Dawn of Pokémon

"Face, mask... Kiriha, the mask is on your face!!"

Xiaoling's words scared the forest-colored boy out of his wits. He slapped her face and touched her up and down, "Where, where??"

"Ah, disappeared..." Xiaoling couldn't help but rub her eyes, and what she saw was Tongye's panicked face with a slap mark, "It's so strange, I clearly saw you wearing that half The mask that looks half-crying and half-laughing...you should have seen it too, right?"

She looked at Xiaoye and Xiaojie, trying to get a nod from her partner, but what she saw were two increasingly dull faces.

"Xiao Ling, it's on your face!" Tong Ye took a big step forward and grabbed Xiao Ling's shoulders.

Xiaoling: "..."

boom--

Half a minute later, everyone staggered up. Xiaojie grinned and rubbed his head, which had been hit countless times. "Xiaoling, it is too exaggerated to directly release the impact of telekinesis..."

"Because it's scary..." Xiaoling asked cautiously, looking like she was about to cry, "Is it still there now?"

"It's no longer there." After confirming that the strange mask had left anyone's face, Xiaoye breathed a sigh of relief and stiffened as soon as her eyes turned to the crowd, "...it's over there."

The other three people immediately turned their heads and almost flashed their necks together.

Two women in professional formal attire passed by in front of a fast food restaurant not far away. They were talking and laughing, as if they were on their way to work.A black and white crying and laughing mask is attached to one of the people's faces, looking very strange.

Before they could think about whether to go over and give a warning, the mask flashed and floated to the other person's face for a few seconds. Then it faded slightly and started to look for the next target while shaking.

During this period, the two people were still talking and laughing as usual, as if they never saw a ferocious mask appearing on each other's faces.

"Let's catch up and take a look."

The golden-haired boy waved, and the four members of the expedition team immediately followed and ran into the crowd.

The half-crying, half-laughing mask flickered in and out of the air, staying on the faces of passers-by for a few seconds from time to time. However, no one except Xiaoye and the others noticed this creepy anomaly.The mask traveled much faster than human footsteps, and disappeared after a short period of pursuit.

The four people stopped helplessly in the crowd.Tongye pursed her lips, "It seems that we are the only ones who can see that mask, and no one else has any reaction to it - but this is good, so as not to cause panic."

"Well, what should we do next? We have to go to the subway again... Okay, let's go back to the Pokémon Center first." Before Xiaoye could finish her words, she saw the wrinkled expressions of the other three companions, so she had to use a few words. He quickly changed his tune at the speed of a guerrilla.

What they saw and heard at the subway station at 06:30 in the morning was indeed too shocking and needed to be sorted out.

Because they left so early, it was just after eight o'clock when they returned to the Pokémon Center, far from lunch break time.Normally, the Golden Retriever brothers and sisters would immediately say, "Since we still have plenty of time, let's fight against each other." Today, it was very quiet - no one could keep their spirits up after experiencing a suspected total annihilation and resurrection of all members, and just wanted to Go back to your room and take a nap.

No, I can't sleep either - if I dream about the masked monster again, I'm afraid I will really have psychological consequences.

When they arrived at the door of the Pokémon Center, the group was surprised to see Xiaotian opening the door and walking out of the room.After experiencing a "fierce battle", everyone felt like they were in another world, and then realized that it was actually just the time to start activities after breakfast.

"Good morning, Bingshan boy." Xiaojie greeted Xiaotian with a smile, and his half-raised hand suddenly froze in the air.

Xiaotian is a person with a very regular schedule.Going to bed at ten o'clock and getting up at six o'clock was a habit he had maintained for many years, and he no longer needed an alarm clock to wake him up.And after waking up at the right time as always, he and his father looked at the other three empty beds, staring blankly at each other with their still-not-sober eyes.

As early as in Honglian City, Xiaotian had a basic understanding of the living habits of several other people.Like him, Xiaoye gets up on time in the morning. Although Xiaojie and Xiaoling's schedules are a bit more casual than those of military families, overall they are still within the scope of normal people. They will not sleep until ten in the morning, nor will they. Jumping up at five in the morning.

However, the quilts on the other three beds were neatly folded, and there was no residual warmth on the sheets. It was obvious that they left at least 10 minutes ago.

I couldn't understand it, so Xiaotian didn't call immediately to ask.After breakfast and saying goodbye to his father who was out for something, he was about to go out to play and replenish Pokémon food when he saw the other three people who had left prematurely plus Tongye who lived upstairs.

"Morning." Xiaotian said, "How do you..."

Why did you get up so early?

Before he could say this, he saw the expressions of the four people opposite him changing rapidly.Xiaotian was slightly stunned. The blond boy in his field of vision had already taken a few steps forward and grabbed his shoulders forcefully.When a slight dull pain came from his shoulder, he saw that those clear sky-blue eyes were filled with angry fire.

"Asshole, what do you want to do!" The young man roared in a hoarse voice, "I'm warning you, if you dare to hurt him, I will never let you go!!"

Then, Xiaojie saw that the mask with the bloody tears trembling slightly, separated from Xiaotian's face, suddenly rose into the sky, and disappeared into the buildings in the distance.

"Do you want to run away again?" Xiaojie muttered almost through gritted teeth.

Xiaoye looked at the direction where the mask disappeared, and the spire of the castle suddenly reminded her, "The direction it is going to is probably the library!"

The other three were stunned, and almost immediately made the same action - releasing their own flying Pokémon.

"Let's chase!"

The red fire dragon flapped its wings first, and the other Pokémon followed closely behind, chasing the mask away.

The direction they were chasing was not wrong. When they flew over the Champions Square, the sharp-eyed Xiaojie saw the Crying and Laughing Mask flashing in the air.However, then the mask disappeared again, and Junsha yelled at the expedition team before they could even circle the field with eyes wide open.

It is prohibited to fly over the Champions Square and the Champions Hall - they were so anxious that they completely forgot about this prohibition.

Considering that it was their first offense and they had a good attitude towards admitting their mistakes, before two of them performed pitifully and rolled on the ground, Junsha magnanimously decided not to confiscate all their pilot licenses, but only verbally criticized them a few times. He sent the imps away angrily.

The little devils who were terrified to keep their pilot licenses quickly bought a bottle of cold drinks to calm their shock, and then sneaked into the Alliance National Library underground in the Hall of Champions, trying to find the shadow of the Laughing and Laughing Mask in it.Unfortunately, not only did they not see the mask on anyone's face this time, they also didn't find anything like a small card with a mask on it from the book. After struggling until noon, there was still no gain. Xiaoling only felt that If that crying-laughing mask saw their futile actions throughout the day, it might become uncontrollably turned into a laughing-crying mask.

"This masked bastard is really annoying..." Xiaojie moved his stiff shoulders and sighed.

"However, at least now we have new information." Tongye looked at the notepad where he had already listed the key items, "That mask will appear on people's faces from time to time, and those who can see it We are the only people.”

Moreover, I always feel that the appearance of the mask seems to be tempting us. What exactly does it imply and what is its purpose...

"No matter how you think about it, it feels like it's playing tricks on us, otherwise why would it only let us see it?" Xiaoling puffed up her cheeks in annoyance, "And... wasn't it threatening us when it was in front of the Pokémon Center? Bar."

If they only saw the mask briefly appearing on Xiaotian's face, they might not show any obvious abnormalities.However, when the ferocious half-crying, half-laughing mask trembled and shed tears of blood, Xiaojie, who was standing at the front, could not bear the fear and anger in his heart.

They have fully experienced the weirdness of the masked monster and have suffered enough.Those two dazzling bloody tears were like saying "your friend's life is in my hands" - Xiaoling might have been so angry that she punched Xiaotian in the nose.

"Anyway, let's hold a combat meeting after the lunch break." Among the expedition team, only Xiaoye was calm and faced her friends with a smile as always, "We need to determine the next course of action."

If they started the investigation out of half-hearted curiosity at the beginning, then they were forced to continue the investigation now - otherwise, the endless nightmares and headaches that became more severe day by day would make them go and fight. God loves one another.

"That's right, let's summarize the intelligence we got today first." Xiaojie scratched his spiky head, "So many things happened suddenly, my head became a mess."

"Brother, your head is usually a mess."

"...I didn't say anything about the hairstyle!"

The familiar Pokémon center zoomed into his field of vision.The Golden Retriever brother and sister stopped discussing "whether there is a chance to see a masked monster in a dream during nap and fight it away", and instead focused on looking forward to the sumptuous lunch at the Pokémon Center.

"Ah, I'm so hungry - I think I can eat a day's worth of food today."

"After all, we had breakfast too early."

Xiaojie walked in front with a smile. When his fingers touched the door, an idea suddenly popped into his mind.

Have I...forgot something important?

And his movements were always a beat faster than his thoughts. Before the electrical signals in his brain nerves could complete a round trip, his hand had already pushed the door open.

Then... not only Xiaojie, but also the three people behind him froze in place.

The young man with long silver hair was leaning against the pillar next to the door, his eyes lowered, and there was a cold air all over his body.Judging from his appearance, he might have been standing here like a large ornament for a long time.

The young man raised his ice-blue eyes, and the chill in them made Xiaojie swallow back all the jokes he made to save the atmosphere.

"I need an explanation."