Dawn of Pokémon

??

The song is over.Amidst the lingering sound of the piano, Xiao Ye clapped her hands and said, "It sounds great."

Seeing Xiaotian looking sideways at her, Xiaoye immediately raised Pichu, whose eyes were wide open, "Look, it's not sleepy anymore after listening to it."

"..."

Xiaotian didn't realize for a moment whether this was a compliment, so he had no choice but to shake his head and reach out to touch little Piqiu's head.

"Xiaotian, how long have you been learning piano?"

"About five years." Xiaotian walked down from the piano bench and saw Xiaoye cast a look of great respect upon hearing the answer.

"Amazing." Xiao Ye was in awe, "I have also learned a little piano before, and I think it is more difficult than swinging a knife ten thousand times a day."

Pichu still didn't understand what a piano was, but after hearing what Xiaoye said, he immediately started to tremble with empathy, making Xiaotian begin to wonder if he had overcome some incredible hell-level obstacle invisibly.

"Do you want to play?" Xiaotian made a "please" gesture, with a rare curiosity in his eyes.There is no other reason - not to mention Xiaotian, Xiaoye herself feels that she is not the same material at all.

"No need." Xiaoye waved her hands repeatedly, "I have only learned one piece of music, so I don't think I can play it at all."

"Then try that piece of music?"

"..."

Well, Xiaoye felt that she couldn't refuse when she saw Xiaotian's rare inquiring eyes.

Xiaoye, who had been pushed to the shelf, sat down on the piano bench in despair as if she was about to face a Spanish speaking test, but the flowing chords that followed made Xiaotian raise his eyebrows in surprise.

Although it was a piece of music that he had never heard before, Xiaotian could still hear the proficiency of the performer. This level was obviously not just a matter of having learned "a little bit".

Xiaoye's fingers flew between the keys, playing a melody that did not exist in this world.In the world where she was born and raised, this piano piece has an almost household name and embodies a beautiful composition technique.The melody of one part follows the other part from beginning to end, and the same melodies cross each other, chasing each other, entwining each other, like two people who are inseparable in life and death, interpreting the ever-changing vitality in the resonance.

This is the first time it has been played in a strange world.

When the last note fell, Xiaotian applauded like Xiaoye just now, "Great."

"No, I've really barely learned piano." Xiaoye immediately explained in a hurry, "Actually, I don't even know the musical notation."

Xiaotian was stunned, "Then how did you..."

"How did you learn this piece of music?" Xiaoye moved her gaze to the side guiltily, "At that time, I had to learn a piece of music as quickly as possible, but it was definitely too late to learn it from reading music...so I downloaded it. The tutorial video for this piece memorizes the player’s finger movements.”

Xiao Tian:"……"

Seeing the silver-haired boy's expression almost split into eight pieces, Xiaoye suddenly felt a sense of guilt, "Other than that, I can only play Little Star... Well, let's change the topic."

"Little star?" Xiao Tian reluctantly came back to his senses and caught another term he had never heard before.

"Well, a children's song." Seeing Xiaotian's expression of confusion, Xiaoye reached out and pressed the melody of 1155665 on the keys, "That's it. Xiaotian, you... probably haven't heard it?"

"Indeed not." Xiaotian shook his head.

That's right...this is a children's song from another world after all.Xiaoye later realized that she had said the wrong line. Fortunately, what she blurted out was not "braised short ribs", otherwise Xiaotian would have suspected that she had tried her best to capture the Pokémon and eat it.

"Compared to the piano, I'm better at playing the flute, really. You've heard of it, haven't you." Xiaoye tried to save her image - yes, she herself knew how weird it was to learn piano music by just moving her fingers. Behavior.

This time Xiaotian learned a lesson and asked cautiously: "How many songs do you know?"

Xiaoye: "...one song."

Xiao Tian:"……"

I can't talk today.

The two of them were looking at each other in silence when Yuka knocked on the door and walked in, breaking the mysterious and awkward atmosphere.She stuffed a pear fruit into the hands of Xiaoye and Xiaotian respectively, "Here, this is your dessert."

"Thank you."

"Yo-chan, do you want to take a nap later?" Yuka rubbed Xiaoye's hair affectionately, "You can come to my room and sleep with me."

"No need, will it disturb you?" Xiaoye shook her head quickly, "I don't have the habit of taking naps."

It's not that Xiao Ye never takes a nap.But sleeping on someone else's bed in someone else's home... she felt more comfortable than lying on the edge of a knife.

The orange-haired woman pouted and looked at Xiao Ye who was sitting upright with a gloomy look. Suddenly she stretched out her hands and pinched Xiao Ye's face, forcing her face to look lively.

"Ya-chan, don't always be so reserved." Yuka's expression was rare and serious, "You are Ama-chan's friend, just treat this place as your home."

"You must have a place where you can completely relax and not be wary of anything. No matter how tired you are, you can feel at ease as long as you go back and take a look at it, right? At least treat this place as that kind of place today, okay?"

When her eyes met the bright smiling face of the orange-haired woman, Xiaoye could only smile back and nodded "Okay" - although she didn't understand what Yuka was talking about or why she suddenly said such words.

Completely relaxed, not alert to anything... Then what should you do if you encounter an enemy attack?Xiaoye thought quietly.

Of course, Xiaoye knew very well that now was not the time to discuss thirty ways to deal with enemy night attacks, and Yuka did not give her the time to discuss these.

"If you don't want to take a nap, let's go to the backyard to battle? Mom and I are also in high spirits." Yuka enthusiastically initiated the invitation like a boy catching insects on the roadside, no, a girl, "Old rule, one Pokémon per person. , how about you two teaming up to fight me?"

When Yuka said this, Xiaoye was still a little hesitant at first - two versus one was obviously not a fair battle, and it would be difficult not to be defeated immediately at such an absolute disadvantage.Xiaotian agreed without thinking twice, and the two followed Yuxiang to the backyard.

Soon, Xiaoye understood why Xiaotian agreed so simply.

At Yuxiang's strong request, she and Xiaotian used their strongest partner Charizard.And these two mighty fire-breathing dragons... were pinned to the ground and rubbed against Yuka's Bulbasaur within 3 minutes due to Yuka's unfavorable attributes.

The one-sided battle continued until sunset.When Yuka retracted her hand without saying anything, Xiaotian whispered to Xiaoye that his parents were childhood sweethearts when they were young. They set off on a trip on the same day, and they always acted together in the first year of becoming trainers.Even the young but talented boy Xinghai often loses to Yuka in battles.

Xiaoye could only say: "..."

Is it too late to call for help now?

After dinner, Xiaoye's "one-day trip to Xiaotian's house" ended safely.Xiaojie, who was next in line, came over curiously, but finally endured it and didn't ask anything - it was said that he wanted to keep it fresh.

Although Xiaoye felt...Xiaojie seemed to have mistaken Xiaotian's house for a map of some kind of adventure RPG game.

It wasn't until the three of them took turns visiting Xiaotian's house and having a dinner together at Dr. Omu's research institute that the joyful atmosphere brought about by the May Festival gradually subsided.A group of young trainers have returned to their days of hard training to prepare for the Quartz Alliance.

During this period, Xiaozhi, who liked to fight, often caught familiar friends on the street and started a brawl on the spot. The good-tempered old woman at the fruit stall was so angry that she ordered Kirby to use Taishan Pressure, which almost destroyed the bear boy. The corpse is gone.And one time after losing to Xiaotian, Xiaozhi stubbornly announced to Xiaotian that we should go to the Quartz League to decide the outcome.

However, Xiaotian gave Xiaozhi an answer that shocked him - Xiaotian told him that he, Xiaoye, Xiaojie and Xiaoling would not participate in this quartz alliance.

The single-celled black-haired boy didn't know what terrible reason he had figured out, and stumbled away.This incident spread a lot in the small circle the next day, and even Dr. Omu was surprised and asked for the reason.

In the end, Xinghai came forward and said that he had invited these four children to participate in a mission. Dr. Omu was relieved, and Xiaozhi had to give up lobbying angrily.

——Of course, this is not the case.

June [-]th, afternoon.

Tomorrow is the time for everyone to set off together to Mihara City, the venue for the Quartz League Competition.Xiaojie and Xiaoling, who like to have dinner parties the most, naturally caught up with Xiaotian's family and Xiaoye again, and they called it a farewell dinner.

Obviously everyone is going to Miyuan City, but I don’t know who I am saying goodbye to.

The original venue for the dinner was the backyard of Dr. Ohki's research institute, but due to sudden rainfall, everyone had to change the venue indoors.

It's not Dr. Ohki's laboratory, but Sayo's house.

The research institute is not spacious and certainly cannot accommodate so many people.And only Xiaoye's house can accommodate two adults and four children to eat together - the huge living room has no furniture at all, making it an excellent place for indoor picnics. It can accommodate double the number of people sitting on the floor together, and even Release some Pokémon.

Although... this doesn't make Xiaoye feel proud at all.

Everyone present felt that the preparation of dinner should be done by themselves. As a result, six people were crowded in the kitchen, almost squeezing all the fruits and vegetables.So, the two "bulky" adults were kicked out first, leaving only four children working in the kitchen without bumping into each other.

Xinghai and Yuxiang, who were kicked out, could only look at each other silently.It was Yuka who was the first to accept this fact. She put down the burden of being a "mature adult" and went to the market to wander.

Standing under the eaves, watching Yuxiang's wind-like back go away against the drizzle, Xinghai shook his head in a funny way.Just as he was about to open the door and go back to the house, he saw a middle-aged man wearing a postman's uniform approaching the remote wooden house hesitantly and looking around.

"What's the matter with you?" Xinghai stepped forward and asked.

"Oh, do you belong to this household?" The middle-aged man wiped the rain off his face, "Is this No. 196, Zhenxin Town Waijie? Is the head of the household named Xingyu?"

"Yes." Xinghai did not explain the postman's misunderstanding of the first half of his sentence, "Is there a letter sent here?"

"That's right." The middle-aged postman exhaled a long breath, "It's easy for me to find. Really, why is this shabby house built in such a ghost place? There is no household number or house number..."

"Sorry, I will contact the district office to resolve the household registration issue. I will definitely not cause you this kind of trouble next time."

The middle-aged man looked at the smiling silver-haired young man, and his anger suddenly disappeared. "Hey, brother, you are very nice to talk to." He pulled out a letter from his bag, "Here, your letter, be careful not to get wet." Wet."

"Grateful."

When the postman rode away on his bicycle, Xinghai smiled helplessly and shook his head.Unexpectedly, he actually made a cameo appearance as "this family", so he should hurry up and give the letter to Xiaoye...

Scanning the envelope inadvertently, Xinghai's eyes froze.

On the front of the envelope, the recipient's name was written in a colorful way - it was handwriting that Xinghai had seen more than ten years ago, so familiar that it was almost unfamiliar.

It shouldn't appear here, let alone write this supposedly unrelated name.Why?

Could it be that……

Xinghai tentatively shook the seal.After realizing that the paste was not very strong, he lowered his eyes and made a decision in his heart.

Xiaoye had never worked in a kitchen crowded with four people, and when she was so busy, she felt that there was a lack of oxygen in the air.The first stage of work came to an end. Xiaoye planned to go to the door to get some air. As soon as she opened the door, she saw Xinghai standing under the eaves, seeming to be admiring the rainy scene in the summer evening.

"Mr. Xinghai."

"Oh, Xiaoye, you came just in time." The silver-haired young man smiled gently and handed the letter in his hand to Xiaoye, "This is your letter. It was delivered by the postman just now, so I accepted it for you."

"That's it, thank you." Xiaoye took the letter from Xinghai, questions swirling in her mind.

She had not told her address to any friends other than her fellow villagers. Who would send the letter?

Although he had confirmed the content of the letter and memorized every word and sentence in it, Xinghai still seemed to inadvertently focus all his attention on Xiaoye.Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Xiaoye opening the envelope, taking out the letter and starting to read, showing a seemingly complicated and meaningful expression.

Xinghai frowned slightly, feeling that something seemed to have developed completely beyond his expectation.

then……

He saw Xiaoye turn the letter over and stare at it for more than ten seconds; then he turned it over to the back and stared at the sky for a long time.

"..." Xinghai's heavy thoughts all turned into confusion, "Xiaoye, what are you doing?"

"Mr. Xinghai." Xiaoye's expression became more complex and meaningful. She raised the letter in her hand, "Can you... understand what is written on it?" After thinking about it, she added carefully One sentence, "Is it the language we usually use?"

Xinghai: "..."

Only then did he realize that because he was so familiar with the handwriting of the writer, he had temporarily forgotten that this person's handwriting was more abstract than flying. Unless he had been exposed to it for many years like him, it would never be possible. Identify the content of the handwriting.

"...Hahaha." The heavy feeling suddenly faded a lot, Xinghai couldn't help but chuckled, and answered despite Xiaoye's incomprehensible eyes, "I can't understand it at all, maybe it's the writing of some small country. .”

"Sure enough?" Xiaoye completely believed Xinghai's words. After flipping over and over for a long time, she had no choice but to stuff the letter paper back into the envelope. "Maybe it's some strange advertisement." When she was participating in competitions such as the Green Field Cup I did leave an address...but does the advertisement really need to be written in a language that no one knows?

Seeing that Xiaoye's puzzled look clearly showed no trace of forgery, Xinghai pondered for a moment and couldn't help but speak.

"Xiaoye, I have a question for you."

The girl's quiet light purple eyes stared obediently at the questioner, causing him to pause again at the words that were already on his lips.

"...I know you moved to Zhenxin Town when you were nine. So..." Where were you before that?

"Night!"

The door was pushed open with a bang.Xiaoling rushed out like a trumpet Kentero, and Xiaoye even doubted whether her door would be knocked off on the spot.

"The rest time is over, we should continue!" The girl with two ponytails grabbed Xiaoye's wrist without any explanation, "Mr. Xinghai, after we finish our work, I will let her chat with you!"

Xiao Ye was dumbfounded by Xiao Ling's strange choice of words. In a hurry, she could only put the strange advertising letter on the window sill and show an apologetic smile to Xinghai.

The busy girls returned to the house.Looking at the letter casually thrown on the window sill and the familiar handwriting on it, the smile on Xinghai's face gradually faded. The unfinished words swirled in his heart, and his ice-blue eyes became dark.

It was just an accident that he would see this letter, but from the letter, he did learn some information that could not be ignored, which made his doubts expand again.

...Master, what on earth are you doing?

====================

Seeing my handwriting, you should know who I am.

There's something wrong with the remote link and I can't communicate with you directly, so I have to use letters.Now I have to give you an order:

First, go and participate in this Quartz League competition.I will send someone to test your performance and hope you can give me the results I want.

Second, from this moment on, stay away from the people on the "list" and stop having close friendships with them.

These are all my instructions.Looking forward to your performance and see you at the end of the year.