scratches on its body.
With a final tremor like a taut bowstring, the vine stretched to its limit, and with this force, the vine snake threw Charem out violently.
Charem was like a human-shaped mushroom, being thrown towards his companions in a daze, and almost instantly came face to face with Meng Meng Shi. But at the same time, Meng Meng Shi, who had been prepared, had energy flashing around him. When he was about to be attacked by his companions, the two exchanged positions.
Meng Meng Eclipse dodged the attack by exchanging venues, but before she could turn her attention to the Vine Snake, she felt a grabbing force from behind, carrying her away. When she realized it, she had been covered by vines. These were parasitic seeds that the Vine Snake had hidden in Charem’s body a long time ago. They sprouted from behind Charem at the moment the two sides approached each other. After the exchange of venues was activated, the vines behind Charem just overlapped with Meng Meng Eclipse.
Mengmengshi and Qiarem were smashed down from the glass on the top of the shopping mall by the carrier, and continued to break the walls along the track, finally smashing a person-sized hole on the hard stone floor.
During this period, Xiaozhi has been concentrating on paying attention to his surroundings and the direction of the two Pokémon, alert to Alakazam that may appear at any time, but until the two Pokémon fell to the ground and lost their combat ability, the gym leader-level Alakazam did not appear.
The old man clapped his hands in surprise, praising Xiaozhi’s level as a trainer, and then threw more Poké Balls from his arms casually, one, two…
As the last Poké Ball was thrown, twelve Pokémon of various shapes and colors floated in the air. Among them were not only Psychic-type Pokémon, but Pokémon of all types mixed in, even the three starter Pokémon from Kanto. But Alakazam was not among them.
The auras emitted by these Pokémon are no worse than those of the Succubus and Charrem just now. Even if the weakest of them does not have a gym leader-level Pokémon, its combat power can be considered as the best among the elite level. Even if I and Snake have recovered to my full strength, it will cost a lot to get rid of them. But what about the stronger Alakazam?
Xiaozhi frowned, feeling that the situation seemed a bit serious. The opponent had already seen his combat power and would never treat him as an ordinary trainer. From the current situation, it seemed that his intention was…
Trying to force me to change my goal from defeating his Pokémon to attacking the trainer?
Mantis stalks the cicada (Part 6) (Old version)
While Xiaozhi was engaged in a fierce battle, the battle situation below changed again.
Since the previous large-scale prediction of the future did not work as expected, the cultists who dispersed in advance were caught off guard by the Rocket Team who were waiting for an opportunity to counterattack.
The Rockets team members who had gathered together to resist the attack were like a fist that collided head-on with two fingers of the opponent’s half-assembled fist.
I don’t know if it’s because their leader is entangled by Xiaozhi, but the command and dispatch of these cultists is far less orderly than before, and they are gradually showing signs of being defeated by the Rocket Team, which is outnumbered.
Lisa and the other four did not join the battle. After all, the new recruit in their team had just flown up to the sky on a vine and had a fierce air battle with the mysterious old man. How strong were the remaining few people? Did they also preserve their strength? The commander was really hard to say. Now that the battle situation was stable, he was afraid that if these few people intervened, it would be difficult to count their military achievements after the battle was over…
After Xiaozhi defeated the two Pokémon of the mysterious old man, the commander who had just mocked the other party for knowing nothing lowered his head guiltily.
No matter how much he claims to be experienced, in the world of trainers, strength is the bottom line. After all, no matter how rich his theory is, he can’t beat Pokémon.
Although he had never fought with the old man, the fact that Charrem could float in the air was enough to show that it had mastered the use of psychic energy. If it could take one more step forward, it would become what ordinary people call a gym-level Pokémon. Even among his Pokémon, only Infernape could reach this level.
Of course, it’s not just the strength of energy that affects victory or defeat. It’s not impossible for him to defeat the Charrem, but he doesn’t have the confidence to defeat the opponent in a moment of fighting like he did with the Viper.
The new generation is really too strong… It is said that the new champion of the Unova region just turned 18 this year. He even heard from a rumor that there is a superstar in Padia who is not even 10 years old. I don’t know how their Minor Protection Association allowed a child to do child labor…
Before he could get lost in gossip on the battlefield, he was awakened by a hurried shout: “Mr. Inoue, look at this Charem!”
Inoue? The commander lowered his head and looked at his badge, feeling a little unhappy. When he registered his name at the age of 20, he had just graduated from the Pokémon School. He didn’t know the importance of surnames, so he just gave himself this name. Now everyone under him knows that he was born a commoner. Although this allowed him to get along well with his subordinates, he always felt a sense of frustration when facing those with noble surnames. (Note: Although most people in the Pokémon world have never revealed their surnames, surnames do exist. You can even roughly understand the social status of others through their surnames. For surnames such as Junsha and Joey, ordinary people will be in awe even if they don’t tell the identity of the other party.)
The reason why he asked his subordinates to call him Boss instead of Lord Inoue is closely related to this point.
“Are you listening!! This Charem’s symptoms look exactly like the outward manifestations of Mewtwo disease!!”
Mewtwo? The commander was startled by the word and finally came out of his monologue. When he looked up, he met Charem’s bloodshot eyes…
The voice continued to explain: “Look at the mushroom head on top of his head. If Charem is in good health, the oval-shaped flat pituitary gland on top of his head should be full and pointed toward the sky, instead of drooping and a little dehydrated like now. This shows that it has not been relaxed for a long time. And its eyes, did you notice the light halo in the white of its eyes? Although it is very similar to the color of the white of the eyes, if you look closely, you can see that the outline of the glow is obviously different from other places…”
The commander pushed away the Pokémon that frightened him, and then he saw clearly that the four people behind the tightly tied Charem were the members of the conservative team.
He turned his gaze to the source of the voice. The blue-eyed girl whose hair was dyed in all sorts of colors and whose original color could only be barely seen as brown asked uncertainly, “You said Mewtwo… but that’s not a disease but a supernatural phenomenon caused by Mewtwo, right? Can this symptom occur even if Mewtwo is not present?”
“Mewtwo disease has been thoroughly studied by scientists at the end of the Kanto Rebellion. To induce this symptom, you don’t need Mewtwo himself, you only need an object that gathers Mewtwo’s own energy or a part of its body, and then stimulate it through the approach of a Pokémon with super powers. Those suffering from the symptoms will constantly feel the pain that Mewtwo suffered when it was born and become mentally fragile and irritable. They will lose the ability to think and can only attack the humans around them based on instinct. From subsequent follow-up investigations, people or Pokémon with this kind of symptoms will be more easily affected by super powers, and even some skilled super-powered people can use this to manipulate people or Pokémon on a large scale.” The blue-eyed girl, or Lisa, looked extremely focused when she mentioned Mewtwo disease, and her eyes were filled with deep worry about someone fighting above her head.
The commander was not sensitive to this kind of knowledge. After all, as a trainer with evil-attributed Pokémon as the main force, it was difficult for him to be brainwashed and manipulated by psychics, so he was not particularly concerned about Mewtwo disease. However, the look in the girl’s eyes made him subconsciously feel that she was telling the truth.
But even so, it has been ten years since the Kanto riot. Who would still carry this device to suppress Mewtwo disease?
Although he had already made up his mind, he also noticed the situation above his head, which was not optimistic. The Rockets’ reconnaissance post in the sky had already joined the battle after noticing the abnormality there, but the gap in strength was too large. Even the sky trainers with general strength at the formal level could not stand up to a group of Pokémon with strength above the elite peak.
At this moment, except for one elite trainer at the captain level, all the Pokémon of other trainers have been used up, and they can only watch the battle from afar on their mounts.
If it was before, the commander would have already begun to command the troops to retreat. After all, he was almost not responsible for the failure of this mission. If there was any blame, it was the intelligence department’s fault. After all, the information they gave was that this was just a small Mewtwo base and the person in charge was just an elite trainer. With the strength he prepared this time, he should be able to crush the opponent. At this moment, the old man floating in the sky has more than thirteen known Pokémon, and all of them are above the elite peak. It’s simply outrageous to the extreme…
If it weren’t for the young man still fighting in the sky, his team would have been destroyed here today. Thinking of the radical faction’s behavior of giving up after just a slight fight for this mission, the commander felt more and more that something was wrong, but he didn’t have time to think about it at the moment.
He turned on the communication device and began to call the logistics department on guard outside the shopping mall, asking if they had any equipment to suppress the Super Dream Syndrome. He did not have high expectations.
After all, it was generally difficult to apply for such a somewhat unconventional device, and even if it was applied for, it would occupy a considerable amount of public funds, so he definitely had never applied for it. However, he knew his own business, and there was a man under him who loved to take advantage of small things. He still had a lot of funds left for this mission, and who knows…
“Are you talking about the Mind Suppression Ring? If so, I found in the system that you applied for ten shares of this item before the expedition…”
There are actually ten… The commander was delighted at first, but then he suddenly remembered the points required for this item and felt something was wrong. Before the other party could finish speaking, he spoke first: “My remaining points should not be enough to pay for ten times. What did he return?”
Even though the commander clearly stated that he was not the one who took the mental suppression ring, the logistics liaison officer on the other side did not show any surprise, as if this happened frequently. He explained as before: “He returned the extra medical supplies you purchased, and the premium hair growth factor you customized was also included…”
“Wait, I didn’t buy that stuff. That bastard not only withheld medical supplies from the team members, but he also slandered me?”
“The medical supplies you purchased are all top-grade recovery products. According to the intensity of this mission, it is difficult for anyone to use these medical supplies unless they are seriously injured or dying. From my personal point of view, his choice was not wrong… and according to the shipping records, he did not slander…”
The commander hung up the phone in a hurry without waiting for the person on the other end to finish speaking. He subconsciously looked back and as expected, although no one was looking at him, their eyes kept glancing at his hairline from time to time. It was obvious what they were thinking.
Lisa was the most anxious. Before the commander could speak, she said, “Since there are countermeasures on the scene, please hurry up. I don’t know how long Xiaozhi can hold on…”
The commander thought about the current battle situation and said no more. He asked his adjutant to take over the command, and he led Lisa and her group to another shelter.
From a distance, Lisa and the others saw a group of people gathered together, not knowing what they were watching, until the commander approached and coughed loudly a few times, which attracted everyone’s attention. A few quick-witted Rocket team members quickly pushed the crowd aside to reveal the current situation inside.
A burly man with his uniform open, revealing his big belly, was operating a game controller and staring at the screen intently.
On the screen, a silver-white ring was flying in the air. As the sturdy man manipulated it, it kept shuttling through the complex terrain. Suddenly, it made a sharp turn and passed through the ceiling of an aisle. Then, as if by luck, it happened to be caught on the head of a dream-inducing tapir. As the silver ring tightened, the dream-inducing tapir’s seemingly prepared moves were suddenly interrupted, and its sharp eyes became dull for a moment. But before it could wake up, a group of bats and energy-grabbing moths surrounded it, and used paralyzing powder, telekinesis, insect bites and other moves. In a few seconds, the dream-inducing tapir fell to the ground and could not get up.
Just as the sturdy man was about to cheer, he was slapped on the back of his head. Just as he was about to get angry, he turned around and saw his boss. His anger turned into embarrassment, and he could only lower his head and not look at the other person.
The commander didn’t say anything more. He pointed to the sky and said calmly, “I want you to do an errand.”
Mantis stalks the cicada (final) (old version)
The raging flames intertwined, tearing apart the ice and snow storm that filled the sky. From time to time, sharp rock blades and wind blades destroyed the vines under Xiaozhi’s feet, forcing him to move and dodge.
At this moment, the rooftop of the shopping mall has already turned into a primeval forest. The overwhelming vines have become a shelter for Xiaozhi and Snake, allowing them to use these dense vines to deal with their opponents.
Simply dodging would only put oneself in a desperate situation, but at this moment if one sets his target on the old man floating in the air, he would probably fall into a trap.
Besides… it takes too long. If the other party really wants to end the battle quickly, they should go all out from the beginning, defeat me, quickly achieve their goal, and then organize a retreat.
What was going on with this trick of teasing his prey? The other party seemed to be in no hurry at all. Was he not worried at all about the law enforcement agencies of Golden City showing up?
Before Xiaozhi could think about it, a sound suddenly came from the headset that had been silent for a long time, and the uncle’s voice came from the other end.
“Xiaozhi, can you hear me?”
After receiving Xiaozhi’s response while he was hastily dodging, the other end continued to speak, “The reason why your opponent can control so many Pokémon is most likely to use Mewtwo. We have equipment to suppress this symptom, but those Pokémon are too fast for us to lock on. We need you to find a way to restrict their movements.”
“How long will it take you? A new batch of reinforcements will arrive soon. You just need to hold on…”
“3 seconds.” After reuniting with the Vine Snake through waveguide perception, the two completed communication just through eye contact. The previous preparation plan can now be implemented. Although the current preparation is far from perfect, it is enough to limit the opponent.
“Can I start timing now?” Xiaozhi started to reply as they reunited.
“Wait a moment…” There were chaotic footsteps and the sound of some instrument being turned on, mixed with the whispers of several people, and a few seconds later there was a response, indicating that Xiaozhi could count to the seconds.
Xiaozhi bent down and hugged Snake. The next operation would consume a lot of energy for Snake, so it would be best to hold the little guy in his arms just in case.
The vine snake struggled a little, adjusted itself to a comfortable position, then settled down, closed its eyes and began to prepare.
“3.” As Xiaozhi whispered, the brown vines around him that seemed to have solidified began to make extremely tiny knocking sounds, as if they were taut ropes and began to tremble.
“2.” Because Xiaozhi stopped moving, the 10 Pokémon that were searching before gathered together again. They did not unite but used their own methods. Some flew high and rolled up a sky full of hot wind to attack Xiaozhi, some controlled the psychic energy and pressed hard on Xiaozhi to try to confine him in place, and others had already begun to make arrangements. Almost transparent stones began to float in the air, completely blocking Xiaozhi’s retreat. The ten Pokémon cooperated tacitly and surrounded Xiaozhi in an instant. In the next instant, all kinds of powerful moves would be able to cover him completely. However, what they did not notice was that behind them, under their feet, in blind spots, and other positions, the brown shell on the vine was quickly falling off, revealing the new green buds underneath.
“1.” As if the number had some magic power, the moment Xiaozhi said that, the lush vines around him expanded briefly like a birthday firework stick and then burst open, revealing countless noodle-sized vines inside. They were like taut springs that shot out the moment they were exposed, tightly wrapping those Pokémon from behind, under their feet, on top of their heads, and in every corner. A few slightly larger vines tightened their limbs, and then a large number of small vines filled in to completely block the gaps between their limbs, causing them to float in the air. This difficult method would make it difficult for the opponent to break free even if they broke free from the restraints because they had no help at all.
The entire vine forest came alive almost instantly. The hot wind whipped up by the fire-breathing dragon that descended from the sky should have caused severe damage to the forest, but dozens of huge vines formed a firebreak. When the high-temperature hot wind covered it, they would secrete a light green juice to neutralize the high temperature. When the juice absorbed heat and vaporized, the remaining temperature could no longer destroy the firebreak.
Silver rings flew from the ground, fixing the many restricted Pokémon one by one. As many Pokémon were trapped by the rings, they gradually calmed down. The vines that had been damaged by the madly released attribute energy tied them up again into a large ball, and then fell off naturally like ripe fruits on a tree and fell into the open space below, allowing the Rockets who had already gained an absolute advantage to control them.
Xiaozhi grasped the hilt of the electric sword the moment the accident happened, emptied his mind and concentrated to start constructing the slash in his head. When the inspiration came again, he turned on the microphone and shouted to the uncle who answered the call: “Uncle, if the commander has any backup plan, you can notify him now to prepare to use it.” Then, regardless of the response from the other side, he looked at the somewhat weak Serpentine in his arms to confirm that they both had the same grasp of the opportunity, Xiaozhi threw out the Poké Ball and half-bent over as if drawing the sword.
When Laltlas landed, it put its hands on Xiaozhi’s shoulders. At the moment when the brief instant movement conversation ended, Xiaozhi and the others disappeared on the spot.
Disappear, appear, draw the sword. As soon as it appeared in mid-air, Xiaozhi’s sword was unsheathed, and the sword was carrying a strong blue light, striking directly at the old man in front of him.
This blow carrying infinite power did not hit the old man, but seemed to hit some invisible ground. Two equally huge energies continued to collide in the air.
However, Xiaozhi had already anticipated that his attack would be blocked, “Snake!” With this urgent shout, a green light shot out from Xiaozhi’s arms, and the emerald green energy on Snake’s tail surged. She leaped behind the old man, swung her tail like a sharp blade out of its sheath, and chopped at the old man heavily.
When the emerald green slash collided with the transparent protective shield, there was a violent friction at first, and the attacks of Satoshi and Serpentine were blocked at first, but as both sides exerted force at the same time, they gradually became unsustainable.
Buzz~ With the last light sound, Xiaozhi and his friends’ attack broke through the barrier. At the same time, Xiaozhi’s vigilance was raised to the highest level.
The abnormal feeling never disappeared, and until this moment, Xiaozhi still felt that the other party was deliberately tempting him to attack the other party’s body. But this battle could not be dragged on any longer. Xiaozhi could not bet whether the old man had more Pokémon. He could only take advantage of the gap when all the Pokémon of the other party except Alakazam were temporarily restricted and take advantage of the remaining strength of himself and Snake to launch a full-strength attack on the other party. If they could not win after one attack, they would still have the strength to escape, otherwise they might be dragged to death by the Spirit Sea Tactics.
In Xiaozhi’s highly concentrated vision, his sword (stick) broke through the barrier and approached the old man. At the same time that Xiaozhi’s sharp gaze met the old man’s calm eyes, Xiaozhi’s sword collided with the old man’s silver cane.
The old man’s walking stick was broken. No, it was not really broken. It was just that it was like steel being melted into molten iron by high temperature and turned into several balls of the same size.
Those balls turned into several silver soup spoons of the same appearance. They seemed to have great power. The two attacks that were originally one after the other with unstoppable force could no longer move forward at all due to the obstruction of the soup spoons.
The changes did not stop there. The old man who was standing nearby also began to change. Brown hair began to grow on his wrinkled face. The glasses that were originally on his eyes suddenly disappeared, revealing an oval ruby that seemed to be embedded in the back of his forehead. His ears began to swell and gradually turned into long ears like a canine Pokémon. His face began to lengthen and become gradually inhuman, until finally all human features completely disappeared, leaving only a fox face with a long beard.
The sound of the suit had disappeared, replaced by a purple long-sleeved yoga suit covering the other person. He sat cross-legged in mid-air, even his eyes were closed, like a practitioner in meditation.
When his offensive was blocked, Xiaozhi knew that his last chance of winning had disappeared. After realizing this fact, Xiaozhi immediately retracted the Serpentine that was still attacking desperately, and then his figure flashed, revealing Ralts who had been accumulating power for a long time behind him.
The huge fighting energy gathered in Ralts’ hands hit the exposed Mega Alakazam the moment Ash dodged, but exploded before Alakazam could block it.
At the moment before the explosion, Xiaozhi grabbed Ralts’ calf and pulled it into his arms while falling. Then the shock wave caused by the explosion behind him pushed him down, breaking through the glass on the ceiling and falling down. Xiaozhi kept trying to use his hands to use the vines around him to slow down, but the vines that collapsed and reorganized were obviously not tough enough. After breaking several vines in succession, Xiaozhi finally confirmed that he could not remove the force. He put Ralts back into the Poké Ball, curled up his body and prepared to meet the impact.
But the expected hard touch did not come. Xiaozhi opened his eyes and looked at a little guy with starry eyes.
The little guy stared at Xiaozhi blankly, then seemed to recognize the person in front of him, came up and licked Xiaozhi’s cheek with his little tongue.
Xiaozhi stood up and clamped the Mandible Ant under his armpit, and ran away. The explosion of Ralts just now looked impressive, but in fact, the power was all used in the impact force, which was a typical smoke without damage.
While running away with the bewildered kid, Xiaozhi contacted the uncle over there: “Uncle, do you have any backup plan? If not, run for your lives.”
Xiaozhi meant what he said. After all, if the enemy was a human, he could still estimate their motives, but if it was a Pokémon in disguise, he really couldn’t guess what the other party was trying to do.
But before he could find a hiding place, the commander’s familiar voice came.
“No need to run, we are safe now.”
The mantis catching cicadas and the yellow bird hunting (old version)
Safe? Xiaozhi didn’t know what the guy on the other side was talking about. His waveguide could accurately sense that he had been locked. Without thinking too much, he first opened the Pokémon in the three common Poké Balls he had hidden and the Poké Ball of the coward.
Snaketail, Ralts, Chitterling and three large wolfhounds, this is all the fighting power that Xiaozhi has now.
If he did nothing, he would be trapped in his own trap. Xiaozhi was not that kind of person. He first fed the Vine Snake an energy cube and another grass-attribute energy gem (the previous one had been consumed when releasing the ten Pokémon trapped) to let the Vine Snake re-set vines to change the terrain. Under Xiaozhi’s command, the three wolfhounds began to howl at each other (to increase the attack power of themselves and their companions) and then hid. Lalulas aggressively began to take fighting-type energy cubes, trying to restore the only move that could threaten the enemy. The cowardly bug also silently used the metal claws to try to strengthen itself (metal claws have a certain probability of strengthening the attack).
During this moment of respite, all Pokémon and humans were ready.
“Raid!” Feeling the figure pause briefly in his wave perception, Xiaozhi issued orders to the big wolfhounds before the other party showed up.
And the opponent was worthy of being called Mega Alakazam, who was said to have thinking ability comparable to that of a supercomputer. The moment he appeared, he opened a protective shield and firmly blocked the attack launched by Xiaozhi.
But the expected surprise attack did not come. At the moment when Xiaozhi was bounced back by the protection move, three intertwined roars with black waves hit Mega Alakazam. What they performed was not a surprise attack (if the enemy uses a move without priority to attack, the enemy will be attacked first, but if the enemy does not use an attack move, it will fail) but a loud roar (which reduces the enemy’s special attack after hitting)
At the same time as the opponent was hit, Serpentine’s Leaf Storm quickly expanded and submerged Mega Alakazam. The attribute gem in her mouth shattered and then integrated into this move, making it more powerful.
Xiaozhi pressed the controller that he had been hiding in his palm, and three big wolfhounds jumped out from the darkness according to the instructions on his controller and began to charge up for a malicious pursuit move (if the opponent is injured within a short period of time, the damage received from this move will be doubled in a short period of time).
The insect energy and water energy on the cowardly bug’s body are intertwined, and he is already proficient in the fusion moves, but in the current situation he must exert his full strength to help his master. After realizing the critical situation, the moves he performed this time have changed significantly. The two energies that were originally balanced with each other under his command began to intertwine with the cowardly bug’s mind and gradually formed an energy state like a spiral, and the power instantly increased several times.
Lalulas also began to gather energy, but since she had already used that trick once before, even with the Fighting Energy Blocks it was far from enough to perform it again. After understanding the current situation, she simply found another way. When gathering energy, she no longer used Psychic Energy to wrap up the Fighting Energy as roughly as before and then fired it out. Instead, she controlled the size of the energy and first wrapped the Fighting Energy with a circle of Fairy Energy, and then used a large circle of Psychic Energy to wrap it together with a ball of Psychic Energy of the same volume as the Fighting Energy, letting the two energies rotate in a large sphere to generate Inertia pulled back the fairy energy, causing the fighting energy and the psychic energy to come into violent contact. Normally, this moment would cause a violent conflict between the psychic energy and the fighting energy, and the skill would begin to consume itself before it was used. However, inertia caused the fighting energy to continue to rotate forward, and the collision with the psychic energy turned into power, causing the fighting energy to move forward faster, which in turn made it meet the tail of the psychic energy faster and explode, causing the psychic energy to continue to accelerate. The collision of the two energies gradually formed a shape like some kind of yin and yang fish…
Xiaozhi recalled the details of his previous two attempts to perform the secret of the water-breaking technique. Only then did he discover a problem, which was the meaning of the two words “cutting water”. In the past, when he was comprehending this technique, he thought of how to cut off the endless water with a knife, but only now did he remember one thing, that is, he was not an ordinary person, and the skills that his physical fitness could achieve might not be achieved by normal people… For those warriors whose physical fitness was far inferior to his, what was the true essence of this technique… It was not to cut off the water with a knife, but to cut off the water so that the water would flow more. After all, martial arts is not about going against the will of heaven but about following the will of nature.
How can this abstract description of “water flows faster” be applied in practice? Xiaozhi recalled his previous experience of training in the underground cave, the winding waterfall… The reason why the water does not stop is that the subsequent water power will be replenished endlessly, but people cannot do this. After all, it is easy to attack but difficult to withdraw… Unless… Xiaozhi suddenly had an idea. He did not need to imitate the continuous flow of the waterfall but imitate the moment when it was cut off.
Use the sharp sword to trick Mega Alakazam into using protection, but when it is about to hit, turn sideways to avoid the protective shield created by the protection, then estimate the time when the opponent’s protection will disappear and turn around to perform a spinning slash at the moment it is about to disappear. (Cheating move)
The storm swept in violently, but it did not last too long, or rather, due to the tacit understanding between Xiaozhi and Snake, Snake interrupted its move when the power of the storm was about to weaken to a certain point.
“Big Jaw Ant!” Xiaozhi shouted loudly. Before the storm dissipated, a big head suddenly jumped out from the ground and released his best move towards the vague figure above: bite.
The dark energy briefly covered Mega Alakazam, preventing him from using teleportation before breaking free. Then came a real but imaginary swing from Satoshi, a fierce spiral of yellow and blue, two high-speed energy balls of yin and yang, and the hideous shadows of three large wolfhounds covered with fierce dark energy.
Mega Hu, who was surrounded, had no expression on his face. He just withdrew his hand that was blocking the storm of flying leaves and stroked his beard gently, like those strategists in ancient times who had succeeded in their plans.
A spoon came up in front of Xiaozhi, but it did not hit Xiaozhi, but suddenly broke as if affected by some mysterious force. Xiaozhi was clearly watching Mega Alakazam’s counterattack, but when the spoon broke, he couldn’t help but turn his head to look at the spoon and then…
“Wake up!” A cold and stern female voice brought Xiaozhi back to his senses. As if he was dreaming, he opened his eyes again, and the scene in front of him made even a man with a big heart stunned.
The opponent of his spinning slash was not Mega Alakazam, but a giant wolfhound that was in a daze. The conditions of Scarecrow and Serpentine were similar to his. If they had woken up a second later, it would be unknown whether Alakazam was okay, but the three giant wolfhounds would have been in trouble.
Satoshi and Snake still had enough energy to deflect their moves and narrowly avoided the bewildered giant wolfhound. By the way, the giant wolfhound that Satoshi faced was controlled and subconsciously stopped attacking the controller owner, while the giant wolfhound that Snake faced had a temporary brain shutdown because it lost its target.
The one that the cowardly bug faced was not so lucky. It was hit hard by the spiral drill head and went directly into a near-death state. Xiaozhi had to run over quickly to stabilize the unlucky guy’s injuries.
Xiaozhi waited until the big dog in his arms stopped groaning before he raised his head again and looked at the uninvited guest who had suddenly appeared.
The man had long green hair that reached his waist, and a dark red leather jacket on his upper body. The jacket was not long, just covering his lower abdomen but not exposing any skin. A layer of black pantyhose just covered that area, and underneath it was a dark red leather skirt of the same color as the top, just covering his thighs.
Even though he couldn’t see the other person’s face, Xiaozhi suddenly recalled some bad memories and felt a stomachache.
If nothing unexpected happens, the woman who is confronting Mega Alakazam at this moment is none other than Nancy, the owner of the Golden Psychic Gym, who is known as the strongest psychic in Kanto and Chengdu.
At this moment, she was holding the two “yin and yang fish” released by Lalulas in one hand and looking at her opponent with interest.
“Use the bending spoon move to affect the judgment of all enemies. While the enemy’s attention is being attracted, use the exchange field to swap yourself with a spoon that has been placed far away…an interesting tactic.”
Nancy saw through the opponent’s trick at a glance, and then she stretched out one hand, and Mega Alakazam’s body suddenly shrank as if it was held tightly by an invisible big hand. The big jaw ant that was still trying to bite the sleeve of the big fox in front of it was also startled, and it let go and fell to the ground. Xiaozhi rushed over and took the little guy away.
Mega Alakazam kept manipulating his super powers to struggle, his whole body emitting dazzling blue light to fight against the power that was clamping him, but all this seemed to be in vain, the power gap between the two sides was too big, and any struggle was like an ant trying to shake a tree.
How could that woman be so strong? At this moment, Hu Di actually felt the pressure from his opponent, as if from that adult, which almost suffocated him.
It shouldn’t be like this… Originally everything was under his control. As long as he defeated this group of Team Rockets here, and then used that thing to implant the adult’s mind into everyone, he could cause a large-scale firefight between these Team Rockets and the Alliance police who were already prepared to watch the show on the periphery. As long as this scene was broadcast live on a large scale, he could provoke a conflict between the two forces in Jinhuang City and then he could take advantage of the opportunity to move in…
But all of this was about to vanish into thin air. The woman on the other side made her final announcement: “Are you the Alakazam who followed that monster created by Team Rocket? Your master was beaten to a pulp by that champion, so why are you still here? Are you courting death? Well, I don’t care about the dirty business between you and Team Rocket. If you can take this move, I’ll let you stay or go.”
The ball of energy released from Lalulas’s hand was released again by her but its appearance had already changed.
The two conflicting energies actually merged into one in Nancy’s hands, turning into a powerful halo that bloomed almost beyond the limit visible to the naked eye and hit Alakazam. Then the ground shook, and the attack of the halo actually caused the entire building to begin to collapse.
But the collapse only stopped halfway, as if it was stopped by some supernatural power.
“Xiaozhi! Xiaozhi, how are you doing over there?” Lisa and the uncle’s anxious calls came from the communicator. Xiaozhi came to his senses and responded to reassure them.
“We’ll be there soon, just hang in there.”
After hearing this, Xiaozhi was speechless. After all, he was really in crisis. It was obvious that even if Lisa and the others came, it would be of no use. Perhaps they overlooked this point because they were overly worried.
Although his reason told him that his companion was doing something stupid, he still felt warm in his heart. Forget it, the crisis was resolved anyway, and with this golden owner here, there would be no more trouble.
Although he was very curious as to why a legitimate gym leader of the League would become Team Rocket’s trump card, Xiaozhi didn’t bother to care. Anyway, the mission was over, and he just wanted to go home and summarize the experience with his Pokémon friends, reflect on the mistakes in this battle, and finally have a good sleep.
Even though they were tricked by Mega Alakazam in this battle (Psychic-type Pokémon are so disgusting), Xiaozhi could feel that everyone had already exerted their strength to the limit, especially the Jaw Ant. This little guy’s judgment of timing was beyond his belief, and he actually managed to bite the Alakazam. He must reward him well when he returns, and also praise the little guy in front of Lisa.
Nancy and Haunter (Old Version)
Although he was very curious as to why a legitimate gym leader of the League would become the trump card of Team Rocket, he did not want to get involved in the disputes between those bigwigs. Anyway, the mission was over, and he just wanted to go home and summarize the experience with his Pokémon partners, reflect on the mistakes in this battle, and finally have a good sleep.
There were footsteps in the distance, and it sounded like Lisa and the others were coming. Xiaozhi let down his guard, comforted the Pokémon that had just fought fiercely, and put them back into the Poké Balls.
When he finally walked in front of Lalulas, before he even lowered his head, he felt the scent of roses wafting from behind him.
“This Pokémon of yours is very talented.” The cold voice of the girl came from behind.
Xiaozhi turned around again, only to find that the opponent was unexpectedly close to him, almost to the point where he could feel his opponent’s breathing. He quickly took two steps back.
Lalulas floated into the air, placed her small hands slightly on Xiaozhi’s shoulders and confronted the strange woman in front of her.
Xiaozhi gently touched the little girl’s head, comforting her vigilance caused by the sudden approach of a stranger, and replied embarrassedly: “Thank you for your compliment, I think we still have a lot of room for improvement.”
Nancy silently watched them being intimate with each other, just frowned, and said suddenly: “You seem to have misunderstood what I meant. I mean, her talent is very good but it is wasted with you. Only I can bring out her talent to the limit.”
These words reminded Xiaozhi of some bad memories. He felt uncomfortable when he saw the other person, and now his stomach hurt even more. The guy in front of him was still as unreasonable as before, but he couldn’t beat him now.
Xiaozhi frowned, pulled Ralts behind him again, looked at his opponent squarely, and answered seriously, “I’m sorry, Gym Master, I think we have some disagreements on the breeding concepts of Pokémon. I don’t think there is any problem with my breeding of Ralts, so please don’t make such jokes anymore.” What a joke, Ralts was originally a taciturn person. If she really followed this gym master, she would probably develop autism.
After being rejected by Xiaozhi, Nancy stopped talking and just stared at him silently. She looked angry, but Xiaozhi could not sense any anger from her at all and could only look at him with a puzzled look.
Logically, he had already rejected the other party, so the gym owner should have given an outcome to the matter, but she didn’t say a word, leaving Xiaozhi at a loss as to how to start. After all, if he spoke casually now, it would seem that he was not confident in his previous words, making the other party think that there was still room for negotiation.
There was a brief stalemate between the two sides. Xiaozhi had sharp hearing, and while he was confronting the other side, he had already heard the footsteps of Lisa and the others rushing over.
However, Xiaozhi did not wait for his teammates to arrive. A shadow appeared in front of them and broke the confrontation between the two.
“Wow, wow, wow~” A brisk voice sounded from behind Nancy, and a huge, ferocious ghost shadow suddenly emerged. It opened its mouth wide, revealing its sharp teeth and bright red tongue, and let out a weird roar.
Xiaozhi and Nancy are not timid people. They both turned their heads and stared at the scary Pokémon silently…
As if realizing that it could not scare the two people, the hideous ghost sighed, and its huge body suddenly shrank. Finally, it turned into a dark purple Pokémon with human-like eyes and a mouth that looked like a child’s doodle. Two claws appeared out of thin air and floated in the air but were not connected to the body. It was a ghost Pokémon without a lower body: Haunter.
As soon as the Haunter appeared, it kept licking Nancy’s cheek like an obedient puppy, as if it wanted to make its owner happy. Nancy was actually at a disadvantage under its licking attack, her eyebrows curved and the corners of her mouth slightly raised with a smile.
This scene seemed familiar, except that he was still a fledgling trainer at that time, but now…
Xiaozhi felt a little sentimental when he touched the capital R on his chest.
Nancy simply exchanged some feelings with Haunter, then pushed it away and stretched out her hand to Haunter.
Haunter is indeed a ghost Pokémon with a very high IQ. It simply scratched its head and suddenly thought of something. It reached its throat with one ghost hand and seemed to search for a while. Finally, it pulled out a tail that was as crystal clear as a purple gem and looked like a squid tentacle, about sixty to seventy centimeters long.
After taking out the tail, Haunter retched several times, as if taking out this thing made him very uncomfortable.
Xiaozhi looked at the tail with some curiosity. It was said that Haunter’s mouth was connected to an alternate dimension. Now it seemed that this was really possible, because the tail that came out of its mouth did not have any signs of moisture. Instead, it was emitting a chilly air as if it had been taken out of a refrigerator.
Nancy took the tail and stroked it gently, then frowned, as if she recalled some bad memories.
Seeing that Nancy was thinking about something, Haunter scratched his head and stopped disturbing her. Instead of disturbing her, he turned to look at Ash. He didn’t pay attention at first, but the more he looked, the more familiar he felt. Haunter circled around Ash for several times, then poked Ash’s face playfully, and then suddenly bumped into Ash, as if he wanted to take Ash’s soul out to play just like in the dream world.
But the real world is different from there after all. Xiaozhi’s body is now filled with wave power. The collision not only failed to knock Xiaozhi’s soul out, but also caused him to stumble.
Xiaozhi also roughly guessed the origin of this Haunter. He remembered that after he failed twice in the Golden City Gym challenge, he went to the Pokémon Tower in Lavender Town to look for Gastly under the guidance of an uncle. Later, he met the Gastly family there. After reaching a consensus with the Haunter inside, he returned to the Golden Gym and used Haunter’s ghost face to make Nancy laugh. Only then did he get the badge. He remembered that Haunter stayed in Golden City in the end. Now it seems that it has become Nancy’s Pokémon?
Xiaozhi was thinking while comforting Haunter. The Naughty Ghost felt Xiaozhi’s eyes and seemed to understand that Xiaozhi recognized him. He immediately became intimate with Xiaozhi and kept taking various toys out of his mouth to perform juggling for Xiaozhi. His acting skills were so superb that Xiaozhi couldn’t help but wonder if the person in front of him was a professional juggler.
“Ahem—” A light cough interrupted the reminiscing between Ash and his Pokémon. Nancy had already put the tail behind her back and was looking at Ash strangely. Her expression didn’t seem like she was angry, but rather she looked dissatisfied that her property was taken away by someone else. She looked more like a young girl than a young lady.
She didn’t say anything but just stared at Xiaozhi to force him to speak first.
Xiaozhi didn’t know what to say. Did he and Haunter have a dream together and became good friends in it? He could only scratch his head and say awkwardly, “Your Pokémon is very energetic… It seems that you get along well with each other.”
Nancy stared at Haunter and recalled everything that happened after the two met. This guy suddenly appeared beside her one day. Although she felt her emotions were much more stable with such a funny guy around her and gradually became less extreme, the trouble he caused her was also not small. Over the years, this guy’s favorite thing to do is to play pranks on passing trainers. For example, the juggling performance just now was also its daily method of amusing herself after she wiped its butt… But this troublemaker never did this to strange trainers. Who is this guy?
“Did you see the battle just now clearly?” Nancy asked suddenly.
Xiaozhi thought of what happened before and nodded.
“Then, do you know whether that Alakazam is dead or alive in the end?”
Xiaozhi recalled the last scene he saw and felt that she was protesting, but he could not see any emotion in the eyes of the woman opposite him, so he could only answer truthfully: “He should have been hit by that move, but he did not die. Instead, he used teleportation to escape at the last moment. And the tail just now should have been stolen from it by Haunter before it teleported away, right?” (Although he didn’t know where the Alakazam hid its tail, there was no need to worry about this little detail since it could transform into a human.)
“Do you know why I let it go?”
Xiaozhi felt that the other party seemed to be preparing to explain something. This sentence was probably not spoken to him, but to the Rocket Team behind him. He was afraid that the other party regarded him as a senior member of the Rocket Team’s operation and was going to reveal some secret information to him.
Nancy didn’t seem to want to hear Xiaozhi’s answer at all. She threw the tail to Xiaozhi and then explained in a nonchalant manner: “I need to know the news about this evil cult, so I deliberately left a mark on that guy and used a killer weapon to force it to use life-saving means to escape. After that, I can just follow the clues to find its lair and finally destroy it in one fell swoop… But now…”
Naz looked in one direction. She was not looking at the exquisite paintings on the wall over there, but at a place farther away, so far that it could not be reached by the naked eye.
“The longest single teleportation distance so far is 203 kilometers created by the champion of the Kalos League, Miss Kalune, and her Gardevoir. Do you know where that guy just teleported to?”
Xiaozhi shook his head in cooperation and motioned for Nancy to continue.
“It’s Fengyuan.”
???
Nancy ignored Xiaozhi’s question mark and continued: “It crossed the ocean with a diameter of more than 2,500 kilometers between Kanto and Fengyuan and was teleported to a place at least 300 kilometers away from the coastline. Do you know what this means?”
I think it’s quite scary that you know so much detail, Xiaozhi complained silently in his heart.
Nancy spoke without waiting for Xiaozhi’s answer. Her voice was quite different from before. “It means that the guy who teleported Alakazam traveled 2,800 kilometers with just one teleport. This data is 14 times that of the league champion. This is probably not his limit. I know who it is. It can only be him. He is the culprit who caused the Kanto riots, the extreme Pokémon supremacist who triggered a large-scale Pokémon tide, and the culprit who caused the destruction of more than a million families. Mewtwo!!!”
Even Xiaozhi couldn’t help but feel a shock when he heard these two words. It can be said that he has been hearing this name from every corner since he woke up. It can be said that this guy directly caused all the tragedies that his second personality encountered afterwards. Even when he was dying, he didn’t dare to let Xiaozhi promise to cause trouble for him in the future. Instead, he just asked Xiaozhi a simple question and didn’t dare to think about it anymore.
As if she realized that she was too excited, Nazhi took a deep breath, causing the large bun in front of her to vibrate for a while before calming down.
She looked at the tail and said calmly, “You have found your target this time. I hope you can fulfill your promise as soon as possible. If you still can’t produce results when we fight the monster again, then our agreement will be invalid. Report this to your superior intactly. Do you understand?”
Xiaozhi nodded.
Nancy looked at Ralts, and then said thoughtfully: “She has such abundant fighting energy in her body. Do you want to train her as Aledo? You should know that she is a female, right?”
Xiaozhi finally stopped being silent this time. He held Ralts to his chest and expressed his opinion frankly: “I think there is a traceable direction for the cultivation of Pokémon. Before evolving to its final form, Ralts did not have a Fighting attribute but a Fairy plus Psychic attribute. After evolving into Aledo, the Fighting attribute replaced the Fairy attribute. This shows that in the energy ratio in Ralts’ body, the weight of the Fighting energy is only slightly less than the Fairy energy. So with Ralts’ physical condition, instead of fighting against Psychic and Fairy, it is better to find another way to practice Fighting. This will not only make use of the alien energy in her body, but also better promote the practice of psychic abilities and is more in line with my fighting style.”
After hearing this, Nancy nodded, and then she waved her hand, and a small light point merged into Xiaozhi’s body along her palm. Before Xiaozhi could ask any more questions, Nancy spoke first, “This is a mark. I will come to check on your practice results regularly in the future. If I find that you are only good at talking, I will take this child away. No matter how dazzling the gold is, it will not shine in the hands of an old man with dim eyesight.”
“That day will never come.” Xiaozhi was confident in what he said.
Nazi didn’t say anything more, just turned and left.
Xiaozhi and Haunter watched her silently as she took two small steps and then disappeared, and finally looked at each other in bewilderment.
Haunter clenched one of his paws into a fist, raised it high and knocked it down on the palm of the other paw, as if he had suddenly realized something. Then, with a smile on his eyes, he took out a few balls from his mouth and started performing ball juggling.
After a few seconds, a jade hand suddenly appeared in front of Xiaozhi, grabbed the side of Haunter’s body that looked like an ear, and pulled Haunter to the side. Haunter struggled for a while, but then found it was useless, so he had to wave goodbye to Xiaozhi in frustration and was dragged into the space on the other side.
“Xiaozhi——” Lisa and her group, who had arrived late, ran over at this time. Just as they were about to say hello, they saw the big tail that Xiaozhi was holding under his armpit.
“This is… where did you get this Slowpoke tail soaked in dye?”
“Uncle, what a joke you are telling me. How come the target of our mission this time is… it seems a bit similar?”
Golden City Base and Rewards (Old Version)
Although he really wanted to catch up with Lisa and the others, Xiaozhi still knew the priorities. He picked up the tail and asked the uncle about the commander’s location, and then the group quickly found him.
But the final handover took place in a fully enclosed armored vehicle on the way back.
There’s no way. The previous commotion was too big. Even with the advice of the owner of Nazi Pavilion, the authorities should have sent out an investigation.
They had to retreat in a hurry, and after Xiaozhi and his group showed the tail to the commander, they were quickly arranged into the commander’s special car.
“What… do you want?” The commander fumbled with the tough and elastic tail in his hand, his face full of worry.
Although the mission was successfully completed, he really couldn’t be happy at all. Not to mention that the radical group had set him up with such a big trap, just the sudden entry of the conservative group on the opposite side and the reinforcement of the gym owner who was recruited by his signal for help because the enemy was too powerful were enough to give him a headache.
Xiaozhi and the others looked at each other, not knowing how to answer. What did they want? What else could they want besides the mission reward? In the end, the uncle spoke on behalf of everyone and answered the commander in front of him.
“We don’t need anything, just give out rewards as normal.”
“I don’t want anything…” The commander chewed on these words slowly and suddenly an idea came to him. He looked at the uncle opposite with a meaningful look and understood.
What he meant was: their team didn’t need more, but the forces behind them, the conservatives, did, and what they needed was not something but something without substance…
The commander thought a lot. He remembered that the cadre behind him had mentioned to him some time ago the conservatives’ proposal to cooperate with them on a certain project. What the other party was seeking might be related to that.
Combined with the other party’s mysterious style, the commander thought of more. It was very likely that they were not instructed from above to participate in this operation. Instead, it was possible that this was a deliberate act disguised as being accidentally implicated.
Combining their experiences in this action, the commander thought of more. They might have seen the radicals’ revenge on their revolutionaries, so they came here deliberately to win their favor by avoiding losses. If I guessed correctly, the real purpose of the conservatives was to get the conservatives to participate again through this action of intensifying the conflict between the two sides. They wanted to unite with their side, which was slightly at a disadvantage in the conflict between the two sides, to fight against the increasingly arrogant radicals.
The reason they don’t want anything is probably because they are afraid that if the deal doesn’t go through and they flatter the wrong person, their boss will accuse them of being self-righteous. After the alliance is successfully reached, they want to mention their contribution in passing to leave a good impression on their boss.
These guys! The commander looked at the uncle who was standing opposite him with an expression that showed he understood everything. He suddenly felt like he had met an old friend in a foreign land. This guy in front of him was just like him and really wanted to improve himself!
The commander put his hand on the uncle’s shoulder and showed an understanding expression and said generously: “Don’t worry, I understand, and I won’t let you down.” The previously depressed mood was stirred up again. The purpose of the conservatives became clear, and he didn’t have to worry about his situation anymore. As for the owner of Nancy…her affairs were covered by the higher-ups, so what did it have to do with him? He just had to hand over the tail and repeat Xiaozhi’s words to the higher-ups, and the rest would be fine. It had nothing to do with him.
The more he thought of this, the more he liked the uncle opposite him. The guy in front of him had such a strong deputy, and he also had so many ideas. It was obvious that he was a potential stock with a bright future. He had to curry favor with him in advance. Who knows, they might take care of each other in the future.
The commander did it as soon as he thought of it. He immediately added the uncle’s contact information. The two were of similar age and deliberately made friends with each other. They quickly became familiar with each other and soon made an appointment to have a drink another day.
Everyone returned to the base amid the mutual flattery between the two.
It’s not really appropriate to say they were back, after all, except for the uncle, it was their first time to come to the branch base in Jinhuang City.
The most eye-catching thing about the Rockets’ base is the sign that shows the Rainbow Group’s subsidiary factory in Jinhuang City.
Unlike the base in Xiaozhi’s town, this base in Jinhuang City is not in the city center, but on the outskirts of the city.
Being located in such a remote place, transportation is definitely not very convenient, but it is also a helpless move.
The commander seemed to see the confusion of Xiaozhi and the others, and took the initiative to explain.
The reason is very simple, that is, the infrastructure of New Golden City is too solid.
Those who witnessed the Kanto riots knew best the destructive power of those legendary Pokémon, so after the reconstruction of New Golden City began, the rebuilders’ pursuit of safety was almost crazy.
Each independent building uses the most advanced building materials and is equipped with underground emergency shelters.
Before all buildings are built, the soil at least 20 meters deep is cleaned up using the soil replacement method, and then replaced with sand and gravel and poured with cement.
Under the urging of the refugees from Fengyuan area, the drainage system of Jinhuang City has been expanded in recent years, and each floor of each skyscraper has its own independent parking lot for hovercrafts. It can be seen that these people have suffered a lot due to the struggle between Kyogre and Groudon.
Due to various factors, it is extremely difficult to establish a base in the urban area of Huangjin City. Instead of competing with those infrastructure maniacs to see who can dig deeper, and being on guard against the possibility that a group of construction teams will dig the drainage system directly to the base one day, it is better to hide far away and watch them go crazy.
At this point, the commander smiled bitterly, and it was obvious that there was a story behind it.
However, Xiaozhi and his friends are destined not to stay here for long, after all, their hometown is still that small town.
Compared to the various stories about the establishment of their Team Rocket base, Xiaozhi was more concerned about the rewards of this trip. Apart from anything else, the two grass-attribute gems alone were very valuable. If the rewards were not good, he would have lost everything on this trip.
Fortunately, the commander didn’t want to recall that past event and just watched the Rocket Team members driving the armored vehicle into the underground garage.
After the armored vehicle stopped at a parking space, that parking space quickly dropped. After passing through a dark passage, Xiaozhi and his companions gradually saw the incandescent light underground. The armored vehicle finally landed on a hangar.
Several maintenance personnel were ready when the vehicle was parked, and they started to get busy as soon as Xiaozhi and his companions got out of the vehicle.
The commander led Xiaozhi and the others back to his office. On the way, he kept greeting the staff members wearing Team Rocket uniforms. It can be seen that he is quite popular.
His office is spacious, but there is not much clutter. The only eye-catching things are the desk in the middle and the long sofas lined up in a row opposite.
The commander did not sit on the chair next to the desk, but took out a small box from a drawer, and then sat on the sofa next to the uncle.
He patted the box in his hand and sighed, “Today’s operation was full of twists and turns. I’ve been in Team Rocket for almost eight years and this is the first time I’ve encountered Alakazam who can transform into a human.” He cursed a few slang words in a low voice, then laughed, “Fortunately, the mission went smoothly. You guys really helped a lot this time. If it weren’t for you, we don’t know how big our losses would be…”
He handed the box to the uncle and said generously: “This box contains some props I collected when I was on a mission before. They are not very valuable, but I hope you brothers can accept them. I will also report your performance to the higher-ups, and you will not lose the points and salary you deserve. You can have a good rest here today, and we can have fun together at the celebration party tonight.”
Without waiting for the uncle to refuse, the commander forced the box into his hands. He was not being polite. If it weren’t for Xiaozhi blocking the first wave of intensive future-forecasting attacks, who knows how many of his subordinates would have died. Not to mention the deep brotherhood, the compensation alone would be a huge sum, and he had to give back to Xiaozhi for his efforts.
After the uncle took the box, the commander did not stay long. He made a cup of hot tea for Xiaozhi and the others, and chatted for a while. Then he personally took Xiaozhi and the others to the resting place.
Although no one spoke after the fierce battle, everyone was more or less mentally exhausted. In this situation, it would be better to let everyone have a good sleep than to strike up a relationship.
The commander led everyone to a dormitory and then said goodbye and left, leaving only the location of a subsequent banquet. He still had a lot of things to do, and even if he wanted to take a rest, he had to submit a work report to his superiors first.
Everyone in the room was silent for a moment, and finally everyone’s eyes stayed on the box in the uncle’s hand. Xiaozhi couldn’t help but be curious and suggested: “How about opening it and taking a look?”
