Elves: Goal, help Pokémon fulfill their wishes

Luo He stood up suddenly from the bed. The moment he caught a glimpse of his adoptive father with his head drooping and fingers pointed at him, the last image reflected on his retina before he lost consciousness stirred his brain with a surging force like a flood.

Oh my God!

He seemed to have witnessed with his own eyes his beloved father suddenly transform into a large fox with gray-black fur, dark red mane, and standing on two feet. The latter's fur instantly stood up like a stressed kitten, and it hurriedly scratched the back of his neck with its claws, not too hard or too light, just enough to allow him to enjoy a baby-like sleep after a long time.

"..."

Luo He shrank his neck and moved his lips twice.

He hesitated for a long time but couldn't utter a single word.

Although Luo He couldn't tell at the moment which of the following plots his father belonged to: "a non-human who had always been mixed into the crowd", "he suddenly didn't want to be a human anymore and planned to surpass humans", "he was replaced by an unknown creature at some point, similar to the pseudo-human in urban legends".

But it is obvious that the third situation mentioned above means that the situation Luo He is about to face is much worse than the previous two. After half-speculating and half-imagining and simulating several plot directions, his inner expectations were forcibly lowered by several percentage points.

"Ah He, I have something I need to confess to you."

Roya couldn't bear to let his child continue to think wildly and waste his energy, so he took the lead in breaking the strange silence and took the initiative to remove the illusion disguise covering the surface of his body, revealing his true appearance as a demon fox Pokémon:

"...As you can see, I am not actually human."

Even though he had prepared himself mentally to a certain extent, Luo He still reflexively moved his butt away when he saw Luo Ya's true form again.

But he soon realized how sad it was to cower like this, so he gritted his teeth, carefully retreated a few fingers away, and stared straight into Zoroark's blue fox eyes:

"Dad, should your promise to accompany me to the planetarium this weekend still stand? I've been looking forward to the Mars-themed exhibition co-hosted with the National Academy of Sciences for a long time."

Luo He's small movements from "unconsciously distancing" to "consciously approaching" naturally could not be hidden from the eyes of his guardian (the fox), but at the same time it also affected the other party's emotions. However, Zoroark's furry face effectively concealed its changes in expression from depression to relief:

"It counts, of course it counts! I promise that the company's sudden overtime notice like last time will never happen again!"

Speak frankly and honestly.

When he found that his cub not only did not dwell on the species and its derivative issues, but instead chatted with him about the weekend schedule as usual, Luoya's tense nerves and stiff muscles were relieved for a moment. Even the anxiety and torment that had been accumulated in his heart for years were alleviated a little bit like ice and snow melting.

Although Zoroark has the racial talent that is worthy of an independent theatrical version and is dubbed the "King of Illusions", the energy consumed when maintaining illusions is far slower than its recovery speed.

But wearing a false mask for a long time not only makes its spirit feel bored, but also forms an invisible and intangible barrier between it and its family, friends, society and even the real world.

"Sigh, don't let the moment you step out of the house, you get a 'ding ding dong dong' message like a sudden serious bug in the software client, or the product manager has a 'sudden inspiration' to change the requirements..."

Luo He, who had a lot of experience in being stood up, couldn't help but retort. But the person being retorted was not embarrassed or annoyed, but smiled from the bottom of his heart - Luo Ya knew very well that these words were not complaints, but rather a more reserved way of acting like a spoiled child.

Seeing this scene, Mewtwo, who was observing in the dark, seemed touched.

It just nodded slightly, flicked its tail, and disappeared into the night.

……

Luo He was looking up the expansion pack about Zoroark on his phone.

"So, Dad, you are not an animal that became a spirit before the founding of the country, nor are you obsessed with martial arts, but a Pokémon that accidentally traveled to Blue Planet?"

If he encounters a star Pokémon like Pikachu or the first generation of the Big Three, he might be able to recognize their identities even though he has never been exposed to the series. However, Zoroark, who is less well-known than Magikarp, is obviously not among them:

"Hey, Dad, you look pretty good in your initial form. At least from my personal aesthetic point of view, Zoroark's cuteness index is no less than those popular Pokémon characters."

Luo Ya, who was not interested in the word "cute", smacked his dry lips and couldn't help but feel lucky that he had evolved in time.

Compared to the fox cub-sized, plush toy-like Zoroark, the more mature and elegant Zoroark is more in line with his psychological age and is more conducive to maintaining his dignity as a father, even though the "strict father image" he values ​​may just be his wishful thinking: "Cuteness can't be eaten, so there's no need for me to compete with them."

"Hey, that's wrong. Since the development of the Internet has lowered the threshold for traffic monetization, how can being cute not be a meal?"

Luo He shrugged seriously and randomly clicked on a video that Big Data thought he would be interested in and pushed to him according to the AI ​​algorithm, using it as evidence that he was not just talking nonsense:

"Look, Dad, this video with terrible subtitles, terrible editing, and a tacky filter that completely ruins the atmosphere. The sound and picture are even a little out of sync. In short, apart from the advanced special effects modeling technology, there seems to be nothing special about this Pokémon video. It can still earn such a high number of views... With our configuration, there's no reason why we can't get a piece of the pie."

"But I'm proficient in C++, Java, PHP, Python and other computer languages. I can make a living with my talent. I don't need to do things like 'shooting videos with the original form and then claiming it's computer special effects'," Luo Ya paused and glanced at the video used by his adopted son as an example. The eye-catching [@梁嘤嘤の神奇冒险] uploader watermark in the upper right corner made his mouth twitch. "Well, being in the spotlight is contrary to my personality."

To be precise, it is contrary to its current character.

After all, who doesn’t have a past of being young and frivolous?

Those years were like a taciturn but wise trainer, who used setbacks and lessons to successfully tame Zoroark's mischievous heart, which belonged to the thinking level rather than the characteristic meaning - in short, after being beaten up by society, it finally realized the importance of keeping a low profile and staying away from disputes.

Even so, Roya still couldn't be sure whether some of the remnants who coveted his power in the past were still unwilling to give up, whether they would realize its true origins after Pokémon grew into the world's number one IP, and whether they would come to him through clues left behind by its carelessness.

Therefore, the act of shooting videos and uploading them to the Internet carries the risk of exposure, but the profits that can be obtained are mediocre. Anyone with a clear mind knows what to do.

The situation of Liang Yin's Eevee is different:

First of all, unlike Roya, it is not secretly targeted by some people because of historical grievances; secondly, its main purpose of operating the video account is to gather and collect emotional power, and making money is just a by-product; finally, it has Zeraora and Mewtwo to protect it, and its own strength should not be underestimated. It also has Liang Yin, a dream maker who can travel between the Pokémon world and Blue Star, to back it up.

Although his intuition told him that Liang Yin would not mind (after all, this guy was really not good at keeping information confidential), before understanding the other party's attitude, Zoroark had the tact to only recount his past experience once.

As for Luo He, after listening to his adoptive father's past experiences, his face was tense and he looked extremely serious. He not only took the initiative to admit that he was inconsiderate, but also never mentioned the matter of shooting the video again.

"Dad, I will never let the bad guys take you away!"

Luo He buried his face in his father's arms and promised in a very solemn tone.

Hearing this, Zoroark was startled for a moment, then smiled and said jokingly:

"Hey, can a good person take me away? For example, a trainer who follows the formal capture process appears from nowhere, defeats my 'wild Pokémon' in a fair and honest battle, and finally throws a Poké Ball to capture me..."

Luo He reached out and held Zoroark's muzzle, interrupting its assumption: "Shh, Dad is my most important family member, not 'wild'."