The setting sun in the west dyed the sky red, casting a warm glow into the room, softly illuminating everything.
After returning to consciousness, rationality filtered out the remaining panic and regret in the dream, leaving only a calm tone like a cold pool in the light purple eyes.
Xiaoye found herself in a closed capsule-like container. Warm white light flows out from all directions and slowly penetrates into the body; and through the translucent glass cover in front of him, the crimson color outside the window that has not yet dimmed can be vaguely seen.
She blinked and tapped the wall of the container where the light was flowing, as if she was curious.
Xiaoye knew that this was an instrument called a "medical cabin" - even injuries involving broken bones and tendons could be restored to normal within a short period of time just by lying in it. Almost all Pokémon centers are equipped with such devices, especially in large-scale events. Injured Pokémon rely on the medical cabin to restore their fighting strength in time.
As a Pokémon trainer, Xiaoye has long been used to seeing this kind of black technology, so it was a new experience to lie down in it herself. After all, the medical cabin for humans charges by the hour, and a minute can cost her several days of food. Poor people are not qualified to be so extravagant and wasteful.
...I hope the organizer will reimburse the medical expenses this time.
Mostly thanks to his gift, the originally broken right leg has recovered to its original state without leaving even a trace of bruise. The large and small scars on his body have healed without leaving any trace. Only the headache caused by the exhaustion of his heart power will be difficult to relieve for a while.
After pressing the button marked "Open", the glass cover slowly opened.
Xiaoye was eager to confirm the outcome of the life-and-death battle and jumped out before the medical cabin was completely lifted. Unexpectedly, my body was unimaginably heavy, my limbs were hard to move as if they were filled with lead, and my vision was shaking as if I had just practiced ten sets of high-speed spins, and I couldn't stand firm at all.
When the reckless trainer fell into a puddle without any suspense, a nurse opened the door and walked in. Seeing this scene, she was so frightened that she threw the tray.
"Are you okay? Why didn't you call the doctor first when you woke up?"
The nurse rushed forward in a hurry, but was stunned by the young man's subconscious movement of raising his hand to touch his face.
"...Okay, okay, here you go!"
She angrily picked up a brand new bird mask from the side and slapped it on the injured person's face.
The man who fell to the ground was very calm. He slowly put on his mask and then nodded to the visitor.
"Good evening, thank you for taking care of me - how is everyone doing now?"
The nurse immediately rolled her eyes when she heard this.
She had been busy in the hospital for two days and had already heard more than one person chanting this sentence as soon as she woke up. She was almost forced to repeat it. Helpless, she could only sigh when she saw the young man's round eyes.
The tall nurse carried the girl to the bed like a chicken and sat her down before giving a reassuring answer.
The battle came to an end when the boy from the Himami family finally touched the God of Ice. After calming down, Frozen Bird soon left with the God of Niwa and is still missing. The injured people and Pokémon were rescued in time. Not only did no one die, but there were no seriously injured people.
In comparison, the trainer who lay in the medical cabin for two full days before waking up was already the most tragically injured.
"So don't worry - don't move around and sit still."
The nurse who had been so kind just now suddenly had a serious expression on her face. Xiaoye, who was about to help pick up the gauze swabs scattered on the floor, suddenly froze, wondering whether she should retract her outstretched hand.
"Although the medical cabin can help your injuries heal quickly, it will also consume your physical strength. After all, you are also a trainer, so you don't understand this, right?" The nurse's eyebrows were furrowed to the point of being knotted, " I advise you to go back and lie down for one more night, now you can’t stand up even if you want to run around... ugh."
Before she finished speaking, the nurse saw the young injured man getting up very naturally and picked up the medical record sheet that had been blown down by the wind. After she finished speaking, the person opposite was stunned and looked down at his feet hesitantly - probably thinking whether he should continue to stand or whether it would be more polite to fall back.
Nurse:"……"
Nurse: "You Orange Islands cubs!"
Night:"……?"
But I am from Kanto...
The nurse, who had been tortured by the Southerners, took three deep breaths before finally calming down.
She gave up on her unrealistic wish to make the free trainer lie down, and instead described her physical condition in detail to the injured.
Xiaoye's injuries seemed shocking, but they were not life-threatening. An experienced trainer protects her torso and head very well, and the most serious fractures can be easily healed in the medical cabin - it's just that accelerated healing will eventually consume the energy stored in the human body, and excessive blood loss will make her... Tolerance is at stake, and excessive treatment power can be life-threatening. In the end, the medical cabin only managed to stop the bleeding and heal the wounds on her body, and the broken bones were far from being restored to the point where she could run and jump freely.
"——In short." The nurse sighed again, "You can go out for a walk now, but strenuous exercise is prohibited. You must be back before nine o'clock in the evening, remember?"
Nine o'clock is not a time when free trainers are used to resting. But at this moment, Xiaoye couldn't bear to think about bargaining, so she nodded obediently, fearing that the emotionally unstable nurse would violently force her into the cabin again.
When the dark-faced nurse opened the door and left, Xiaoye breathed a sigh of relief and looked around this strange room.
The medical cabin stands side by side with soft hospital beds. There is a fruit plate on the table opposite, with bright fruits stained with water drops. Two sets of brand new "Adventurer" uniforms hang in the closet, and the luggage stored before the start of the game is also neatly placed aside.
The near-overdraft of physical exertion still made her body too heavy to move, but Xiaoye quickly adapted to this state. She put on the adventurer's white clothes, combed her messy hair neatly, tied it tightly behind her head, and then picked up the elf ball placed on the bedside.
The injured Pokémon have long since recovered. At this moment, each of them has their eyes wide open, staring at the trainer through the translucent spherical shell. Fortunately, after the battle in the Valley of Fire, they have become more sensitive to this kind of attack. We have experienced the situation when the beasts fell collectively, and they are not as panicked as last time. After releasing the Pokémon one by one to comfort her, Xiaoye stood up and prepared to go out for a walk first.
As soon as the trainer's fingertips touched the door handle, the door in front of him suddenly opened, almost knocking off the little Pichu on his shoulder.
Xiaoye hurriedly took a step back to catch the slipping electric mouse - and the two people who opened the door were also stunned on the spot, their expressions twisted for a long time, and finally turned into crying faces full of tears.
Terashima siblings: "Boss, you are indeed alive!!!" (tears)
Night:"……"
The memories after the Battle of the Valley of Flames drifted into her mind, making Xiao Ye feel a bit funny and speechless.
Xiaoye: "I thought I was still far away from death?"
Siblings: "But you've been lying down for two days! You didn't wake up even if I yelled in your ear, which scared us to the point where we thought you would never wake up again, boss, woo woo woo..."
Night:"……"
I remember, on the first night of the competition, I smashed your door for five minutes and you didn’t wake up.
Beidou, who was speechless, waved his hand, signaling the siblings to end the topic. The three of them walked out of the hospital together and came to the street lit by the sunset.
There was no snow in Fengxue Mountain today, and the sky was quite bright. The orange sunset shines on the stone road, and even the snow on the roof of the roadside shop becomes warm.
As early as when she was discussing tactics with Lord Sandy, Xiaoye had set foot in the modern half of Snow Wind Villa - they walked along the streets, and the two siblings chattered to the boss about the scenes that were hotly discussed on the Internet and the list of prizes that would be released soon. The power of two people told the effect of four noisy birds. The warm sky casts light onto the earth, making the young people's eyes sparkle...
Wait, this sunset is too bright?
They raised their heads as if they were aware of it, and saw two huge shadows emerging from the clouds in the distance, slowly approaching the ground. Soon, exclamations spread throughout the Snow Wind Villa.
"Look! The magical birds are back!"
As soon as these words came out, the crowd suddenly flocked to the square. The Terajima siblings, who loved to join in the fun, immediately became excited and eager to grab the eldest brother and rush over to see what was going on.
Of course, Beidou rejected their proposal without hesitation.
"I don't think I'm fit to be there - you guys saw the tape, didn't you?"
"Uh, that's right..."
It is said that the Himi Family's Frozen Bird has a bad temper. If he sees the human being he was fighting with wandering around in front of him, he might be so angry that he freezes to death. Thinking of this, the Terashima siblings had no choice but to Compromising, he raised his phone and said he would take a few more photos to share with the boss.
Lijiu and Longxing ran excitedly towards the direction where the crowd gathered. Xiaoye stood there and watched them go away, then looked up at the sky.
She saw from a distance that the flame bird landed in the square together with... a charred mass of unknown creatures.
Night:"……"
The Himi tribe and contestants gathered in the square: "..."
The cheers gradually died down, and the entire square became eerily silent. It wasn't until the flame bird shook its head in confusion that whispers started to sound cautiously.
"Well, I just want to ask one thing..."
"What color was our frozen bird originally..."
What appeared in front of people at this time was a huge black creature - its body shape was the same as that of a frozen bird, but its feathers were darker than that of a dark raven. Even the originally elegant and beautiful tail feathers were bald, hanging pitifully in the air.
The Himi clan members looked at Frozen Bird, who raised his head indifferently, and then looked at Niwa God, who was smiling as if nothing had happened, and suddenly looked at each other.
"You must have been beaten..."
"It's been repaired..."
"I'm afraid it took two whole days to repair..."
"Look, this roasted fruit is more evenly roasted than my roasted tree fruit, and there isn't even a single blue hair left on the body..."
The faces of the silver-haired people gradually became distorted, and they all tried hard to suppress the corners of their mouths. Just when they were thinking about not losing their composure in front of the bad-tempered Frozen Bird——
Then I saw a burst of laughter coming from the front of the team.
"Hahahahaha!!"
The tribesmen looked in astonishment at the warrior closest to the divine birds - Sandy, the lord of Fengxue Mountain, who was laughing so hard that he couldn't breathe. He was stamping his feet and hammering the ice willow next to him, causing the poor willow branches and leaves to fly away. , directly confusing the face of the ice ghost guard next to him.
"Hahaha, it's so dark. How could our frozen bird be called Cang Yu? It should be called Black Feather hahahahaha——"
The clansmen looked at each other with distorted expressions and barely restrained the urge to laugh along with the outrageous lord.
——Then they all raised their mobile phones towards the dark divine bird.
Frozen Bird: "####" (angry)
Flame Bird: "?" (laughing)
Frozen Bird: "..."
Xiaoye in the distance couldn't hear clearly what people were saying, and was stunned by the overly novel appearance of the Ice God. Just as she was thinking about whether she should take a photo as a souvenir, the terrifyingly tall frozen bird suddenly turned its head and glanced coldly towards this side.
The trainer who had just fought with the divine bird was shocked - but before she could dodge, a pair of hands reached out from behind and pulled her violently into the alley.
"It's too early to meet it."
Xiaoye held the little Piqiu that rolled down in her hands and looked at the person who appeared behind her in surprise.
"Yang Yu, Karl?"
"Good evening, Beidou." The young man from the Himi family smiled, "Are you feeling well? We were planning to visit you."
The red-haired boy also waved, and the leaf-like hair on his head swayed in the wind, "We meet again. We didn't even have time to say hello before... Uh, why are you looking at us like this?"
Xiaoye looked at the familiar friends in front of her... and their clothes that were obviously only thick in spring and autumn, and couldn't help but ask, "Aren't you cold?"
Yang Yu suddenly understood, and immediately opened the zipper of his coat, showing Xiaoye the warm patches that were all over the inside of his clothes, "I have this."
The two tribes of ice and fire have been closely related for generations. The people of fire often come to the Snowy Mountain next door as guests. It has become a routine for each to prepare a box of warm babies before setting off.
"We Hingjian people are not afraid of the cold." Karl shrugged and pointed at a person running by the roadside, "Look."
——At least he still wore a long coat in a decent manner. There were even people running around in short-sleeves on the street.
"Hey...then will you feel too hot when you go to the Valley of Flames?"
"Of course. That's when you'll need it."
Karl smiled and took out a sphere that looked particularly familiar. Xiao Ye looked at the environmental cooling ball specially designed for ice Pokémon that she often bought for Yukidou... For the moment, she could only admire the Pokémon Alliance's advanced technology and its ability to meet any weird request.
The two teenagers looked at each other and smiled. Just when they were about to say something, they suddenly saw the person opposite them stunned.
"Yang Yu, the friend of the Himi family you mentioned before is Carl?"
"Yeah, that's right."
Yang Yu nodded without understanding - and then saw the adventurer's expression gradually stiffen.
Xiaoye still remembers that Carl suffered from a serious illness when he was young, and therefore lost the ability to control ice, and was in great pain. And Yang Yu did mention that he accidentally injured his friend in a Pokémon battle, and his strong sense of guilt troubled him for many years, and he could no longer look directly into the flames because of it. Could it be that……
Seeing the purple-haired girl's expression turned to stone, Carl suddenly understood.
"No, no -" He didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
The three of them chatted while walking and soon clarified the misunderstanding.
In fact, the illness Carl mentioned happened much earlier than that battle. The accident that made Yang Yu worried only left a barely visible burn scar on the boy's arm. To put it bluntly, this little injury is nothing at all.
Xiaoye shook the incorrect and impolite guess out of her mind and apologized to her friends in a hurry.
"Xiaoye, do you want to go have dinner together?" Yang Yu didn't seem to care about the little misunderstanding and happily invited her, "There happens to be a restaurant nearby that makes delicious desserts."
"Okay, they happen to be hungry too." Xiaoye held up the electric mouse that kept purring in her hand.
"Then let's... ah."
The red-haired boy suddenly stood still.
"I'm sorry, shouldn't I have called your name...?"
Night:"……"
Yang Yu: "..."
The two of them looked at each other belatedly, and at the same time looked at Karl, who had an innocent look on his face.
As "Trainer Beidou", Xiaoye never revealed her real name on this snowy mountain. Karl became nervous when he was stared at by the two people. He scratched his head and said hesitantly, "Actually... I knew it a long time ago."
"Yongzhen sent me a video on the day of the Fire Worship Festival, in which Beidou called your name several times - don't worry, I haven't shown that video to anyone else."
Night:"……"
Yang Yu: "..."
I took every precaution, but I didn’t expect to lose at the starting line! ?
The adventurer felt as if his nervousness was deflating, and he had no choice but to shake his head helplessly.
"——So, then you will know that I have the heart of the moon?"
"That's right." The silver-haired boy replied with a smile, "Although I don't remember your face clearly, I recognize this."
As he spoke, he raised his hand and pointed at Xiaoye's bright hair accessories that were hidden by the hood.
"Why?"
Xiaoye looked at the ordinary-looking feather in surprise. And Yang Yu has already opened his mouth to explain: "Weave five different shades of red thin threads into a hair rope, and then tie it with Niyu-sama's feathers - in our clan, such hair accessories symbolize 'foreigners blessed by gods'" ’, this is the only one in the world right now.”
Night:"……"
She was deeply moved by this and silently removed her hair tie.
When you appear as "Beidou" in the future, it's better not to wear it...
The three of them found the restaurant Yang Yu mentioned and had a lively meal with the Pokémon. Until now, watching the red-haired man and the silver-haired man chatting easily, Xiaoye finally realized with certainty that the precarious battle had indeed reached the best ending.
——Whether it is the fall of the divine bird or the break between ice and fire, it is nothing more than an insignificant nightmare.
During the chat, Yang Yu and Karl told Xiaoye the whole story of the battle in detail.
Since the frequency of the sound wave to break the ice was calculated in time, the tribesmen were almost unscathed - in Karl's words, for people named Hingjian, being frozen for a few hours is not as dangerous as falling down. The signal to control the ice elephant came from the four mysterious black ships in the river deep in the rift valley, which had long been destroyed by Jean's Pokémon; and the avalanche created by the Freeze Bird after waking up was completely resolved by Takuma's super power. Everyone in Snow Wind Villa was safe and sound, and even watched a close-up avalanche special effects show for free.
It's just that poor Takuma has been called back to school by his professor to continue his summer internship because he is too high-profile and has been on three hot searches. He has no chance to attend tomorrow's celebration banquet.
After dinner, it was getting dark. The street lamps replaced the sunset and illuminated the villa brightly.
The three of them walked along the path, greeting acquaintances they passed by from time to time.
The people who had been frozen were all in high spirits. As expected, as Karl said, they didn't care about that little episode at all. Jing Mu still looked busy, he simply said hello and hurried away. As night fell in the villa, there were still many players who had finished the game wandering around.
Many shops on the street are selling the peripherals of this snowstorm battle. The contestants walked through the streets with great interest, and soon their hands were filled with shopping bags. On the way back to the hospital, Xiaoye also saw Hidechi Ikawa, who was worrying about which color the badge should be.
She remembered that when the giant ice elephant first appeared, this player from the opposing camp was still standing next to her, and she couldn't help but curiously asked where he went after that - but the unlucky Xiuzhi didn't want to answer at all, and only showed a smile to Beidou. A pitiful expression of "I'm angry but I still try to keep smiling."
Thin clouds and mist covered the sky, and only a few stars could be glimpsed through the gaps between the clouds.
Soon, the young people stopped in front of the hospital.
"Although I really want to invite you to my house to rest, why don't you stay in the hospital tonight?" Karl said.
"We'll see you tomorrow! Don't leave too early, the doctor will be angry." Yang Yu said seriously.
The two looked at each other and seemed to have reached a consensus among southerners on "hating hospitals". Their eyes looking at Xiaoye were full of sympathy and encouragement. The Kanto people didn't mind sleeping in the guest room or the ward at all, so they suddenly felt confused and had to nod randomly to show their understanding.
The nurses seemed to be mentally prepared for the injured patients to play until midnight before returning home. Seeing that Xiaoye actually returned to the hospital early, she was so excited that she almost cried. For this reason, she allowed trainers to play with their mobile phones for a while before going to bed, chatting with friends to make sure they were safe.
——As soon as these words came out, Xiao Ye suddenly had a bad premonition.
She turned on her phone, and as expected, she saw message notifications coming immediately after the startup animation, flooding the screen at lightning speed.
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small theater:
Yang Yu: I'm sorry, shouldn't I call your name...?
Night:……
Karl: Yongzhen sent me a video on the day of the Fire Festival, and your name was called Beidou several times in it.
Night:……
Yang Yu: In our clan, such a hair ornament symbolizes "a foreigner recognized by the gods." Currently, there is only one in the world.
Night:……
Xiaoye: As an experienced warrior, even if I am in danger, I can protect my head, neck and other vulnerable parts - then, even though my brain and throat are not injured, why do I wake up every time after recovering from the injury? My lines are full of ellipses?
