Xicui area, Qunqing Town
Click, click, click————
Xu Qiansu could clearly hear the sound of raindrops behind her cell phone.
He pursed his lips tightly, waiting for a response.
More than two months after he came to this world, he had never been so nervous.
The lively street seemed to have been pressed and frozen into a photo, but in Xu Qiansu's eyes, the only thing that existed was the mobile phone.
"...Xu Qiansu?"
The voice was as clear and sweet as ever, but it contained an inexplicable emotion that Xu Qiansu had never heard before.
"Well..." Xu Qiansu felt like there were thousands of words stuck in her throat, but when she really wanted to tell her, she didn't know what to say.
He glanced at the pendant hanging on his mobile phone...Is this why I am here? Is this the reason for the call at this moment?
Maybe...but I don't think about that right now.
The sound of drizzle still kept ringing behind the phone, but no more sound was heard.
Pedestrians coming and going in Qunqing Town looked at this strange and handsome man in confusion, wondering what he was doing with a brick pressed to his ear and standing still.
After a while, Ma Li's voice came again.
"...Why don't you speak?"
"The so-called dream comes at night and suddenly returns home. They are dressing up outside the small xuan window, looking at each other without saying a word, only a thousand tears, that's it." Xu Qiansu wanted to bring a smile, but she could only curl the corner of her mouth slightly like a machine. Had to give up.
As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere behind the phone seemed to be much more relaxed, as if Ma Li had finally confirmed who the person behind the phone was.
"Where...are you?" Ma Li seemed to want to say something else, but when the words came to her lips, she ended up with this sentence.
"Washui area."
"……Detailed description."
This kind of rude tone was only for Xu Qiansu... behind the phone, it was really Miss Ma Li.
Xu Qiansu began to move, crossing the surrounding pedestrians, walking aimlessly on the bluestone floor tiles, crossing the streets and alleys.
The sun slowly shines through the light fog on the streets in the early morning.
He said: "Traveling through time and space has caused some deviations in my memory. If I can listen to Miss Ma Li's voice more, I think my memory can be restored a lot."
"I'm dead."
How else can it be said that girls’ moods are always changeable? Before the phone was connected, Ma Li stood motionless in the rain. After the phone was connected, her mood was ups and downs. She was afraid that the person behind the phone was not Xu Qiansu, but when it was confirmed that Xu Qiansu was still alive, she seemed not to want to say more to him. One sentence.
Xu Qiansu pursed her lips and smiled, and whispered: "I was attacked and fell unconscious. When I regained consciousness, I was already leaning on a tree. There was no one around, the moon and stars were sparse, it was a forest, and then after repeated confirmation , only then did I confirm the fact that I had traveled through time and space and came to Xicui 1,000 years ago."
"...Why did you go to wash the green leaves?" Ma Li did not question Xu Qiansu's judgment, but asked calmly.
"Maybe it's because of the pendant we got from the Xicui Ruins, otherwise we wouldn't be able to communicate like this." Xu Qiansu guessed.
There was a moment of silence behind the phone.
Xu Qiansu asked softly: "How have you been these past two days?"
Ma Li did not answer, but said calmly: "First make sure that the time flow rate is consistent... Based on your sense of time, how many hours have you stayed in Xicui?"
"It took at least 40 hours to get rid of the coma." Xu Qiansu replied.
"About two days... It's February 15th here in Sinnoh... What time is it now there?"
"Around eight o'clock in the morning."
"The same goes for Sinnoh... It seems that the flow rate of time is roughly the same."
Xu Qiansu seemed to see Ma Li tapping her chin with her finger, frowning in thought, and couldn't help but smile softly.
"Xiaoxiaoxiao, why are you laughing?" Ma Li's voice sounded a little dissatisfied, "After thousands of years, do you know how to come back?"
"There is always a way." Xu Qiansu said with a smile.
After picking up the phone, Ma Li seemed to be rubbing her brows gently and sighed helplessly. She said, "I heard that Celebi has the ability to travel through time and space. I will pay attention to his news next."
"Yes." Xu Qiansu agreed softly, looking up at the chessboard-like street.
The breeze blew through the light mist of the early morning, and then brushed the bangs on his forehead.
He lowered his eyes and looked at the vine snake hidden in his clothes.
The rattan snake seemed to be bored and had curled up and fell asleep.
He looked away and asked, "Are the dream monsters with you?"
"Um."
Xu Qiansu breathed a sigh of relief, and then said: "Celebi is not that easy to find. I will find a way in Xicui... I don't know how long it will take when I get back, but I won't be able to participate in the Champions Cup... Miss Ma Li can only I can go alone."
Mary didn't reply.
Xu Qiansu then added: "There is also the Snow Demon Girl. She has a weak temperament. I hope Miss Ma Li can spend more time with her after I am gone."
"……Um."
Xu Qiansu pondered for a moment, thinking about what else he needed to entrust, but then he heard Ma Li ask:
"You are talking on your mobile phone now...is there any problem with the battery?"
Xu Qiansu was slightly startled and looked at the screen of his phone. The upper right corner showed that there was still 80% battery... However, his phone could not be turned on until Miss Ma Li called... I wonder if he could take the initiative to call Miss Ma Li. Call up.
"There is still 80% battery left, about six hours of talk time."
"It's too short... Unless I'm talking to you, you must not use the phone... Also, don't you claim to be the most amazing trainer? Please solve the problem of charging the phone for me." Ma Li's mood was obviously bad A few points, he said forcefully.
"Okay." Xu Qiansu agreed naturally. Apart from making calls, his mobile phone can't do anything else at the moment. As for charging... I don't have a clue yet. I'll think of a solution later.
"I'll hang up first... I'll call you when I have clues..." After saying that, Ma Li added, "Don't refuse to answer."
"Yes." Xu Qiansu smiled softly.
"Wait a minute." Ma Li thought of something again, and her tone became a bit solemn, "Currently we still need to determine whether you and I belong to the same time and space."
"Does Miss Ma Li also know about the theory of parallel time and space?"
"Shut up and find a way to confirm." Ma Li's voice trembled slightly. If Xu Qiansu was in parallel time and space, there would be almost no possibility of coming back...unless Arceus could be made to take action.
Xu Qiansu also knew the seriousness of this and frowned in thought.
Suddenly, Vine Snake opened his eyes, tilted his little head in confusion, and then gently poked Xu Qiansu's chest with his little hand.
Itchy.
Xu Qiansu pinched her little tail through her clothes, and then suddenly caught a glimpse of a small shop on the street from the corner of her eye. She stood there suddenly like a lightning strike.
He pursed his lips and whispered slowly: "I have a way. Next, I invite Miss Mali to go to this place... After going there, all the answers will be revealed."
"Okay." Ma Li nodded slightly, knowing that the power was precious and could not be wasted, so she hung up the phone without saying anything.
Tick tock————
After hanging up the phone, Ma Li suddenly realized that she was a little wet.
She stood in the rain, not moving at all since she dialed Xu Qiansu's number.
She also threw away the umbrella.
However, the frog quickly picked up the umbrella and held it for Ma Li... Only it could hold an umbrella. Morubek, Pickpocket Cat and Ibrahimovic did not have this physical condition.
She took the umbrella, breathed a sigh of relief, and left the place in a hurry.
"Let's go somewhere."
…
Click————
Xu Qiansu opened the curtain and walked into a small shop next to the street.
"Welcome! What do you need?"
A little girl less than ten years old was wearing a kimono, her black hair pinned with a wooden hairpin.
She stood on the small bench and barely revealed her little head from behind the counter... When she saw Xu Qiansu, she couldn't help but grin, showing her little tiger teeth, and greeted her warmly.
Xu Qiansu was slightly startled and asked, "Where are your parents?"
"Mom went out to buy flour, and dad was asked by a friend to help repair things~ So Feng is here to look at the store for a while~" the little girl named Feng replied.
"Aren't you afraid of something happening if you are left alone in the store?"
"Something happened? Feng is already eight years old, how could something happen? Moreover, Feng is very safe in the store~" Feng chuckled, thinking that this big brother didn't say what he wanted, he only cared about himself. It seemed like he was a Good guy~
"Yeah..." Xu Qiansu looked around a few times. Under the Japanese style decoration, the counter was full of various kinds of steamed buns. They were still steaming. Apparently they had just been baked, and the alluring aroma filled the room.
The Vine Snake huddled in Xu Qiansu's clothes, the tip of her nose moved slightly, and then her big burgundy eyes narrowed slightly... It seemed that she felt right.
"Woo?" Suddenly, an inexplicable cry came from behind the counter.
Xu Qiansu turned his head and looked. He knew this cry better than anyone else.
But Feng's little face froze, and he quickly lowered his head and whispered: "Don't make a sound."
But the next moment, she saw her kimono bulging slightly, and then a Vulpix's little head emerged from her collar, staring directly at Xu Qiansu.
This Vulpix... is naturally not Xu Qiansu's.
Its coat color is normal.
"Ah?" Feng's little face turned pale this time, and he was about to press Vulpix's little head back.
But they saw the Vine Snake also emerging from Xu Qiansu's collar, revealing its small head, and looking at Vulpix with its big burgundy eyes.
This Vulpix...is just a child. No matter in terms of strength or scheming, it can't compare to Xu Qiansu's fox.
Xu Qiansu tapped Vine Snake's forehead, and then she understood why Vine Snake had poked him just now... It turned out that he felt the aura of a Pokémon nearby.
The snake is not good at smelling, but in a place surrounded by humans, the scent of Pokémon is like a light in the night, which really attracts the snake's attention.
In the same way, the Vulpix here also noticed the aura of the Vine Snake and showed up.
"Bao, Pokémon!?" The little girl's almond-shaped eyes suddenly widened, "Besides Feng, who else is raising Pokémon!?"
But after the shock, came the surprise.
A child doesn't have that much thought, she just feels that she has found a companion.
She took Vulpix out of her clothes, then jumped off the small bench, walked up to Xu Qiansu, raised her little face and stared at him with burning eyes.
"Yes, can you let Feng touch big brother's Pokémon?"
Xu Qiansu looked back and made sure that no one was there, then she took out the snake and said with a smile: "I have no problem, but she probably doesn't like to be touched."
"Bocha." Teng Teng Snake glanced sideways at the little girl, then turned his face and let out a 'hum'.
That's right, she wouldn't touch anyone except Xu Qiansu.
"It's the first time I've seen a Pokémon other than Vulpix. It's so cute!" The little girl started to have starry eyes, then she covered her face with her hands and said, "Pokémon, it's so cute~"
I don't care if I can touch the vine snake.
Xu Qiansu chuckled softly, squatted down and whispered: "For the sake of us being companions, can you do me a favor?"
"If you are busy, just ask!" The little girl patted her chest, raised her face, and said confidently.
Xu Qiansu looked at Liuwei, slowly suppressed her smile, and felt a hint of the impermanence and sadness of fate.
Sinnoh region, Binhai City.
"Qishiwu... is right here." Ma Li looked up at the ancient-style shop in front of her, opened the curtain, and stepped inside.
"Hello...what do you need..." The old lady who was sitting behind the counter reading the newspaper heard the noise and raised her eyes. Then she was startled and looked at Ma Li. She murmured her lips, but she didn't say a word. Unable to speak.
"Is there any problem?" Ma Li tilted her head slightly and asked.
"One, a thousand years later, in mid-February, on a rainy morning, there was a black-haired girl wearing a morubeko. She had light green eyes like a clear autumn sky..." The old lady stared straight at Looking at Ma Li, her lips murmured, but she spoke clearly.
"Huh?" Ma Lidai frowned slightly. The old lady's voice was very low and she didn't hear it clearly.
The newspaper fell to the ground, and the old man stood up suddenly, and was about to walk into the back room, but a gloomy, stumbling, and extremely weak Nine Tails had already slowly walked out of the back room.
"Kyuubi?" Ma Li tilted her head and looked at Kyuubi, "But he seems to be very old..."
Kyuubi looked at Ma Li silently with an inexplicable expression. What kind of expression was that?
Ma Li didn't know clearly, but she suddenly remembered the situation when she was standing in the rain and dialed Xu Qiansu's cell phone.
Before she had time to think more, she saw Kyuubi walking slowly in front of her with weak steps, and called out softly, "Woo~"
Immediately, the slender and soft tail of Jiuwei gently swayed in front of his mouth, and he bit it gently, then looked at Ma Li with something in his mouth.
Ma Li hesitated for a moment, then reached out and took it.
It has a hard texture and is extremely small and can be held in one hand, but the surface is somewhat rough.
When she spread it out and took a look, Ma Li's heart trembled suddenly, and an inexplicable emotion surged out of her heart.
But what Jiuwei handed over was actually a bottle of perfume... On the perfume bottle, there was a short line of small words engraved on it, '2.15, be happy'
February 15th is Ma Li’s birthday.
This was left by Xu Qiansu in the Xicui area... and given to Ma Li 1,000 years later.
In the Carlos area, when Xu Qiansu and Ma Li were quarreling, Dr. Buratano once gave Xu Qiansu a bottle of perfume that was said to last for thousands of years, hoping that Xu Qiansu would use this perfume to coax Ma Li...
Whether this perfume can be preserved for thousands of years is still doubtful, but the glass bottle in which the perfume is stored can undoubtedly be preserved for thousands of years...
What's more, for thousands of years, Kyuubi has been carefully maintaining it at all times, waiting for... an opportunity for nine hundred years.
Jiuwei raised his face and looked at Ma Li.
Ma Li took out her mobile phone from her pocket and dialed Xu Qiansu's number.
"Miss Ma Li, how are you? It shouldn't be parallel time and space, right?" Xu Qiansu's questioning voice came from the mobile phone.
Ma Li's soft cherry lips trembled slightly, but she said nothing.
But after listening to the phone, a curious voice from a little girl came, "Huh? Brother, why are you holding this to your ear? Are you still talking?"
Washui area.
Xu Qiansu looked at Vulpix held in Feng's arms, something indescribable flashed across her eyes.
He patted Feng's little head gently and explained: "This is called a mobile phone. You can talk to people or Pokémon who are extremely far away."
"Mobile phone!" Feng's almond-shaped eyes widened, and then he exclaimed: "It's amazing~"
No doubt at all.
Xu Qiansu said to the phone: "Miss Ma Li... can you let Jiuwei answer the call next?"
"……Um."
Xu Qiansu stretched out her hand and pinched Vulpix's face, then handed the phone to the little girl and said with a smile: "You can try..."
"Really!? Thank you, big brother!" The little girl grinned, then put down Vulpix, holding the mobile phone in her two little hands, imitating Xu Qiansu and putting it to her ear, and said seriously: "Hello, my name is Feng~ "
Vulpix squatted at the little girl's feet, stretched out his front paws to wrap around his ears, and then raised his face to look at her.
"Ugh..." Behind the phone, Jiuwei's voice was no longer weak, but filled with a brisk smile, as if he was introducing himself like a little girl.
"It really has a sound!" Feng chuckled and said, "Are you a Pokémon? It sounds like my Vulpix~"
"Ugh." Behind the phone, Jiuwei was lying on the ground, with a pair of cute fox eyes.
The power of the mobile phone was very precious, but neither Xu Qiansu nor Ma Li stopped Jiuwei from talking to the little girl.
So until half an hour later.
Feng chuckled several times, then paused and whispered: "Your voice is a little weak... You must have suffered a lot..."
Kyuubi's cute big ears drooped...but it didn't matter, the reason why it was able to survive until now was just for this moment.
In this way, it is satisfied.
"You need to have a good rest. Let's end today's call here~" Feng said reluctantly.
"Woo~"
After that, the phone hung up.
The call between Kyuubi and the little girl has ended.
In the Sinnoh region, the old lady moved forward gently, knelt down next to Kyuubi, gently stroked Kyuubi's dim but still soft fur with her withered hands, and said in a trembling voice: "It... has passed away..."
Kyuubi has been living in the world for thousands of years. This thousand-year lifespan is not a blessing for it...but it still works hard to survive, just for the sake of a Kyuubi and that little girl in its distant memory. call.
When Xu Qiansu came to Qishiwu and saw Jiuwei... the reason why it was so happy was, on the one hand, because it saw an old friend, and on the other hand, because it knew that... it was not far away from this moment.
Yes, it has never been happy for nine hundred years in its life, but at this moment, it still thinks that its life is happy, at least... without regrets.
…
Ma Li left Qishi House and suddenly sneezed slightly.
Her injuries were not healed, and her body was already weak. Now that she was caught in the rain, she would naturally catch a cold.
She thought for a moment, then turned and went to the Pokémon Center.
Miss Joy saw Ma Li coming back. Although she was confused, she still prescribed medicine for her and then let her rest in the room without disturbing her.
Ma Li leaned on the pillow, sat up with her upper body, and quietly looked down at the small glass bottle in her hand.
"Buyi..." Ibrahimovic raised his little face to look at her, but he started to shed tears.
Ma Li hugged her and stroked Ibrahimovic's soft fur. Then she held the small glass bottle tightly and buried her little face in Ibrahimovic's body.
Only the drizzle outside the window and Ibrahimovic knew whether Ma Li was crying or not.
…
Washui area.
After Xu Qiansu left, the little girl hugged Vulpix with both hands, rubbed her little face on its soft belly, and made an undetectable murmur.
"How could I not recognize your voice?"
"Woo?"
——————Pokémon Research Notes————————
"The difference in life span is inevitable."
"I must be no exception."
(End of chapter)
