New Years Eve in Pokémon World

Lucario only had a slight strain on his forelimb, which was very minor. If Zhu Mingyuan drove a little slower, he would probably be fine on the road.

"Although it's not a big deal, Sister Zhulan is my VIP user, so I will give you a set of pet cleaning and grooming."

Lucario of Zhulan was lying on the stage while his forelimbs were being examined, while trying to distinguish what the humans were saying. Most of them could understand what they meant, except for some proper nouns such as "Egypt", "Anubis" and "Demolition". I can't understand something like "bounce".

And after the group of humans finished talking, Zhu Mingyuan squatted down and rubbed her head, telling her that after staying here for one night, he would pick her up tomorrow.

Lucario didn't have much reaction to this. Because he had been following Zhulan in the battle, going to the elf center for treatment was a common occurrence. For her, this was just a special elf center. That’s all.

But she looked hesitantly at the 19 cages that the truck driver moved down.

Once again, in the elf world, people uphold the principle of living in harmony with Pokémon, and generally will not put them in cages, except for Pokémon hunters.

As a champion-level elf, Lucario followed Zhulan and participated in many elf hunter extermination activities. In many of the closed dens, illegally poached Pokémon were kept in cages.

...It's hard for her not to be suspicious now!

But what made her even more confused was that her waveguide power told her that the staff of this "Elf Center", including the truck driver, had no bad intentions and were considered good people in her perception.

If a good person does something like this, there must be a compelling reason behind it.

With this thought in mind, Lucario jumped down from the platform and walked over to several cages.

The cats and dogs that can work in the pet cafe all have the same characteristics, that is, good temper and good looks.

However, the pungent smell of disinfectant in the pet hospital made the cats and dogs restless. Moreover, these males were even more irritable due to the influence of hormones.

She moved closer to the cage and whined.

"Why are you locked up?"

I heard strange dogs barking outside the cage, but these pet dogs began to become restless.

Shiba Inu: "Woof woof woof!"

Husky: "Woof woof woof!"

Dalmatians: "Wow, woof!"

Among the noisy shouts, Lucario tried hard to distinguish them, and was shocked to find that she couldn't understand a word!

She can even understand what humans say, but she can't understand their words!

This is outrageous!

In her ears, all the dogs said was "woof woof woof".

No, wait!

Lucario turned his head sharply and looked at a cage in the corner. A black and white long-haired dog seemed to be able to vaguely spit out a few meaningful words!

Finally someone with whom we can communicate!

Seeing Lucario coming towards him, the border collie in the cage was very excited and gave her a beating.

Bian Mu: "Beauty, beauty, beauty, date? Beauty, date? Beauty, date? Beauty, date? Beauty, date? !!"

The happy expression on Lucario's face about "encountering someone of the same kind who can communicate" froze before it could dissipate.

Then it became like this: (???)

The cats and dogs were barking too loudly outside the room. The shop owner's brother, Xie Haoran, was debugging the cat in the operating room. When he heard the sound, he came out quickly and scolded Xie Zixuan with his head covered.

"Let a female dog get close to a male dog's cage? Are you crazy, Xie Zixuan! Separate them quickly!"

The shop owner Xie Zixuan, who had just turned on his cell phone and was about to go to the canyon to "Timmy", was suddenly frightened by his big brother's roar. He put down his cell phone, picked up Lucario, who was already standing beside the border animal's cage, and went to the bathroom, taking it with him. Gloves ready for dog washing.

After all, it is a professional pet shop, and the owner's dog washing skills are better than Zhulan, with the output of various pet-specific shower gels and shampoos.

After being washed, Lucario's color was one degree lighter and it looked a little fluffy. To be honest, he can wash a short-haired dog until it is fluffy. The shop owner is considered a talent.

Then Lucario came back to his senses. She was shocked just now. However, it was not because of the sudden confession, but because although Bian Mu could barely say some meaningful sentences, the content was extremely simple and confusing. , full of emotion, and sounds like a devil's whisper.

The dryer blowing warm air calmed down Lucario. At this time, she also vaguely understood some of the reasons why these pet dogs were put in cages. If they were all as chaotic and sane as that dog... It is really necessary to lock them up.

The shop owner himself prefers this kind of majestic large dog. He took a set of nine-square pictures of Lucario and posted it in the circle of friends. Lucario, who was all warm, fell asleep on the sofa and waited. When she woke up, it was already afternoon.

After eating the dog food that the shopkeeper had left for her next to the sofa, Lucario looked at the door of the room hesitantly, as she wanted to go out and have a look again.

Although the border collie left a psychological shadow on her, as it was the only creature that could communicate, she still wanted to try communicating again.

Opening the bedroom door easily, Lucario came to the door of the pet store. It was an off-season afternoon, and there was no one in the store.

But...the hall, which was filled with cats and dogs barking before, was quiet.

Quiet as death.

She rushed to the side of the cage. When she saw that the cats and dogs were still alive, she breathed a sigh of relief, and then she realized something was wrong.

The male hormones that filled the room completely disappeared.

Moreover, the group of cats and dogs looked different from the extremely excited ones they had in the morning. They were lying lazily in the cage, making no sound. Only their bellies were rising and falling as they breathed. alive.

too weird!

Lucario walked to the morning border collie's cage and looked at it expectantly, hoping it would say another word.

The border collie felt Lucario's gaze, and he slowly raised his head, his eyes as elegant and peaceful as the still waters of distant mountains.

By chance, the old lady in the clothing store next to the pet shop woke up from her nap, turned on the radio in her hand, and the pre-recorded song "The Great Compassion Mantra" slowly streamed out.

This seemed to be very consistent with Border Collie's state of mind at the moment, and he chose to sing along.

Bian Mu: "Nanwuhehezaidaoduoye?~"

Lucario: (???)

She didn’t understand it, but she was shocked!

The wonderful sound of Buddhist music fills the pet shop with a faint scent of sandalwood. I always feel that if this continues, lotus flowers will bloom in the shop.

And this border collie seems to have a Buddha light on its forehead!

This was not going to work. Lucario opened the cage and prepared to take out the border collie and beat it up so that it could speak human language.

As a result, the next moment, a rustling sound of flapping wings came from the ceiling, followed by a vitriolic human language insult.

"You don't have eyes, you stupid x"

Lucario turned his head and realized that it was a parrot. It mocked and pointed with its wings.

"they."

"It's all flooded."