Elven calendar year 1000, August 23rd.
"Report, we have successfully boarded the ship! We are not late!"
Two energetic faces of golden retrievers crowded into the screen, smiling with white teeth at their friends on the other end.
Hearing the sound of the whistle that came at the same time as the words, the other two people couldn't help but shook their heads - rather than saying that they were not late, they would rather appreciate the Desert Dragonfly's manned flight dead line sprint technology for being proficient in it.
"It's better to leave earlier next time. You can easily get fined if you fly too fast in the city."
"There's nothing I can do. Who knew the bus would be stuck in traffic at an important time...ah!"
I don't know what attracted their attention. Xiaojie and Xiaoling turned their heads at the same time, their expressions became serious.
"It's too late to explain that the seaweed tasting party is about to begin - see you later!"
Before they finished speaking, the video call had been closed by the brother and sister without hesitation, leaving the other two who had been pestered so much that they had no choice but to chat with each other on video, looking at each other in silence.
After thinking about it, Xiaoye still responded politely to the grayed-out portraits of her brother and sister:
"……See you."
Her eyes temporarily left the screen, and she covered the sun with her hands, staring at the golden surroundings.
At this moment, Xiaoye and her friends are in the famous scenic spot of Hasa Island, a land covered by brilliant yellow leaves.
Ginkgo Fields [Japanese: イチョウの野, English: Ginkgo_Fieldlands] - Located in the northwest of the island, it is a vast and beautiful Pokémon sanctuary. The warm climate of the South allows ginkgo trees to flourish all year round, and the plains that are dyed golden yellow get their name from this.
Like all protected areas, Ginkgo Wilderness prohibits trainers from using Poké Balls to tame wild Pokémon. After fighting with indigenous people, they must immediately notify the reserve manager to treat the Pokémon in a timely manner. Its unique natural scenery and ecological environment have attracted many scholars to visit, and from time to time trainers come to challenge powerful bosses to hone their skills. The mines in the eastern part of the wilderness produce all kinds of rare stones including evolutionary stones. Among them, the rocks in the area next to the plain are so clear and crystal clear that they reflect the sun like stars from a distance. Not only miners and mountaineers, but also passers-by are happy to go there. play.
The "Golden Leaf Nursery" that Xiao Ye is about to visit is located in the Ginkgo Field.
It was a training house opened by a well-known electric Pokémon expert after he retired. It not only provided regular services such as storage and care, teaching moves, but also provided guidance for young trainers. Xiaoye made an appointment in advance for the weekly "Electric Lecture" and planned to take Pichu to consult on evolution-related questions.
Considering that the open class was to be held early tomorrow morning, Xiaoye arrived at the Ginkgo Field one day in advance to make preparations - if she was stuck in traffic and missed the class like the Golden Retriever brothers and sisters, she would definitely be electrocuted to a crisp by the angry Pichu.
After temporarily taking off the sticky electric mouse from her shoulders and putting it in the tent, and taking out the ingredients and equipment needed for lunch and setting them up, Xiaoye glanced at her phone and was surprised to find that there was a friend who had not hung up the video call.
"Xiaotian? What's wrong...uh."
Her questioning voice was silenced midway.
Looking at the newly received link to "Fula No. 4 Municipal Hospital Superpower Department" in the private chat window, Xiaoye asked cautiously with the last trace of luck: "Why did you send this suddenly?"
The calm voice of the silver-haired boy came from the other end of the call.
"I went to this hospital when I was a child. Dr. Takahashi is very experienced in treating waveguide force overload."
"..."
The silence lasted for a moment. After a while, Xiaoye sighed and had no choice but to put down all her fantasies, "Thank you - when did you find out?"
"When we first met."
Xiaotian's tone was so calm that it seemed almost natural that Xiaoye couldn't help but be more concerned about how obvious the abnormality on her body was - unfortunately, she and Riolu were both half-assed in terms of detection accuracy, and whether it was overload or excess, it was "the same" in the senses. group waveguide", no difference can be felt at all.
"Uh, sorry..."
Xiao Ye began to rack her brains to think of a way to apologize, but the captain, who usually had memorized the text, was calm at the moment.
"It doesn't matter, I understand." Xiaotian said in a relieved tone, "There is an unexpected incident in such a major event, and it is reasonable to be asked to keep it secret."
"..."
The conversation was again silent for a few seconds.
Xiaoye: (difficult) "Why do you know this? Could it be..."
Xiaotian: (Euphemistically) "Well, yes."
Worried that the escaped golden retriever brother and sister might return to the group chat channel at any time, neither of them spoke too clearly, but it was enough for them to understand each other's meaning.
Xiaoye looked at the beautiful yellow leaves in front of her, and her heart was in turmoil.
——Mr. Karl, what are you doing? Mr. Karl, you are telling foreigners to keep secrets while your own family is leaking information first!
While he was silent, a rumble not far away made Xiaoye's eyebrows jump.
After saying a brief goodbye to her friend and hanging up the call, she looked towards where the noise came from - there was no doubt that Chao Beibi was still fighting fiercely with the ghost.
The Rock Pokémon has a temper as stubborn as a stone, and will never miss any opportunity to escape. And Ghost Stone refused to let go of any opportunity to get rewarded snacks. With his skillful mental force, he made Chao Beibi spin around, making the already irritable guy even more angry.
It raised the sky full of gravel menacingly, temporarily holding back the ghost's movements, then turned around and slammed into the human trainer on the side like a cannonball, forgetting the painful experience of being bombarded by wave missiles more than once before.
Xiaoye was accustomed to this kind of scene that had been played out countless times, so she just planned to hide and deal with it. But before she could make a move, another flame suddenly lit up.
It was a temperature as hot as the midsummer sun - the small bolide violently knocked the rock Pokémon away, not caring about the reaction force caused by the opponent's hard body. Chaibeibi was caught off guard and ran into an obstacle, spinning in circles, while the Kati dog had already stood firm and gave it a low, intimidating growl.
The anger and tension caused the hair on the puppy's body to stand on end and sparks to appear.
Chaibeibi seemed a little confused about the situation and stood cautiously without making any move. The other Pokémon who were lazily basking in the sun turned their heads in surprise, thinking something terrible had happened.
The Cady dog who just joined the team knew nothing about the grudges between Chao Beibi and its trainer, and only regarded its sudden attack on the trainer as an enemy attack to alert him. Before the next mouthful of flames was spit out, a hand suddenly came down and rubbed the fur on the top of its head. The frightened puppy quickly extinguished the flames all over its body to avoid hurting the reckless human.
"It's okay, it can't hurt me."
The human being was almost hit and burned, but he was very calm, and he was still thinking of comforting the dog in a gentle voice. When she explained the north-facing nose situation to the new member in detail, the puppy became more serious.
The people who were entrusted to take it for fun were not the real trainers of Chao Beibi - didn't this mean that they were forced to live with a hostile guy for a long time?
Seeing that North Nose was still staring at him with eager eyes, while the other Pokémon turned a blind eye to this and didn't care about the trainer's life or death at all, Cady Dog suddenly felt the pressure increase sharply, and the whole dog became serious. In a daze, he even recalled inappropriately just now. Separate previous owners.
It thought that that person's decision was indeed correct. Only by leaving the paradise could he complete his mission better.
It had only been following the young trainer for less than half a day, and its "protection" mission had become much heavier...
The worried look on the new member's face made the veterans look at each other in confusion. Even the young Snow Boy had a worried look on his face, and he ran over and gave Katy a few ice balls to comfort him. And Xiaoye looked at the ghost on the left who was using his mental strength to raise his North-facing nose and throw out a series of Pokémon curse words. On the right, the dog was jumping around with a mouth full of ice balls and was not willing to let go, so he had to retreat first. Take a few steps away from the battle circle to avoid disturbing the Pokémon's exchange of feelings.
While placing the tableware, Xiaoye couldn't help but stretched out her hand and made two gestures on Yukidouzi's head.
It has been more than four months since Yukidouzi joined the team. Except for the dragon type, which has a long growth cycle, most Pokémon should be out of their infancy - Charmander can already spit fire at will and cause harm to the entire back mountain at this age. It's just that Snow Boy's height is still as short as when he first met. Standing next to the Katy Dog, most of his head is lowered. I don't know whether it's because the Katy Dog is too strong or the Snow Boy's development is too slow.
Or maybe it has similar height genes to Bai Lan?
...No, if I hear this kind of speculation, I will definitely be tortured in a 6v6 battle.
Xiaoye shook her head, temporarily throwing away the random thoughts in her head, and took out the Pokémon's dinner plates from her backpack one by one - and fell into deep thought while looking at the increasingly larger soup pots and mountains of tableware.
After Cadydog joined the team, she had already carried ten Pokémon, reaching the upper limit of plug-in expansion. Although she had seen larger options in the store before, Xiaoye had no intention of continuing to visit the White Crow underground - the energetic Pokémon led by Charizard had basically reached the upper limit of her abilities as a trainer. Taking care of ten partners at the same time can still be regarded as orderly work. If there are two more destructive guys like Charizard or Ghost Stone, Xiaoye may really have to learn the Shadow Clone Technique to deal with it calmly.
Fortunately, the reward from the Snowstorm Battle left her with plenty of money, and the storage services in most breeding houses were affordable. As a poor household who was planning for a rainy day, she had thought about the possibility of this day before she set off for the trip. , the breeding house discount leaflets collected for this purpose are thicker than Charizard's food box, and the price-performance analysis is also densely written on more than ten pages, so that the most suitable shelter for Pokémon can be selected at any time.
While Xiaoye was busy in front of the stove, a bamboo basket containing washed fruits was suddenly handed to her hand.
The trainer turned around in surprise and saw the Cady dog squatting aside, its tail wagging enthusiastically.
Xiaoye couldn't help but laugh when she found that there was unmelted ice on the puppy's mouth. She took out a tissue and wiped its mouth to avoid the farce of catching a cold in the southern country in the middle of summer.
——However, Katy the dog seems to have no intention of leaving.
After taking the knife he was about to use from the puppy's mouth for the third time, the trainer paused his work, bent down and touched its furry little head.
"Go and rest. Didn't you just have a battle?"
The dog barked angrily and strictly followed the trainer's instructions - changing its posture from standing to squatting. And after "resting" for less than half a minute, when it saw humans starting to lay out picnic cloths, it still rushed forward quickly.
"Carty dog..."
"Woo?"
Xiao Ye looked helplessly at her new partner who had redefined rest. The Cadillac dog held a corner of the tablecloth in his mouth and tilted his head, his eyes full of sincere confusion.
When she first embarked on the journey, Xiaoye did try to let Pokémon help prepare meals together - unfortunately, her first two partners knew nothing about delicate work. After experiencing the food box being burned by Charmander and the stove being poured by Gyarados, After accidents such as trees being destroyed, fruit being knocked away by Charmander, tables and chairs being smashed by Gyarados, Xiaoye lost a large amount of living funds, and from then on decided to do all the chores such as lunch, dinner, and camping in the wild. , dare not ask Pokémon to intervene again.
The trainer's hands and feet are so agile that he can finish the work within an hour no matter how many Pokémon he prepares. The Pokémon are also used to playing and fighting with each other while waiting, and rarely do chores with the trainer - or in other words, cause trouble for the trainer.
But Cady dogs are obviously different. The experience of living with Matsunaga for many years has made it accustomed to helping humans do things. It is even very skillful in delivering ingredients. It is unknown how many meals it has cooked with its previous owner.
Xiaoye and the new member stared at each other for a while. Finally, the human asked tentatively: "Do you want to go play with everyone for a while? I'll prepare lunch."
Cady Dog: "Woof!?"
It turned its head to look at the Pokémon rolling around in the distance covered with grass and blades, and then looked at the stove in front of it that had not yet been turned on. The conflict between responsibility and obedience immediately made the whole dog dumbfounded, and it continued to eat. The cloth fell out of his mouth.
Seeing the puppy spinning around uneasily, as if there were ten Pichus crawling on its body, Xiaoye had no choice but to smile helplessly and shake her head.
"——Or continue to help me?"
"Woof!"
The energetic Cady dog seemed to be afraid of being driven by its new owner to roll on the grass, so it ran and jumped back and forth with great energy, keeping itself busy. The printed picnic cloth was flatly spread out and fixed to the ground, with Pokémon plates full of food placed neatly on it; the dry firewood burned brightly, making the sweet soup in the iron pot emit an attractive aroma - in just half an hour, The preparations for lunch are almost finished.
Even the freelance trainer, who has always worked very fast, has never experienced this kind of efficiency. He took out the most expensive snack in the entire backpack and fed it to the animal tail meatballs as a compliment. Ghost Stone was so greedy that he wanted to raise his nose to the north again. Get up and spin around for hundreds of times.
"Thank you. What would you like for dessert? How about canned beans?"
"Woof."
The dog wags its tail solemnly, indicating that these are its duties - and that a qualified police dog is never picky about food and will accept everyone who comes.
The purple-haired girl's smile made the puppy couldn't help but stretch its eyebrows, recalling the human child it was supposed to protect in the distant past not long after it was born.
The Kati dog took two steps forward and touched the human's fingertips with its wet nose. The trainer sensed the Pokémon's friendly intentions and kneaded the furry creature unceremoniously until the puppy was on all fours with its belly exposed.
"boom!"
A sudden sound not far away startled Xiaoye. She turned around and met the dark red eyes of her other partner.
Riolu has always loved practicing, and in his spare time, he often finds a boulder as a target to hone his skills. Perhaps the force was a little too strong, and the stone that was twice as high was split into two halves, immediately scaring away the green caterpillars napping around them.
Saya never hesitates to encourage Pokémon, and upon seeing this scene, she immediately praised Riolu for his improved strength. But the dark blue puppy didn't puff up its chest as proudly as usual - its eyes looked back and forth between the trainer and the Katy dog squatting close to the human ankle, and then retracted silently.
The mountain rock that had been split in half received another punch and kick. And Xiaoye blinked, feeling that Riolu's movements were a bit angry. However, before she could think about it further, the boiling pot of soup first called her attention back.
Xiao Ye immediately returned to the stove, turned down the heat slightly, and put the chopped ingredients into the pot and simmered slowly. Then, she turned her eyes to the dense fruit trees around her.
"Cuddy, can you climb trees?"
"Woof!"
"So……"
The trainer turned on his phone and showed the Pokémon a picture of a blue tree fruit shaped like a tree root.
"Please go look for this kind of tree fruit nearby and bring one back."
"Woof!"
After receiving the order, the Kati dog immediately became energetic and flew into the shadow of the dark green trees, and soon disappeared.
Algae root fruit is one of the most commonly used seasonings in cooking. It is quite common in any fruit forest, so there is no need to worry about not finding it. Xiaoye, who was standing in front of the stove, took out her mobile phone and wrote in a memo "replenish the seasonings as soon as possible". She didn't notice that a certain figure among the rock fragments also disappeared.
The orange-red puppy ran vigorously through the forest, leaping lightly across the branches and vines.
It knew the common ingredients used by humans for cooking, and had a sensitive enough sense of smell. It quickly followed the smell to find a lush algae-rooted fruit tree.
The dog looked around the tree several times and carefully selected the fruit with the brightest color and the fullest shape. Then, the puppy jumped up, stepping on the trunk of the tree three or two times before jumping to the branch.
It only had the coveted tree fruit in its eyes, and its steps were slightly faster. When it noticed that there was another figure with the same target as its own, it was too late to stop its strength. The two Pokémon collided heavily in the air, rolled and fell down the tree.
The fire-type puppy fell so hard that stars appeared in his eyes. Before he could regain his balance, he looked anxiously towards the treetops.
——The already fragile branches were broken in the collision. The plump algae root fruit happened to fall into the gravel, and its soft skin was torn apart, looking extremely miserable.
When Kati Dog saw this scene, he suddenly became angry and sparked. It turned its head menacingly, only to find that the appearance of the disruptor was very familiar.
Riolu was also covered in dust and stared at his opponent with red eyes full of anger.
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small theater:
The fire-breathing dragon who had been ordered to stay at least ten meters away from the stove when cooking: This new friend actually didn't knock over a plate, didn't crush a bowl, didn't crush a single fruit, and didn't steal any fruit. How is this possible! It’s decided, from today on Kati Dog is my big brother! (in awe)
