There seems to be something wrong with these Pokémon

The moment the two of them stepped into the Golden Gym, the superpower that made people's breathing so suppressed that they had to try their best to barely breathe in oxygen suddenly disappeared without a trace.

Ditto and the other three Pokémon that were holding up the psychic barrier looked at each other, not knowing whether to retract their external psychic powers or not.

They could only turn around and look at their respective trainers.

"That superpower only exists in a small area outside the Golden Gym?"

Maruta Jing muttered, looking down at his own large head and small body.

"Then why haven't I changed back yet?"

Sakuya Ye stretched out his hand towards Ditto, and it immediately returned to its original form and climbed all the way into the trainer's arms, then comfortably took out the fruit from his pocket and ate it.

He did not respond to Maruta Kei's complaint, his eyes fixed on the pale blue floor of the Golden Gym, an inexplicable sense of familiarity arising spontaneously.

He had been here!

After erasing another conflicting memory from my mind, the full picture of the incident gradually became clear.

In other words...Amaru and Dr. Blatano really came to the Golden Gym with him, but were separated after seeing the rag doll.

A shadow flashed in the distance, but the two of them were lost in thought and didn't pay attention. Only the monarch snake seemed to notice something, and suddenly raised its red pupils and squinted to look.

Two vines popped out in response!

"There's something!"

Shuoya Ye looked at the actions of the Monarch Snake and reacted first, and immediately commanded, "Ditto, sunny day!"

It's a sunny day... can we use lighting?!

Maruta Kei looked at the ceiling, which suddenly became as bright as day, with a confused look on his face and fell into deep thought.

How come no one the teacher his father hired ever taught him?

Not far away, among the green vines, a figure was nimbly moving among them, effortlessly playing with the vines that were much slower in speed.

When the golden hair came into his eyes, Shuo Gu Ye's pupils suddenly shrank.

"Boss Cat...?"

The monarch snake raised its chin, and then with a final vindictive attack from behind, it tapped the cat boss's spine lightly before retracting its vines.

The cat boss turned his eyes away with his cat pupils open, and the sight of his empty eye made Shuoya Ye's heart tremble, "You, your eyes——"

Recalling his blood-soaked figure on the spaceship, he gasped, "Not healed?"

"It's still a step too late..."

The cat boss' ears trembled when he heard the apology and guilt in the boy's words, and he walked over slowly on tiptoe.

As the cat boss got closer, its appearance became clearer.

Maruta Kei, who grew up in a greenhouse, couldn't help but take a breath.

There was a scar across half of his face, flesh-colored scars under his hair, and even his claws had burn marks that were difficult to ignore!

What on earth did this cat boss go through?

"You're hurt again."

Shuo Gu Ye knelt on the ground, looking at the burnt hair on the cat boss's back and felt a little choked up.

It seems that every time the Cat Boss appears, he is accompanied by the Rockets.

So were the burns caused by the Rockets again this time?

“It’s been treated.”

Maruta Jing jumped into the palm of Sister Michun's hand, observed it carefully and said.

"I used burn medicine."

"Well, I discovered it too."

Shuo Gu Ye gently touched the cat boss's head a few times, thinking that he would be avoided like before, but he did not expect the cat boss to have no reaction at all, just standing there and letting him touch him from head to tail.

"Did Nancy do this?"

Among the people currently confirmed to be in the Golden Gym, Maruta Kei can only think of this gym trainer.

"Probably not."

Sakuya Ye pointed to the tip of the tail that was wrapped in bandages.

"This bandaging technique looks like it was done with professional medical training."

"Could it be Miss Joy?"

Miss Joy—?

Sakuya Ye's eyes lost focus for a moment, and the image of a person and a Pokémon flashed through his mind.

Could it be them?

"Is it... Happy Egg?"

The cat boss raised his eyelids and nodded slowly.

Shuoya Ye suddenly became excited, "Has Boss Cat seen Awan and Dr. Blatano? Are they okay?"

The cat boss shook his head, turned around and took a few steps forward.

Not hearing the footsteps behind it, it turned around and barked at the two of them a few times before continuing to move forward.

"It's telling us to keep up."

Sakutani Ye chased after him without any hesitation. Maruta Jing thought for a while and then asked Sister Michun to follow.

In this dangerous Golden Gym, it is safer to act as a team.

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Stepping on the teleportation tiles, enduring the dizzy feeling of weightlessness.

Just when Maruta Jing was wondering if the cat boss was playing a trick on them, an inexplicable pulling sensation suddenly swept through his body.

Sister Michun felt the weight in her hands increase dramatically, and hurriedly put the gradually growing building block man on the ground.

Sakutani Ye turned around and looked at Maruta Kei who was covering his forehead with his hands with wide eyes.

"Changed back!"

Maruta Jing was stunned and quickly looked at his hands.

The square block was replaced by slender and powerful fingers. He hurriedly stood up and looked at Sister Michun, who was several heads shorter than him, and finally felt relieved.

He took the six Poké Balls from the Magic Wall Doll and put them back on his waist.

"It's so suffocating. It's hard for a kid to watch anything..."

Maruta Jing rubbed his hair, and the black hair slipped through his fingers. The long-lost soft touch made him sigh.

"It's better this way."

"Why did it suddenly change back?"

Maruta Kei felt a little uncomfortable after hearing this.

What? You don't want me to change back?!

"Do you like this small form?"

"No, it's not." Shuoya Ye explained, "Didn't you notice...the lights in the Golden Gym are getting dimmer?"

Maruta Jing glanced around a few times and said, "The power is out, so who cares."

However, Sakutani Ye recalled the rumors that Fujino Sakura had told him.

"The energy source of all items in the Golden Gym is supernatural power..."

He muttered, "If this rumor is true, the dimming lights mean that the gym leader's supernatural power is beginning to run out."

He raised his head and took a deep breath. "I'm afraid there is a crisis in the Golden Gym that is difficult to deal with."

"Who, Nancy?"

Maruta Jing didn't have a good impression of this gym leader.

"What does it have to do with us? Find your two companions as soon as possible and leave quickly while this opportunity is great."

Shuoya Ye was stunned, as if he didn't expect to get such an answer.

"You... aren't going to help?"

"Why should I help?" Maruta Jing asked back.

"First, I was in the Golden Gym. No matter if Nancy is the culprit who turned me into that ghostly appearance, she cannot escape responsibility."

"Secondly, as an ordinary trainer, why would I get involved in a situation that even the gym leader can't handle?"

"third--"

He took a big step forward and squeezed out a word from between his lips, leaning against the boy's toes.

"I've had enough of this weird gym. I don't want to stay here any longer."

He raised his hand to take back the two Pokémon, "I'm only going with you because the situation is unclear right now, and it won't be difficult to help find a few people along the way."

"But if you insist on going up there and dying..."

Maruta Jing pinched the shrunken Poké Ball, raised his chin and said in a deep voice.

"I won't accompany you!"

After saying these few words, the expression of the young man opposite became visibly complicated.

Maruta Kei was prepared for the worst.

At worst, the two of them will go their separate ways, he will walk his own single-plank bridge, and I will walk my own Yangguan Road.

Anyway, let him continue to stay here?

dream!

"Sorry, I didn't think well."

But he didn't expect that Shuo Gu Ye would admit his mistake and give in? !

This sudden move caught Maruta Jing off guard, and facing the boy's clear eyes, he couldn't utter a word.

"You, me, you—"

"You're right. The Golden Gym is too dangerous right now. I should consider everyone's safety more."

Shuoya Ye reflected deeply on this and glanced sideways at the cat boss who was sweeping the ground with his tail, seeming a little impatient.

"Let's follow Boss Cat first. We'll make a decision after we find Amaru and Dr. Blatano."

Maruta Jing snorted coldly.

"Go, go! Why are you staring at me? Can I tie your legs?"

After saying that, he squeezed away from Shuoya Ye's side and chased after the cat boss as if he was escaping.

Shuo Gu Ye scratched his head in confusion, thinking that the other party was angry about what had just happened.

Only the monarch snake, who saw through everything, sneered and stretched out its vines to pull down the Ditto, which had eaten countless fruits from the tree.

"Oh, I didn't even notice."

Shuoya Ye looked at the crying Ditto and shook his head, "Did we agree that we can only eat so many berries a day?"

Ditto: ...

I can say I have eaten a week's supply...

It's not fair! The standards set by the trainers are not reasonable at all! They are not even enough to fill the gaps between our teeth!!