Pokémon: Xiaomao and I are companions

The moment Qianhe got off the boat, she felt that a pair of eyes were staring at her somewhere, and she looked around uneasily. When Qianhe looked at the girl's cliff with a stone statue of a girl standing on the side, she found a head. The purple-haired girl wearing a headband was looking at him quietly.

"Madam, madam... so beautiful!!!" Xiaogang's eyes turned into heart shapes and he shouted in the direction of the girl's cliff, twisting forward unconsciously.

But a group of people who disembarked immediately blocked Qianhe's sight and used War Stomp on Xiaogang who wanted to rush over. When the group of people blocking the sight walked away, the girl's figure had disappeared.

Then Chizuru and Xiaozhi and the others discussed meeting at the Pokémon Center at the port in the evening and went their separate ways.Xiaozhi and his party can't wait to see what the festival will look like. Qianzhe and Xiaomao need to go to the Pokémon Center first to recover their Pokémon. The scene just now gave Qianzhe some ominous premonitions. , and Xiaomao is accustomed to changing the Pokémon on his body every once in a while. Of course, the three Pokémon of Camilla, Flying Mantis and Gotha Duck have basically never been changed.

Afterwards, everyone stored their luggage at the Pokémon Center and went to attend the Ultra Festival.

When talking about Japanese festivals, the most common elements that come to mind are vendors, fox masks, candy apples, yukatas, kimonos, and fireworks. Unfortunately, it’s daytime now, so there’s no need to think about fireworks. It’s just people wearing yukatas and kimonos on the street. Not a few.

"Ah...it's so nice to wear a kimono...I haven't participated in such a lively festival for a long time!" Yoko said with some envy as she looked at the people coming and going on both sides of the road.

"There was a kimono rental and sales stall on the roadside just now. If you want, you can go there to buy one or rent one!" Chizuru glanced at the vendor over there and said.

"No, I don't want to add any more weight to my backpack!" Yoko shook his head helplessly, "As for renting, it will feel so dirty..."

Xiaomao shrugged. He didn't like kimonos, traditional clothes that were troublesome to put on and take off. Xiaomao glanced at the huge weathered backpack carried by Chizuru and complained: "Qian, you don't even have a yukata and kimono in your backpack. have it!"

Chizuru tilted her head and thought for a while, then said seriously: "I don't have a yukata, but I saw a sekisode (a type of kimono) when I was packing things before. I can actually wear it out for fun at dusk. .”

"I just asked casually, you really have it!" Xiao Mao is still not used to the fact that everything in Qianhe's backpack has it.

Yoko was suddenly attracted by a stall selling masks on the roadside. While greeting the two of them, he ran over: "Xianqian Xiaomao, look, it's a mask! Look at that fox mask, it looks good!"

Xiao Mao smiled helplessly and followed. Seeing this, Qianzhe also stepped forward, chose a fox mask, and wore it diagonally on his head.

In the end, Chizuru and the others came to a shrine, where many people had gathered. Among the crowd, Chizuru saw the three of Ash and the others, and even the trio of Team Rocket.

Just when Chizuru was thinking about sending Team Rocket away first to prevent them from causing any trouble again, the door of the shrine opened.

An old man with a white beard wearing an onmyoji uniform came to the crowd with an object wrapped in cloth. He cleared his throat and said to the crowd: "The inheritance display ceremony of the Maiden Shrine is about to begin. Everyone present can enjoy it for free. Watch!”

"This painting is a great secret treasure of this shrine that has been handed down since 2000 years ago. It can only be seen by outsiders at this festival every summer. Please appreciate it with your heart!"

After speaking, the old man gently removed the cloth from the painting, and a panel painting of a girl was displayed in front of everyone.

"That...that person!" Kojiro unconsciously stretched his head towards the painting.

"Why...why? Why is she so beautiful!" Xiaogang also fell into a state of lustful squinting, murmuring while walking towards the stage.

Kojiro nodded and followed Xiaogang up the stairs: "I feel the same way!"

"You two, please stop!" The old man put his hand on Xiaogang's face to stop him from desecrating the treasure, and then said seriously to everyone, "The girl in the painting passed away 2000 years ago! "

"Has... passed away?" Qianhe frowned slightly. He didn't think what he saw at the dock was an illusion.

The old man ignored the discussion of the people below, but continued to speak on his own: "In ancient times, when humans had not completely tamed Pokémon, wars continued in various regions, and men in each region were eventually forcibly dragged to join the army. .The girl in the story had a lover, but she and her lover soon separated because her lover had to fight for his country."

"I'm waiting for you, I'll always be waiting for you to come back! The girl said as she looked at his leaving figure."

"The girl kept waiting and waiting, waiting for her lover, but the man never came back until the end. The girl stood on the edge of the cliff day and night, strolling to her destination, waiting for the man's return, waiting See him again."

"It is rumored that the girl eventually turned into a stone statue standing there, and is still waiting for her lover." The old man half-closed his eyes and slowly told the legend. The legend was very short, but in the old man's vicissitudes of voice It has a different flavor.

Qianzhe looked at the portrait of the girl quietly. The wind was drawn in an arc on the girl's back. The girl's face was full of despair and pain. Qianzhe didn't know that the painting was the day when the man left. I don’t know how many days had passed since that man left, but the girl’s mood at that time was actually vividly described by this painting.

"So, where is that rock now?" Xiaogang asked impatiently after the old man stopped talking.

"Don't you know Maiden Rock?" the old man said in surprise, "Girl Rock is right here..."