When several people walked to the edge of the pool, Hiro leaned down and asked the little boy: "Hello, are you from this island?"
While they were looking at the little boy, the little boy was also looking at them secretly. Although his eyes were full of wariness, he nodded slowly.
"That's right. I live in Okinawa, but I often come here to play. What's wrong? Is there something wrong?"
Just as he was speaking, Xia You keenly noticed that there seemed to be a dark shadow quietly leaving under the water behind the little boy.
The black shadow disappeared in the blink of an eye, disappearing under the water in just an instant, but he was still able to capture it.
The boy seemed to be deliberately blocking this, blocking his body from their line of sight. It seemed that he didn't want them to notice the shadow at all!
However, because the shadow was too blurry and blocked by reflection from the water surface, Xia You could not see clearly what it was.
But at the end of the day, it's definitely a Pokémon.
Just as he was thinking about it, he felt Li Jia's shoulder touch him lightly.
She turned around and glanced at Li Jia, only to see her blinking at herself. Although she didn't say anything, it was obvious that she also saw the shadow.
However, the two of them had a tacit understanding and did not show it.
At this time, after hearing the little boy's answer, Xiaozhi couldn't wait to ask: "Since you are from here, have you discovered any mysterious Pokémon?"
This question was so straightforward that everyone except Xiaozhi could clearly see the obvious look of panic on the little boy's face!
"There's nothing like that around here!" the little boy replied dryly, but his eyes were wandering and he was obviously lying.
This time, not only Xia You and Li Jia, but also Xiaoxia, Xiaogang and Hiro also saw that something was wrong.
This little boy must know something!
However, the careless Xiaozhi didn't notice anything unusual about this, but he obviously didn't give up and continued to ask: "Then have you heard any rumors?"
Facing Xiaozhi's direct attacks, the boy became increasingly unable to resist.
"Absolutely... not at all!"
But the next second, he seemed to realize that he shouldn't retreat so blindly, also because he was afraid that Xia You and the others wouldn't believe what he said, so he forced a smile and said: "Think about it, if there really is any mysterious Pokémon here. , I'm afraid it caused a commotion and was captured, right? So, I advise you not to believe those boring rumors."
"That's it..."
Xiaozhi seemed to be convinced by him, without any doubt at all.
However, in Xia You's opinion, after the little boy's explanation, it seemed to be a bit of a cover-up.
Of course, Xiaozhi behaves like this, which does not mean that he is stupid, but that he is too young, immature in thinking, unable to read people's faces at all, and lacks a certain amount of social experience.
At this time, looking at the little boy, Xia You still wanted to recall the plot related to Lugia, but the memory was too vague and the time was too long. No matter how he recalled it, he could never remember more details.
But what is certain is that this boy must be a key figure, and we can even boldly guess that the shadow that left just now might be Lugia!
Thinking of this, he took a step forward and smiled at the little boy: "We have been talking for a long time, but we still don't know your name?"
Looking at this handsome older brother with a sunny face, the little boy thought he had gotten through the test, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
"My name is Shuichi, and this is just my Pokémon, Lampoon."
Xia You asked with a smile: "So Xiuyi, what is the identity of the Pokémon that just left you?"
Hearing Xia You's words, Xiu Yi's expression changed drastically. Even though he was soaking in the cold pool, cold sweat still flowed from his head!
"I...I don't know what you are talking about..." he stumbled, "You must have seen it wrong, right? It's just me and the lamp monster here all the time!"
After hearing what Xia You said and seeing Xiu Yi behave like this, the others realized that there was a Pokémon that had quietly left here when they weren't paying attention!
"Really?" Xia You's smile continued, "But I saw it clearly just now. There was a Pokémon swimming away right behind you."
"There are no Pokémon, you are really dazzled!" Xiuyi didn't want to talk to these people anymore. After replying hastily, he actually started to swim away, and while swimming, He did not forget to turn around and shout to Xia You and the others, "Oh, I suddenly remembered that I have something else to do, so I'll see you first!"
He actually escaped...
Seeing him swimming further and further away, Xia You said loudly to his back: "Even if you don't tell me, I know that the Pokémon that just left must be Lugia, right?"
Now, Shuichi could no longer pretend to be calm.
He stopped in the water, looked back at Xia You, and wanted to open his mouth to ask something, but he swallowed the words as they reached his lips.
"Don't worry." Xia You said calmly, "Actually, the reason we came here this time is to protect it from being captured by bad guys. We don't have any ill intentions towards it!"
After all, he was just a seven or eight-year-old boy. Seeing that Xia You was serious, he couldn't help but ask: "Really?"
"I'm not lying to you." At this point, Xia You suddenly remembered something, "By the way, I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Xia You, and I am the Brave of the Sea this year!"
"Hero of the Sea!!?"
Hearing this name, Xiu Yi's eyes widened. It can be said that he was very surprised!
After all, for the children of the Whirlpool Islands, the Brave of the Sea represents strength and courage, and is quite respected and popular by the people here. His status in their hearts is even no less than that of the conference champion!
Of course, this is not to say that people on the Whirlpool Islands are all frogs in the well, thinking that the Hero of the Sea can be comparable to the championship champion. In fact, the influence of the Pokémon League here is completely inferior to that of the Temple of the Sea. Since a long time ago, No trainer from the Whirlpool Islands has become a tournament champion, so people here have no sense of belonging to the Pokémon Federation.
After hearing that Xia You turned out to be the Hero of the Sea, Xiu Yi's attitude immediately changed 180 degrees, and he didn't even have the slightest doubt.
He swam to the shore and suddenly found that the man in front of him had become so pleasing to the eye, and he no longer resisted him in his heart. He looked around Xia Youzuo again and again, as if he was looking at some rare animal.
After waiting for a while, until Xiu Yi calmed down a little, Xia You said: "Okay, now we can have a frank talk with each other, right? By the way, can Lugia also meet with us? ?”
(End of chapter)
