Pokémon the Movie: The Journey of a Slate

"Boss... Eh? Weird, no one here?" Pal, who had just entered the store, paused, quietly stepped out and glanced at the store door. "That's weird, there's no sign saying we're closed."

Diamond gently stroked the table next to him. There was not a speck of dust on the table. It was even a little damp, and it looked like it had just been wiped not long ago.

At this time, Aislo also walked in with Mary. He looked around the restaurant. The restaurant was not spacious, but it was definitely not small. The delicate layout had a touch of homely warmth. In addition to the tables and chairs, the most eye-catching thing was a tall counter not far from them.

"What? Why is there no one here?" Pal said dissatisfiedly, resting his elbow on the edge of the counter. Then he subconsciously turned his head to look under the counter, and saw a ferocious face with green face and fangs staring at him, and tears of blood slowly flowed from the strange and distorted eyes.

Eyes facing each other.

"..."

"...?"

"Ghost! Guzaoyan, save me!!!" Pal pushed with his elbow, trying to distance himself from the ghost face as quickly as possible, but as he moved his feet, he was naturally tripped by the leg of a chair beside him and was about to fall to the ground.

"Be careful!" Aislo, who had the fastest reaction among the people present, quickly reached out to support Pal's back, thus preventing the tragic incident of the illustrated book holder being killed by a chair leg.

"Save me! Save me!" Noisy Yan, who appeared out of nowhere, flew around Pal's head happily, repeating what Pal had just said, causing Pal's old face to blush.

"Ahem..." Pal stood up awkwardly, nodded to Aisiluo and rubbed his nose awkwardly, explaining that he was just doing it for show effect or doing some funny show. He was a man with a diamond-like will, how could he be easily scared? As for whether the others believed him or not, that was another matter.

The next moment, Pal looked viciously at the ghost face that slowly floated up from behind the counter. How could he not react at this time? This was just a prank from a ghost-type Pokémon.

Just as Pal was about to scold him, a soft female voice came from the kitchen door: "Haunter, change back quickly and apologize!"

The four looked in the direction of the sound and saw a pretty black-haired girl standing in front of the open kitchen door. The girl's eyes were still a little hazy, as if she had just been awakened from a dream. Behind her, followed closely a small fiery red fox with six tails.

……

The scene changed, and Eslo and the other four had already sat down. On the table between them, Ghostface, who had turned back into Haunter, was obediently admitting his mistake. In his hand was a piece of white paper with words written on it, which seemed to be the self-criticism he had just written in a very short time.

At the same time, they also learned that the girl's name was Naxue.

"So the reason why there are so few people here is probably just because of that Haunter, right?" Mary said next to Eslo in a voice that only the two of them could hear.

"Not necessarily." Aislo shook his head slightly. His intuition told him that things would not be that simple.

"I'm so sorry, this kid has been naughty since he was young..." The girl named Naxue said to Pal apologetically. At the same time, she seemed to realize something and hurriedly took out a piece of paper and handed it to several people, "You should be hungry, right? Is there anything you want to eat?"

"It's okay, it's okay, I forgive that little guy." Pal took the paper with a smile, and after flipping through it, he realized that it was a menu. There were only a few dishes on the entire menu. The boy hesitated for a moment, then looked at Naxue, "Is that all?"

"Yeah." Naxue nodded awkwardly, and after a moment of silence, Pal handed the menu in his hand to Aisiluo, who was closest to him, "Xiaoluo, do you want to see what you want to eat?"

Aislo took the paper and Mary leaned over to read it, but the dishes on it almost instantly made them both silent.

Half of the menu was occupied by drinks, and most of the remaining dishes were some strange cold dishes or simple rice balls. Even with the help of photos, Aislo still couldn't recognize the remaining dishes. It could only be said that he had never seen these dishes before. Moreover, the prices of the dishes were very low, and the strange names made people feel uneasy.

[Original Essence] is a drink with a strange and somewhat disturbing dark green color. No one knows what it tastes like, but it can easily arouse people's curiosity.

[House of the Swamp King], this is a bowl of strange purple thick soup, it is even difficult to tell whether it is soup or vegetable. There are some unknown vegetable roots floating in it, and on the surface of the "soup" there are several Swamp Kings carved out of vegetables floating.

[Look Up at the Stars], this looks like a meat dish, but the meat is arranged into the shape of a fish head and covered with a strange colored sauce.

...Eslo and Mary fell silent.

"...three bottles of soda, and one cup of [Original Essence] for me, thank you." Aislo glanced at Mary, and happened to meet the girl's silent gaze. He chose to give the task of ordering food to Diamond, who was obviously a good eater. "Dia, come and take a look."

Diamond, who was in a daze, came to his senses. He looked at the menu and hesitated for a moment before finally ordering a "hundred-flavor dish", which was one of the few dishes here that was acceptable.

After Nayuki, Vulpix and Haunter left, the four of them looked at each other again.

"Is that all you ordered?" Pal was a little surprised that Diamond only ordered that one dish.

"Yeah." Diamond nodded slowly, "This store seems to be in some trouble."

"Indeed, it stands to reason that the menu of a restaurant with such a perfect decoration should not be so simple." Mary agreed.

"Anyway, try the dish first and then ask Naixue." Not long after Aislo finished speaking, Naixue came over with a drink, put it on the table and left quickly.

Aislo brought the dark green drink in front of him, then took a big sip without any precautions. His Adam's apple moved, indicating that he had swallowed it.

"..." Aislo didn't say anything. He just stared at the water cup in his hand with complicated eyes. No one knew what he was thinking.

"How is it?" Seeing the boy fall silent, Mary asked with some concern.

"What's that smell?" Pal looked very curious.

"Hmm... a little bitter and spicy, but a little sweet at the end when you're about to swallow it." Eslo racked his brains to describe the taste he had just tasted, and for the first time he felt frustrated by his limited vocabulary.

Just when the boy was struggling, Naixue finally served him this "main meal".

"Please enjoy your meal." After putting down the dish, the girl's soft voice was filled with uneasiness. She pulled a chair over and sat down, while carefully observing the few people, as if she was afraid that her dish would be denied.

The main component of that dish should be some kind of vegetable cut into shreds. It was impossible to tell how it was prepared. The color was not bright, but it was definitely not ugly. At the same time, several people could smell a faint fragrance. At least from the two aspects of "color" and "fragrance", there was no problem.

The four of them picked up a small piece with their chopsticks and put it in their mouths to taste it at the same time.

"Sour." Aislo frowned. He could only taste that this was not the smell of expired ingredients, but the product of seasoning.

"?" Mary frowned and was stunned. "Isn't it bitter?"

"Huh? What I tasted was sweet." Pal was surprised.

Only Diamond swallowed the dish in his mouth and silently picked up a piece to taste. Then he slowly raised his head and looked at Naxue, "The dish is very creative."

Only then did they realize that this is what the “Baiwei” in “Baiweicai” means.

Even Diamond, who was good at cooking, had to sigh that the girl in front of him was a genius. Not only were the names of the dishes straightforward, but the dishes also didn't taste too bad. At most, they made people feel... a little weird.

“Huh? That means it still doesn’t work…” Naxue lowered her head dejectedly, seeming to feel deeply frustrated.

"Is Miss Naxue in any trouble?" asked Eslo.

"..." Naxue was silent for a moment before she told everyone about the store.