Pokémon Padea Adventure: The Journey Continues

"Xiaoqing..."

"Milo..."

Just after Xiaozhi and his group let out melodious shouts, Xiaoqing's figure disappeared into the darkness.

Before Xiaozhi and Pipa could react or recover from Xiaoqing's disappearance, a wave of fairy wind attack poured into the cave entrance from the outside. Xiaozhi and the others were blown into the depths of the Pillar Cave. Falling into another cave.

In the darkness, Xiaozhi slowly opened his eyes from his deep sleep. What he saw was Pikachu standing next to his face. He saw a worried look on his face and was gently licking Xiaozhi's face. Chi woke up to Pikachu's call.

"Pika Pika..."

"Pikachu, where am I?"

Xiaozhi, who had just woken up, was still in a state of confusion. After restarting his brain several times, Xiaozhi suddenly remembered the time when they were separated from Xiaoqing, and shouted loudly.

"Xiao Qing!"

I remember one by one about how they fell into the cave one after another and were separated from Xiaoqing.

Sitting up suddenly, Pikachu breathed a sigh of relief after seeing that there was nothing strange about Xiaozhi. He ran a few meters away from Xiaozhi and came to Pipa and Xinye Miao, who were already awake...

Looking in the direction Pikachu left, Xiaozhi also noticed Pipa standing a few meters away from him, with his back to him.

"It hurts..."

Xiaozhi, who slowly stood up, also felt waves of pain coming from his buttocks. One can imagine how embarrassed they would be after falling into the hole and falling here.

"Pipa, where is this? Where is Xiaoqing?..."

Seeing that Pipa was silent, the limping Xiaozhi came to Pipa's side and was about to speak, but he didn't expect that he was also attracted by the beautiful scenery Pipa was looking at.

Located inside the Pillar Cave, Xiaozhi looked up at the beautiful scenery in front of him in disbelief. It was different from the simple appearance of the Pillar Cave. When looking from the outside, he only felt that the Pillar Cave was a large and continuous mountain. Even if he entered Inside, it is only hollowed out by the mountains formed by wind erosion.

It seems that Xiaozhi and the others have underestimated the miraculous craftsmanship of nature. It is not only the small area that is concave on the outside that has been eroded by the wind, but also the wind-eroded landscape inside, which is particularly shocking.

Looking from the inside of the Pillar Cave, the upper level is a huge gap connected to the sky. The sunlight coming from the sky lights up the entire space. The power of wind erosion can occur anywhere that people cannot imagine. Shaping, the entire space forms a hollow environment extending in all directions, like a huge artistic egg sculpture, with Xiaozhi and Piper standing in one of the holes of this artwork.

Xiaozhi and the others lifted up their stunned chins, and couldn't help but admire the beautiful scenery in front of them. Finding Xiaoqing and making sure she was safe was the most important thing.

"Milo..."

Xiaozhi saw Xinye Miao with a sad face, leaned down and gently touched its head, and said.

"Don't worry, Xinye Miao, we will definitely help you bring Xiao Qing back safe and sound."

Pipa stuck out his head, looked up and down at the three-dimensional hollow terrain here, and said plausibly.

"Xin Ye Miao is not with Xiao Qing, I don't know if she is still there..."

Ash, on the other hand, was not as worried as Piper and said with a relieved look.

"Don't worry Pipa, Xiaoqing is not that weak. She has begun to become stronger during her constant travels... and besides, she has more than one Pokémon."

Pipa also remembered it immediately and said.

"By the way, she also has Qilinqi. Because it has a bad temper, Xiaoqing rarely lets it out. I almost forgot about its existence."

Xiaozhi nodded and said.

"I have not forgotten. I remembered that we were almost crushed into meat patties by the falling rocks of the treasure master. Fortunately, Qilinqi arrived in time with Xiaoqing on his back... At that time, Qilinqi came to the rescue. So handsome!”

Just when Xiaozhi and Pipa were praising Xiaoqing's Qilinqi, there was a "bang" and a strange noise came from behind them. They saw that the previous little blacksmiths were still empty-handed, killing Arriving in front of Xiaozhi and the others.

Xiaozhi looked at them, and a bad premonition arose spontaneously. He saw that they still hadn't calmed down before they found their hammer. Xiaozhi and the others were still suspicious of the little blacksmiths, and followed them one by one. arms light up...

"It's a broken rock attack. Pikachu, New Leaf, let's run!"

Xiaozhi and the others ran away, but the rock-breaking attack of the little blacksmiths still failed. The attack exploded behind them as they fled, chasing Xiaozhi and the others all the way.

"Damn it, how long are they going to chase us?"

Suddenly, Piper found a fork in the road that was very hidden. With quick eyesight and quick hands, he dragged Xiaozhi into the hole, followed by Pikachu and New Leaf Meow.

"Beep, beep, beep..."

The little blacksmiths who were chasing them ran straight past the hole, and there was only a wall separated from where Xiaozhi and the others were hiding. As the voices of the little blacksmiths walked away, Xiaozhi and the others stood against the wall. Then I breathed a deep sigh of relief.

Suddenly, while Xiaozhi and the others were relaxing, the sound of metal products falling to the ground came from behind the hollow. The sound was particularly harsh in the empty column hole. Xiaozhi and the others immediately tensed up their nerves and headed towards the hole. He jumped out and said.

"who is it?"

In Xiaozhi's questioning voice, the familiar line sounded again.

Since you sincerely ask for advice, I will answer you mercifully. "

"Wait a minute, Meow Meow, that was Kojiro's line, you overstepped it!"

"Isn't Kojiro lost with us? I'll read the dialogue for him, nya."

"I see, then let's do it again! For..."

Listening to the familiar voice, the dark cave gradually lit up, and it was clear that the people coming were Musashi, Meowth and Guo Ranweng from Team Rocket.

Xiaozhi also immediately interrupted their stinky and long opening remarks and said.

"Team Rocket, it's you again! Why are you always there? Are you trying to do something bad again?"

"Pika pika!"

Musashi immediately waved his hand and said angrily.

"What do you mean by a stinky and long opening statement! But you little devils suddenly ran out and scared us. You still have the nerve to say... Hey! The little girl is not here?"

Meow Meow was between the two parties, raised a finger and stopped in front of his mouth, and said in a low voice.

"Okay, hush! Hush..., everyone gathered together to avoid the little blacksmith's attack... Let's sign an armistice agreement first, meow!"

"Sonans..."

But Xiaozhi did not listen to Miaomiao's advice, and still tensed up his nerves to be hostile to them.

"Stop doing this, we won't listen to your nonsense!"

"Pika pika!"

Suddenly, Pipa behind him covered Xiaozhi's mouth and pulled him closer to the wall. Xiaozhi was struggling to say something.

Pikachu also felt strange, and when he was about to step forward, Xinye Miao pinned him down.

"Shh..., Xiaozhi, stay quiet!"

Just when Xiaozhi and the others stopped making noise, another group of blacksmiths appeared outside the cave entrance. They also lacked hammers in their hands and left the place while patrolling.

Watching them walk away, everyone heaved a sigh of relief as the crisis was over. Piper put down her hand to cover Xiaozhi's mouth, and New Leaf Meow also moved away from Pikachu's body.

Still unable to completely relax, Pipa lowered her voice and said.

"It seems that all of us have become the object of suspicion by the little blacksmiths. They have already formed a search team inside the column hole. Before they find the hammer..., Xiaozhi, we still follow Meowth's suggestion. Let’s have a truce.”

Xiaozhi also nodded and said.

"That's all we can do! I just don't know what's going on with Xiaoqing, she's still quite dangerous now..."

Listening to the conversation between Ash and Pipa, Musashi came over and said.

"Did your companions get separated too? So it seems that the little girl with the camera is missing... and Kojiro is also missing."

Piper asked curiously.

"Were you also scattered because of the inexplicable attack by the little blacksmiths?"

"No, that guy Kojiro was just attracted by the beautiful scenery here and clamored to take pictures. We couldn't defeat him, but we didn't expect that he was a master who ran away. After a while, he had already run away without a trace. No trace..."

"I see……"

Just when Piper began to believe Musashi and Meowth's words, Ash still didn't let down his guard. His sixth sense told him that there must be something wrong with Team Rocket coming here, so he asked.

"Then, since you were not chased by the little blacksmiths, how could you have strayed into this place like us? Could it be that you came here for fun?"

Faced with Xiaozhi's question, Musashi and Meowth also began to stutter before answering.

"Yes..., yes, no..., otherwise you... you think we are..., what are we here for?"

Meow Meow urged Musashi to leave here and said.

"Okay Musashi, we don't need to answer the questions of Xiao Guitou and the others. Let's find Kojiro quickly and get out of here, nya."

In the dark cave, Miao Miao was accidentally knocked down by a protruding stone on the ground. He stumbled and fell on Guoran Weng. Guoran Weng was also knocked down by Miao Miao and was crushed. A bag of things hidden behind it.

There was a "dinging" sound, and the items in the bag were scattered all over the floor. The weak sunlight was refracted on the smooth wind-eroded walls. When the sunlight shined on the items on the ground, a burst of metallic luster was reflected, reflecting In Xiaozhi's eyes.

"It's so dazzling..., wait, those are..."

Musashi complained and meowed them.

"Really, Miaomiao, Guoranweng, what are you doing!"

"It's too dark, meow!"

"Sonans..."

Just as they were busy picking up the shiny metallic objects on the floor, Xiaozhi and the others immediately recognized them and asked.

"Isn't that the little blacksmith's hammer? It turned out to be stolen by your Rocket team. How dare you say that you didn't do bad things!"

Meowth said quibly.

"Anyway, those Pokémon can forge their own hammers, why can't we borrow them, meow! Their hammers can be used as souvenirs for tourists from other places, and we can make a small profit, why not do it, meow?"

Listening to Meowth's quibbles, even Pipa, who was always good-tempered, was annoyed by their shameless behavior and said angrily.

"This is all your fault. We originally had important things to go on our way, but because of you making such a fuss, our trip was delayed..."

Musashi said angrily.

"Really, of course we, Team Rocket, do bad things for no reason. Do we have to tell you what we do? I rarely succeeded in stealing the little blacksmith's hammer, but I was almost discovered by them. I walked into the depths of the pillar hole in a hurry. This We just escaped a disaster... If Kojiro hadn't stayed here because of his troubles and got lost, we would have left long ago."

Faced with Musashi's full disclosure, Ash and Piper had never seen such shameless people like Team Rocket. For a moment, their blood energy rose and their swords were on edge. Their bodies jumped back a few meters, widening the distance, and a battle quietly began. .

Unexpectedly, the noises made by Xiaozhi and Team Rocket actually attracted the attention of the little blacksmiths who were patrolling nearby. They saw some of them using broken rocks, some using fairy wind, and various powerful attacks. They are all heading here.

Everyone who was still in the dispute instantly fell into petrification, and one by one ran away without any explanation...

"Run! I didn't expect to attract their attention again... Everyone is here! Pikachu, New Leaf, Pipa..."

Xiaozhi said as he ran, and looked around again. Seeing that his companions were all there, he could feel free to run away from here...

When Xiaozhi and the others were running, the same panting voice came from the side. When Xiaozhi turned to look sideways, he found that it was Musashi, Meowth, and Guoranweng. Each of them was carrying a bag of cloth. , also moving in the direction of escape with Xiaozhi and the others.

He shouted loudly while running.

"Help! Someone come!..."

Xiaozhi was speechless for a while and said.

"It's you again! Why do you have to follow us all the way even to escape..."

Musashi and Meowth replied.

"Who is following you? Let's run in this direction. Is it possible that this road is still driven by your family?"

"Let us run together! We are all comrades in the same trench now, meow..."

As they ran away from Team Rocket, the jingling sounds coming from the cloth bags they carried echoed off the walls of the pillar holes.

Xiaozhi also reacted immediately and said loudly.

"By the way, the little blacksmiths are chasing us to retrieve their hammers. Why don't you hurry up and return the hammers in your cloth pockets to them..."

"No, don't even think about it! We got this with great difficulty, we don't want..."

"what……"

For a moment, the sounds of Blacksmith and the others chasing each other, and the screams of Ash and Team Rocket as they fled, surrounded the pillar holes and resounded throughout the space.