Washui area.
Xu Qiansu left the Qishi House and tapped the little head of the vine snake through her clothes to signal her not to come out.
"Porcha..." Vine Snake was not a lively person. If she hadn't noticed Vulpix's aura, she would still be sleeping.
Jing left a sum of money in the room, which was regarded as the initial capital for Xu Qiansu.
The purchasing power is roughly equivalent to ten thousand yuan in modern times.
With this initial capital, coupled with Xu Qiansu's mastery of Chinese cuisine, it is not a problem to open the world's number one restaurant in the Xicui area.
But Xu Qiansu didn't have the energy. He still wanted to find Qilulian and the others... so he just wanted to make some random dishes and earn some money.
The focus should still be on how to go out and explore.
Although Ultramarine Town is surrounded by walls, with his skills and the power of the Vine Snake, it is not difficult to break out, but it is impossible to do this in broad daylight.
But he didn’t want to waste time during the day either…
Xu Qiansu stood there and looked around for a few times, then found a woman around twenty years old, smiled gently, and then remembered that Miss Ma Li had explicitly forbidden him from smiling casually, so she quickly stopped her smile and asked: "Hello , I would like to ask if anyone in the town usually goes out?"
The woman said nothing.
Xu Qiansu had to repeat it softly.
"Oh oh oh, I'm sorry..." The woman came back to her senses, her face suddenly turned red. She lowered her gaze, but then raised her eyes to look at Xu Qiansu, and whispered softly:
"The town has arable land and can basically be self-sufficient in food. However, some fruits, wood, medicinal materials, ores and other materials that are difficult to cultivate need to be collected outside. Therefore, the mayor will organize manpower to go out every three days..."
A collective action... Xu Qiansu frowned secretly. Although she didn't want to, it was a way to get out.
"Excuse me, who are you?" Seeing that Xu Qiansu didn't speak, the woman glanced at him again, then looked away and asked in a low voice.
"The businessman who just came to Qunqing Town for refuge yesterday... plans to sell some food in the town from now on. I hope the girls will support him." Xu Qiansu nodded lightly, thanked him, and left directly.
"Hey!" The woman looked at Xu Qiansu's back and couldn't help but chop her feet. She said with a blushing face, "Why didn't you say your name?"
Xu Qiansu walked along the road towards the residence Jing mentioned at that time.
Qunqing Town is not a big town, but it is definitely not small either. The population is estimated to be between 20,000 and 30,000 people... It is not a large number, but in an era of sparse population like Xicui, it is already considered a relatively prosperous town.
Therefore, the area occupied is naturally not small... I wonder what the scale of the celebration village in the original game is? As the base of Team Galaxy, it must not be as crude as in the game.
When he came here, he informed him of his identity and purpose, but the guards did not stop him much, so he saw Jing within a moment.
Xu Qiansu informed Jing of his plan to open a restaurant, and then said: "I heard that there is a collection team in the town... My companion is still living outside, and his whereabouts are unknown, so I hope Mr. Jing will let me go out with the team."
"Going out?" Jing was slightly startled, and he said in a deep voice: "You have also seen how powerful Pokémon are. Many people have died under their claws so far... I am not saying that your companions have encountered mishaps. It’s just that the outside world is extremely dangerous, even the collection team is cautious, and the operating locations are only the few places they often visit..."
"I understand, but I can't give up on them... I have traveled all over the country and have a lot of experience in wild life. I also know the habits of many Pokémon. Otherwise, I would not have come to Ultramarine Town alive."
Jing was slightly startled. He had forgotten this...but he still hesitated a little. In his eyes, Xu Qiansu was a rare foreign envoy and a guest. When he came to live in Qunqing Town, he had to be responsible for his safety. …
Xu Qiansu looked at the hesitant Jing and added again: "I regret my life after finally settling down... not to mention that the Ginkgo Chamber of Commerce can travel around Xicui safely, so can I."
"This is different..." Jing shook his head and explained: "The Ginkgo Chamber of Commerce has mastered a special technology that can make Pokémon obey their orders to protect them when traveling."
The conversation finally ended without leaving any trace. Xu Qiansu's purpose of coming here was on the one hand to join the collection team, and on the other hand... to explore Tantanjing's attitude towards accepting Pokémon.
If he can be persuaded to set up an investigation team similar to the Galaxy Team, then future explorations will undoubtedly be greatly facilitated.
Therefore, Xu Qiansu pretended to be surprised and asked curiously: "A technology that allows Pokémon to obey their orders? I have also heard about it. The prop seems to be a small red ball..."
"As expected, you have heard of it..." Jing smiled helplessly, hesitated for a moment, and slowly took out a wooden elf ball from his sleeve. Compared to modern elf balls, it had many wood textures on the bottom and a blow hole on the top.
Xu Qiansu raised her eyebrows slightly and looked at Jing quietly, waiting for his explanation.
"When the Ginkgo Merchant Guild came, I naturally asked out of curiosity... This is what they gave me originally... I heard that all you need to do is knock the Pokémon unconscious and then throw this object at them, but..." Jing looked at her face. He hesitated a bit and said slowly:
"Pokémon is extremely hostile to humans. Although there are examples from the Ginkgo Chamber of Commerce, I haven't dared to let anyone try it yet... If it fails, it will definitely cause casualties. The kind of sacrifice caused by my wrong decision is meaningless. .”
"How about I give it a try?" Xu Qiansu said seriously.
Jing shook his head slowly, "Your life is also your life."
Xu Qiansu couldn't help but laugh, so he didn't say anything more about this matter. It was his first time in this town, and his words still lacked a certain degree of persuasion... Let's join the collection team first.
The two chatted again, and Xu Qiansu popularized some of the humanities and customs of the Sinnoh region to him, which made him laugh, so he naturally joined the collection team, and also received a lot of kitchen utensils and ingredients. Xu Qiansu naturally would not refuse. , even if Jing doesn’t give it away, he will buy it later.
Vine Snake yawned slightly in Xu Qiansu's clothes, thinking that the conversation between Xu Qiansu and this human was really boring...
Modern day, Sinnoh region, Coastal City.
Mary dialed Lillie's number.
"...Mari?" Lillie's voice sounded very tired and a bit hoarse.
Ma Li turned her head and looked out the window and found that the spring rain had stopped unconsciously.
She asked: "Liliae, have you left Alola?"
"Well, I'm already on the plane."
"The course doesn't matter?"
"Already asked for leave."
"Where are you going?"
"Sinnoh region."
The two women asked and answered questions, and Ma Li could tell that Lillie was still complaining that she failed to protect Xu Qiansu.
"Really...I found a clue to Xu Qiansu." After a few brief greetings, Ma Li got to the point.
clang.
The sound of something hitting the ground heavily was heard, accompanied by Vulpix's somewhat panicked voice.
"Where!? I'll rush there now!" Lillie's somewhat cold and weak voice instantly carried a somewhat urgent and faint cry.
"Xicui area." Ma Li answered.
"Waiting? Let me check..." Lillie hadn't reacted yet, she just thought this was a mysterious area similar to Padia.
She pressed her green-white fingers back and forth on the tablet in front of the seat, and then she was slightly startled. Her big eyes were a little confused, and she murmured to herself, "Xicui, Sinnoh... 1,000 years ago?" "
"That's right."
"...What do you mean?" Lillie was a little dazed. How could a normal person think that Xu Qiansu had traveled through time.
Ma Li calmly recounted the cause and effect, and then said directly: "You have no reason to look for him all over the world..."
She was about to say something else, but she heard Lillie's faint sobbing behind the phone.
Lillie was not as calm as Ma Li, nor was she as strong. All she had seemed to be the stubbornness and bravery of a girl... But when Xu Qiansu died, the emotions in her heart were not half less than Ma Li's.
Ma Li rubbed her eyebrows, but heard Lillie's voice coming from the mobile phone, "I heard Dr. Kukui say that Celebi has the ability to travel through time and space, and I will go find him! And, mom... mom I have been studying the ultimate beasts, and I heard that they emerged from the ultimate cave, and they should have some connection with time travel...I, I will ask my mother what to do..."
Lillie's voice was broken, but anyone could hear the persistence in her heart.
"Well, I'll contact you if you have any clues." After saying that, Ma Li was about to hang up the phone.
"Wait." Lillie suddenly stopped her.
"Still have questions?"
"Can, can you let me hear his voice?" Lillie asked in a low voice.
She did not travel with Xu Qiansu. The only time she spent with Xu Qiansu was during the short period of camping in winter. She was able to chat at least once, and recently she mustered up the courage to talk to Xu Qiansu... But now, she has no contact with Xu Qiansu. Already...
She only had this little hope.
Ma Lidai frowned slightly and was silent for a while, but finally did not choose to refuse, "I just recorded the conversation with his cell phone and will send it to you later."
"Thank you!" Lillie couldn't help but smile, full of the coquettishness of a young girl.
Ma Li sighed softly and asked: "Why do you have to devote yourself to him so wholeheartedly? What should you do if you get nothing in the end?"
"You can't get anything?" Lillie's voice sounded a little confused, "I don't understand...I don't want to get anything from him...
"...Ah, not really. It would be great if he could come to Alola to settle down in the future. The scenery here is very good and the climate is very warm..." Lillie's voice was a little awkward again.
Ma Li felt a little annoyed for no reason. She said calmly: "It's okay, I'll just hang up."
"etc!"
"what happened again?"
"I scolded you that day... I'm sorry..." Lillie apologized in a low voice.
"Nothing." Even the inhumane Mary would not treat Lillie with a bad attitude when faced with this little white flower.
"Oh...goodbye."
"goodbye."
After hanging up the phone, Ma Li got out of bed and planned to leave...
…
On a luxurious private jet.
Lillie wiped her red and swollen eyes with a tissue, and then held the phone tightly, her hands shaking slightly.
Lillie's mother is Lusamine, and she is the chairman of the Aether Foundation. Due to work reasons, she cannot go home several times a year. Although she will call and care about Lillie, she often calls in less than two minutes. Hang up and get busy with work again... Even if Lillie calls, the call lasts no more than two minutes.
Therefore, deep down in her heart, Lillie was actually a little afraid of calling... she was afraid of being treated coldly by her mother again.
But it's different now.
"Mother."
"Well, Lillie~ Isn't the money enough? Can mom give you another hundred thousand?" Behind the phone, Lusamine's voice was charming and mature, with a bit of confusion and doting. It's hard to imagine having such a voice. How could Xian's mother be so ignorant of her child's feelings.
She didn't know that her daughter had overcome her phobia of Pokémon, and she didn't even know that her daughter had left Alola.
The housekeeper naturally notified the Ethereum Foundation, but either she was busy at the time and didn't hear it, or she heard it and turned around to deal with the work, then forgot about it.
"Huh? No..."
"So you miss your mother? You're still a baby...do you want to drink milk?"
"No, no!" Lillie's face turned red instantly after she was crying. She really didn't understand why her mother still treated her like a baby.
"Then~ Do you want to eat the food cooked by mom? Sorry Lillie~ Mom is busy recently~ Can you wait a little longer?"
Lusamine didn't even know Lillie's hobbies, so she could only guess this much.
"No..." Before Lillie could finish her words, she heard Lusamine say:
"Lilia, I'll hang up first...how did you get this data? This mistake is so obvious..."
"Mother!"
Lusamine, who was behind the phone, was stunned. She had never heard Lillie speak loudly before. In normal communication, she would simply hang up. Lillie had never stopped her...
Um? But...what happened to Lillie's voice?
Only now did she realize that Lillie's voice was a bit hoarse.
Such discovery made her panic instantly.
"Lilia, what's wrong with your throat? Do you have a cold? I'll send a personal doctor home right away to treat you."
"I'm fine, Mom..." Lillie took a sip of hot water, moistened her throat, then calmed her tone and whispered: "Mom, talk to me again... I have something to ask you..."
"Huh?" Lusamine was stunned again. Over the years, except for Lillie's wish to donate 10 million to Galar some time ago, she had never made any request.
What happened to Lillie recently?
"I have a... friend who is trapped in the Xicui area. My mother has been studying the ultimate beast. Does she also study time and space?" Lillie pursed her soft lips and whispered: "Yes. Can’t save him.”
"Friend? Washui area?" Lusamine frowned slightly and tapped her fingers on the table, making a rhythmic sound.
"Chairman." The staff waiting on the side couldn't help but urge.
"Shut up." Lusamine scolded her coldly.
The staff immediately straightened their backs and did not dare to say anything. Lusamine was the absolute authority in the Aether Foundation.
After reprimanding her, Lusamine said softly: "Liliae, who is that friend of yours? Xu Qiansu?"
Lusamine would naturally make some guesses. After all, the 10 million was donated in Xu Qiansu's name.
"Yes." Lillie nodded, and when Xu Qiansu's name was mentioned, she almost wanted to cry again.
Lusamine waved to the staff next to her and motioned for him to check Xu Qiansu's information.
Lusamine's research direction is on the ultimate beasts from the ultimate cave. It sounds mysterious, but to put it in a simple way, the ultimate beasts are actually Pokémon from another world... so it is correct to say Without some research on time and space, it is naturally impossible.
But the technology is naturally not mature enough to allow people to travel through time and space... That's why Lusamine is interested in the 'friend' that Lillie talks about, who travels through time.
If we can get some kind of technology to travel through time and space, we will undoubtedly be one step closer to the ultimate alien beast.
But my daughter’s requirements still have to be met.
So Lusamine smiled softly, her mature face full of doting, "Well, Mom will do her best."
(End of chapter)
