Three days ago, on the eve of the riots in Zhuqing Village.
As the home of the Galaxy Team, Zhuqing Village is very open to the outside world and accepts tourists from all over the world. Due to the tourists, its prosperity is naturally much higher than that of Qunqing Town, so the streets are densely populated with pedestrians.
In the afternoon, a man in civilian clothes walked slowly into the celebration village with a backpack on his back. It was obviously his first time here. He couldn't help but tighten his luggage tightly and looked around at the surrounding scenery.
The overall architectural style of Zhuqing Village is not much different from other towns in the Xicui area, so there is actually not much to see.
What really surprised him was that along the way, he was able to meet many Pokémon... Although they were all relatively weak Pokémon such as Big Tooth, Spinytail, and Little Fist, humans and Pokémon, Really living together.
"Whew?" A confused cry came from the luggage behind him...his hunting swallowtail butterfly had obviously sensed the aura of the same kind.
Although the man was surprised, he did not let down his guard and directly released the hunting butterfly. He chuckled and said: "This Zhuqing Village is so prosperous, the doctor must be highly skilled and have experience in treating Pokémon... I'm waiting for you. When you feel better, I’ll take you for a nice walk.”
The hunting swallowtail butterfly didn't respond. Considering its age, it usually slept most of the time.
The man asked several people and found out that the person with the most superb medical skills in Zhuqing Village was Chu'er, the medical team leader of Team Galaxy.
After asking for directions, he walked through the streets and alleys to the Galaxy Team headquarters building. He explained his purpose to the guard at the door and was easily led to the medical team.
The people of Team Galaxy have no objection at all to outsiders like him.
Chu'er is a young woman with pink twintails who looks somewhat similar to Qiao Yin.
There were many patients in the medical team's queue, but the man didn't make any noise and jumped in line. He waited slowly until Chu'er approached.
She looked the man up and down and asked doubtfully, "You have a strong and strong body, a long breath, and a good complexion. You don't look sick at all?"
The man laughed honestly and unpacked his luggage. The sleeping hunting butterfly and the flowers spread inside the luggage appeared in front of Chuer's eyes.
Chu'er frowned slightly, remained silent for a while, then pursed his lips and said calmly: "Life and death are fateful, and it is about to die... In this situation, there is no cure... You, please show your condolences."
The man smiled politely. Although he got the answer he had heard many times before, he still said sincerely: "You are a famous doctor. Please think of a way to let her live a few more days..."
Chu'er frowned, letting a dying Pokémon live for a few more days... It's not impossible, but it's very troublesome and requires a lot of precious medicinal materials. Recently, the investigation team has been on a mission, and there have been a lot of injured Pokémon. ...As the leader of Team Galaxy's medical team, she should naturally prioritize medical resources on Team Galaxy's Pokémon...but...
She looked the man up and down, his appearance was dusty, it was obvious that he had traveled a long distance to get here...
So she pursed her lips and thought for a while before saying, "It's possible, but it requires a lot of medicinal materials, and the cost of treatment is not a small amount..."
Although she is the leader of the medical team, it is obviously impossible for her to secretly misappropriate medicinal materials to treat anyone for free. Medical resources are not unlimited, so it is impossible for her to be so squandered. She is willing to waste resources and energy just to prolong the life of hunting swallowtail butterflies for a few days. , has exhausted all benevolence and righteousness.
The man obviously understood this. His eyes lit up, he knelt down and kowtowed heavily to Pei'er, and said loudly: "Money is not a problem. I still have a lot of strength, and I will definitely raise the medical expenses!"
"You, get up!" Chuer had never seen such a battle before. The rest of the medical team also looked over, making her blush, chop her feet, and quickly pull the man up.
The matter should have been resolved smoothly, but there was another person in the medical team at that time...
…
"Please wait."
The man left the medical team and was about to go to Zhuqing Village to find some work to make money when he was suddenly stopped.
He looked up and saw a middle-aged man wearing a Galaxy uniform...
Back to the present, late afternoon.
Rumble————
Cang Lei slides by, looking at the formation, it is going to rain.
Xu Qiansu looked up at the sky. The waves of the sea were rising and falling, and the sea breeze was blowing, and his slightly longer black hair was gently lifted.
The setting sun in the distance slowly sets outside the sea and sky, dyeing the entire sea a crimson color.
"Hmm!" Zoroa stepped on the beach with his paws and giggled happily when he saw the small plum blossom print he made.
The rattan snake sat on Xu Qiansu's shoulder, swaying its calves.
"Go back..." Xu Qiansu looked away, leaned over to pick up Soraya, and smiled softly.
"Hmm~"
Vine Snake turned her head and glanced at Xu Qiansu. She ran from Yingfeng Forest to Ginkgo Beach. After searching for a whole day, she still couldn't find any clues about Vulpix... She stretched out her vine whip and picked up the wine bottle from Xu Qiansu's waist. Put it in front of his face.
"What are you drinking now?" Xu Qiansu laughed dumbly, but still took the wine bottle and took a sip into her mouth.
"Chirp." The Vine Snake seemed to hum.
Xu Qiansu patted her face and smiled again, "Go back."
…
The sun has completely set and the sky is rumbling. It looks like it will be a rainy night tonight.
Ultramarine Town.
The wine flags in the bluestone alley were fluttering in the wind. Because it was about to rain, most of the drinkers had left. The shopkeeper also planned to close the stall in advance and was wiping the table with a rag.
Suddenly, he heard a faint sound of footsteps.
The shopkeeper obviously has a lot of experience. Just from the sound of footsteps, he can tell that the person is someone who has practiced martial arts.
He turned his head and looked, and saw a man wearing a raincoat, a bamboo hat on his head, and carrying a suitcase on his back. He opened the curtain and asked, "Does the shopkeeper still sell wine?"
This man has a strange face, but judging by his appearance, he is probably a traveler who just arrived in Qunqing Town today... You can also call him a Jianghu guest.
The shopkeeper chuckled, threw the rag over his shoulder, put a jar of wine on the table, then turned around and picked up an empty bowl, but when he looked back, he saw that the man was already holding the jar and drinking it in a muffled voice.
The shopkeeper didn't care, put down the empty bowl, and brought out two plates of side dishes.
"Thank you, shopkeeper..." The man smiled honestly and took off his bamboo hat and raincoat, revealing the coarse linen clothes underneath, "No business today?"
"Qunqing Town is just a small town. How can there be so many people who are addicted to alcohol..." With a smile on his face, the shopkeeper sighed softly, "It's getting dark now, and it looks like it's going to rain soon. Naturally, No one will come."
"Indeed," the man chuckled, put down the wine jar, ate some side dishes, and asked, "I wonder if anyone has settled in this town in the past seven days?"
"Settle down?" The shopkeeper wiped his hands with a rag, stirred the wine in a large vat with a strong aroma of wine with a wine spoon, thought for a moment, and then said: "I have been running a wine shop all my life. I have seen everyone come and go. ...I have seen pretentious heroes, rogues in the streets, and even Pokémon... The longer a person lives, the more clearly he can see everything..."
As he said that, the shopkeeper turned his head and said, "Are you entrusted to come here to assassinate him?"
Boom————
Thunder struck through the dark night, and raindrops poured down, falling on the eaves and corners of the corridor, making a crisp sound.
Hearing this, the man was slightly startled, nodded slightly, but then slowly shook his head.
"Then I have no comment, little old man. You can go find out the information elsewhere..." The shopkeeper shook his head slightly, but he was not afraid of the man doing anything irrational because of this.
The man stood up, but only took two empty bowls, poured wine in, pushed one of the bowls towards the shopkeeper, and said slowly: "If everything goes well, his life may not be hurt."
The shopkeeper looked at the wine bowl, but did not take it. Instead, he looked up at the man's luggage and asked, "Are you taking... hunting swallowtail butterflies?"
winter!
The man suddenly stood up, and the bench beneath him fell to the ground with a muffled sound.
The shopkeeper gently raised his hand and explained: "Pollen from hunting swallowtail butterflies is one of the best materials for making fruit wine. Old man, I have opened a wine shop for so many years, so I can naturally smell it... Don't worry, old man. I am a relatively open-minded person towards Pokémon, and I don’t care if you carry Pokémon with you.”
The man had a look of surprise on his face. After a moment, he lifted up the bench and sat down. He opened his bag and let the hunting swallowtails breathe... Inside the bag, the flowers that the man picked specially for hunting swallowtails were already showing signs of withering.
"Originally, I should have put the hunting swallowtail butterfly in the celebration village to recuperate, but a member of the Galaxy team once took out a crystal clear energy cube and gave it to drink, and it became somewhat energetic. It was simply a miracle!" The man! The tone is brisk, the tone that can only be possessed when hope is suddenly found in despair.
"...He told me that he has a way to restore the vitality of the hunting swallowtail butterfly, but he needs me to find someone..." the man whispered.
The man did not completely believe Chi Ri's words, but Chi Ri promised that as long as he could capture the man back to Zhuqing Village, even if he could not restore the hunting swallowtail butterfly, he would give him a large sum of money... This money would allow him to Hunting swallowtail butterflies can help him survive for a few more days... This is enough for the man to come to Qunqing Town alone.
The shopkeeper looked at Hunting Papilio Butterfly for a few times, then sighed and picked up the wine bowl, but after hesitating for a moment, he put it down again, touched it slightly with the wine bowl in the man's hand, and said:
"I can't possibly tell you the news, but for this bowl of wine...you don't have to pay for it."
The man smiled slightly, picked up the wine bowl, and drank it all in one gulp.
boom!
The wine bowl was put down and made a soft sound on the table.
The man stood up, bowed to the shopkeeper, then put on his bamboo hat and raincoat, walked outside the door, took a long knife leaning against the green wall, and left with the hunting swallowtail butterfly. .
The lights in the wine shop flickered, illuminating the shopkeeper's face in a dark and uncertain manner.
He turned his head and stared at the man's back in the rainy night for a long time before letting out a long sigh.
"This world... is so fucked up."
In fact, there was one thing that the man did not tell the shopkeeper... He came to Qunqing Town this morning, and he had already found out the news.
It's just that the man hasn't returned yet, so he waited until now... He asked the shopkeeper again just out of a trace of luck, hoping to get a completely different answer.
Boom!
Thunder flashed across the sky, heavy rain roared, and raindrops fell with crackling sounds.
Cattleya sat in the room, closing her eyes and meditating, her elegant and noble white face without a trace of expression, quietly waiting for Xu Qiansu to come back...
call--
The lights in the room seemed to be suddenly extinguished due to the cold wind on the rainy night.
Cattleya opened her eyes, raised her hand slightly, and the fire ignited out of thin air.
She was silent for a moment, then turned her head and looked through the wooden windows, seemingly beyond thousands of houses and towering city walls.
Tap tap tap————
Xu Qiansu held a paper umbrella and walked through the muddy mountain road to the gate of Qunqing Town.
The night was lingering and the heavy rain made the guard's vision somewhat poor. It took him a while to recognize Xu Qiansu.
They quickly opened the door and asked, "Why didn't Mr. Xu come back with the large army?"
"I was thinking that my companion might still be alive, so I couldn't help but go out and look for him."
The guard nodded slightly. This reason was certainly justified, and he warned: "The sky is dark and the rain is so heavy. Sir, please be careful when you go back... How about my two brothers give you a ride?"
"No need, I appreciate the kindness..." Xu Qiansu smiled, declined the guard's kindness, and walked away.
As night covers the sky of Qunqing Town, thousands of lights slowly light up around thousands of houses and squares.
Xu Qiansu stepped on the wet bluestone floor tiles and walked through the streets and alleys... Because of the heavy rain, there was no one on the streets. The raindrops dripped on the umbrella and slid down the ribs, making a soft "tick-tock" sound.
Apart from the sound of his footsteps, there was only the sound of rain.
Being in Qunqing Town, Xu Qiansu naturally does not need to use waveguides to sense the surroundings at all times... After all, this is very energy-consuming. He has been out searching for a whole day and is already a little tired.
Scratch——————
Xu Qiansu suddenly stopped in his tracks. Was this the sound of... a sharp weapon rubbing against the floor tiles?
Tick tock tick tock————
In the night, there was only the sound of rain in an instant.
The moment he stamped his feet, the strange sound disappeared.
Xu Qiansu did not hesitate to spread the power of the waveguide to all directions. The whispers in the couple's room in the distance, the crying of children and even the soft sound of burning firewood could be clearly heard. Thousands of words were heard simultaneously, but there was no confusion at all. Clearly organized... Xu Qiansu suddenly raised his eyebrows slightly, turned his head to look at a dark alley not far away, remained silent for a while, and whispered:
"You... deliberately made noise to attract my attention?"
After the words fell, the dark alley fell silent.
After a while, the sound of undetectable footsteps sounded softly, and a figure appeared in the rain curtain at night.
Wearing a raincoat and a bamboo hat, his face could not be seen clearly. He was holding a long knife, with raindrops dripping from the blade.
Xu Qiansu knew his identity well, or it could be said that he had met him once.
No matter how you fabricate your face, how you disguise your figure, the only thing that remains unchanged is the waveguide.
The person who came obviously knew Xu Qiansu's identity, otherwise he wouldn't have deliberately made any noise just now to let Xu Qiansu notice.
This means that the grudge between the two is over, and then... each will rely on his or her own abilities.
Xu Qiansu moved her steps slightly, facing the coir raincoat guest not far away, and said calmly: "This kind of weather is not suitable for running around with it."
The coir raincoat guest didn't reply and stood motionless in the rain.
Da da----
Raindrops dripped on the long knife and oil-paper umbrella, making a crisp sound.
Soraya huddled in Xu Qiansu's collar, not daring to breathe.
The big burgundy eyes of the Vine Snake are full of coldness, and two vine whips are slowly protruding from its neck, ready to attack at any time.
An oppressive and dull atmosphere surrounded it.
tread.
The raincoater suddenly raised his long knife, and the blade slid across the raindrops, causing a slightly different sound from the collision of raindrops.
At this moment, Xu Qiansu suddenly took a step back, closed the oil-paper umbrella, turned his wrist slightly, and the next moment, a long knife appeared on the umbrella ribs.
Looking along the handle of the knife, one can see the veins popping up on the palm of its owner.
Sa!
The coir raincoat guest's excessive speed caused the surrounding raindrops to shoot out, hitting Xu Qiansu's face.
Huge force came from his wrist. At this moment, the distance was so close that Xu Qiansu could even see some stubble on the chin of the coir raincoat guest.
His expression remained unchanged, but he suddenly opened the oil-paper umbrella.
The coir raincoat guest was slightly startled, only the plain oil paper umbrella surface remained in his sight.
stop!
The next moment, I saw two vine whips violently passing through the umbrella cover, like a poisonous snake spitting out its core, or like an arrow leaving its string, shooting violently at the face and chest of the man in the raincoat.
With the physical strength of a human being, if he were hit by a vine whip of this strength, he would definitely be penetrated on the spot.
But the cloaked man just flipped the blade with his wrist, and it appeared in front of his chest in an instant without making any sound.
Dangdang!
When the long knife came into contact with the vine whip, there was a crisp sound of gold and iron meeting.
Sparks flickered slightly, illuminating the dark and resolute face of the coir raincoat guest under his bamboo hat.
Yes, both Xu Qiansu and Lin Yike understand that there is no need to say anything at this moment, because saying one thousand and saying ten thousand is just a sentence of "fate is impermanent".
