There seems to be something wrong with these Pokémon

There is a small town not far from the Pokémon Professional Research School, which is a famous tourist attraction in Kanto.

"Rain-Praying Town, what a strange name."

Xiao Ye also came here. At this moment, he was looking at the town in the distance facing the signpost inserted into the ground.

The vine snake also curiously poked its head out, stretched out its vine whip and pointed at the wide road, as if urging Xiaoye to move forward.

Xiaoye gave it a small piece of a new dessert called "pudding" that he had made in Hualan City.

Although this dessert only requires basic milk, sugar and eggs, it has immediately become Teng Teng Snake's favorite since Xiao Ye tried it, and even the cake that he also loved before cannot compare to it.

The vine snake's eyes lit up, and it quickly took the pudding from Congbai's palm and took a small bite of it, not even noticing that the vine hanging beside it was swinging unconsciously.

But at the moment when Pudding was bitten by the vine snake, Xiaoye felt a slight movement in his neck, as if a feather was gently scratching his collarbone.

"No, Ditto." Xiao Ye pulled out a cold metal necklace from his clothes and put his index finger on the bottom edge. "Who was it that was stealing snacks from my backpack? You dropped crumbs all the way while walking. You didn't think I didn't notice, did you?"

The next moment, a pair of small eyes slowly emerged on the metal necklace, looking at such a cruel trainer with tears in their eyes.

"No means no. It's no use pretending to be pitiful."

Xiao Ye suppressed the sympathy in her heart, turned her head away, stuffed the necklace back into her clothes and spoke in a cold tone.

"You have already exceeded the food intake limit today. For your health, you must not eat any more!"

Upon hearing this, Ditto knew that he had no hope of meeting the delicious dessert, and he hid his eyes dejectedly and lay on Xiaoye's neck.

Xiaoye, who had pricked up his ears to listen to the sound of Ditto, felt very nervous. He wondered if his tone had just been too harsh, and at the same time he shifted his attention to the town not far away.

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As Xiaoye's left foot stepped into the Rain-Breaking Town, a "roadblocking duck" jumped out from the bushes nearby.

It stood in front of Xiaoye with great pride and dignity. Although it was just a duck that only reached Xiaoye's thigh, it had an aura of being able to hold its own against ten thousand.

It put its hands on its waist and looked up at the confused Vine Snake on Xiaoye's shoulder. Under the Vine Snake's puzzled gaze, it slowly raised its right hand and pointed at the Vine Snake.

As a trainer, Xiaoye was not sure about the yellow duck's intentions. He could only guess from its provocative actions, "Is Psyduck challenging you, Snake?"

The vine snake tilted its head and stretched out its vines tentatively.

The beak of the Psyduck on the opposite side was seen to be curved in an obvious arc, and the next moment a water column as big as a bucket mouth attacked the defenseless Xiaoye and Tengteng Snake!

Xiaoye's pupils shrank and he slightly bent his body and lunged to the right, narrowly avoiding its attack.

Snake quickly jumped off his shoulder, waved his little hand to summon a large leaf storm, and controlled the leaf storm to attack Psyduck, who was obviously excited on the opposite side.

Noticing all this, Ditto stopped sulking alone. He transformed into Bulbasaur and detached from Xiaoye, stretching out his vines to control the jumping Psyduck.

Facing the skills of the two Pokémon, Psyduck remained calm. Its eyes glowed blue, slowing down the speed and sharpness of the oncoming leaves. At the same time, it shook its head and spit out a large number of crystal clear bubbles in all directions.

The bubbles floating in the air are shining with seven colors under the sunlight. They are so beautiful and fragile that they seem to be shattered at the slightest touch.

But these inconspicuous bubbles actually stopped the rushing leaves!

The blade passing through the bubble wall slowed down until it stopped completely, trapped in the bubbles suspended in the air and unable to move forward any further.

The leaves are wrapped in bubbles, just like the glass beads that children loved to play with when they were young.

Psyduck, who had temporarily stopped Ye Baofeng, looked at the two vine whips flying towards it at a rapid speed and opened its beak. The huge amount of water energy accumulated in its throat, and the water cannon was ready to be launched.

"stop it now!"

Just as Psyduck was about to have a head-on confrontation with Ditto, a thin figure ran over from the end of the road, and its fragile knees slid on the ground for a distance before it barely caught up with the conflict that was about to break out.

She knelt down in front of Psyduck with her back to the whip, opened her arms to protect Psyduck, closed her eyes and prepared to face the whip that was about to hit her.

However, after waiting for a long time, she did not feel the pain she should have felt, until Psyduck, who was almost suffocated by the hug, could no longer bear it and poked her shoulder twice.

The girl with short red hair had trembling eyelashes. She cautiously opened her eyes a little and tilted her head to look.

It turned out that the boy with long silver-gray hair got up in time and stopped Ditto at the critical moment, while it was reluctantly retracting its vines.

Seeing this, the girl calmed down and took a deep breath. Before she had rested for long, she quickly picked up Psyduck to check its body.

After carefully checking and confirming that Psyduck was not injured, she finally felt relieved and patted her chest, then turned around and apologized to the boy who was obviously dressed like a tourist.

"I'm sorry, did this kid just attack you? Please allow me to apologize on its behalf."

"It's okay, we're not hurt." Xiao Ye looked at Psyduck's back as it patted its butt and left and asked the girl, who still had some worry in her eyes, "Is that Psyduck your Pokémon?"

"It should... not be considered as such, right?" The girl's eyes were vague and she hesitated for a long time before speaking.

She also saw Psyduck walking away arrogantly, and she sighed softly before her shoulders slumped. She said dejectedly, "Its mother is my grandmother's Pokémon. Logically, I should have captured it, but it seems that it never likes me."

Xiao Ye suddenly remembered how it blocked the way of passers-by and asked, "Does it attack passers-by because it hates humans?"

"I don't know." The girl shook her head. "It only started attacking passers-by not long ago. Before, it would usually just go find other Psyducks to play with, but after a tour group came not long ago, it became like this."

Suddenly, a "gurgling" sound interrupted their conversation. The girl's eyes followed the sound and locked onto Ditto, who was holding his belly and keeping silent, and she burst out laughing.

Not to mention Ditto whose stomach made noises, even its trainer had a slightly red face and stared at the flat belly with a complicated expression.

Didn’t I just eat not long ago? Why am I hungry again?!

"By the way! You should also be tourists in Qiyu Town, right?" The girl noticed Xiaoye and the others' embarrassment and smiled considerately, "To express my apology, please come to my house and rest for a while? Then I will take you around Qiyu Town and be your free tour guide!"

"May I?"

Xiao Ye couldn't help but feel a little excited. Although Qiyu Town was a small town, its area was not small at all. If he were to go there alone as an outsider who was unfamiliar with the place, he might not be able to find any famous attractions even after wandering around for several days.

But it would be a different story if there was someone leading the way, not to mention a local who was born and raised there. Maybe they would be able to visit all the interesting places in Qiyu Town in a short time.

"Of course it's okay. After all, it was me... Psyduck who made the mistake first."

Jill squatted down, picked up the Ditto that had transformed back to its original form, and gently put it into Xiaoye's arms, saying in an unquestionable tone.

"It's settled! Come with me, I will definitely take you to have fun in Rain Prayer Town!"

The Rain-Prayer Town is indeed a well-received tourist attraction in the Kanto region. The townspeople here alone will give tourists the illusion that they are at home, and they will not feel like outsiders at all.

"My name is Jill, by the way."

"I'm Shuoya Ye."

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The Rain-Qi Town gives people a very lively feeling. Colorful lights and balloons hanging on the eaves can be seen everywhere in the streets and alleys, as if some celebration is going to be held.

What shocked Xiaoye the most was that almost everyone in this place had a Pikachu! The streets were full of children running around with Pikachu!

"There are so many Psyducks." Xiao Ye saw a Psyduck sitting in the corner with its head tilted to its side and sighed, "This place is like the hometown of Psyduck."

"You're right!"

Jill waved and greeted the Psyduck sitting in the corner, and surprisingly, Psyduck actually responded to her!

"That's Grandpa Hunter's Psyduck. I heard that when it was young, it often accompanied Grandpa Hunter on adventures. But now it's very old. On weekdays, it likes to sit there and watch the scenery the most."

Just as Xiaoye was immersed in the picture of harmonious coexistence of humans and Pokémon, Jill stopped and opened the door of a wooden house with the key.

"Grandma, I'm back!"

The old man who was taking a nap on the recliner moved his ears, propped himself up and sat up from the recliner and said with a smile, "You're back? Did you find Psyduck?"

"Found it, but it attacked passers-by again." Jill hurried over to help the white-haired old woman and introduced Xiao Ye to her, "This is the person who was attacked by Psyduck. His name is Shuogu Ye."

"Is that so? It's naughty again?" The old man patted the back of Jill's hand, and after Jill let her go, he said, "I'm so sorry, but did Psyduck cause you trouble?"

"Nothing, you don't have to be like this." Xiao Ye shook his hand to indicate, and even Ditto poked his head out to show that there was no need to worry.

"Haha, good kid." The old man stood up and invited, "Tomorrow is our town's rain-praying festival, let Jill take you to enjoy the atmosphere of the celebration."

Rain Festival?

Xiao Ye thought of the decorations he had just seen along the way. Could they have been prepared for this festival?

Jill saw his confusion and came over to explain, "The Rain-Praying Festival is a traditional festival in our town. It is for..."

Jill suddenly faltered, and a blush spread across her cheeks.

"Forgot again?" The old man came to Jill's rescue, "This festival was created to commemorate the first Psyduck in our town."

"Yes, yes, yes!" Jill also remembered this period of history and continued the conversation, "A long time ago, our area would always experience droughts from time to time. The worst time was when there was not a drop of rain for several months."

Jill raised her hand and pointed out the window. Xiaoye looked in the direction and found a flowing stream with many Psyducks playing in it.

"At that time, the rivers dried up and the crops failed. Many young people with great ambitions wanted to leave the town and seek help from the outside world, but they gave up because there were many dangerous Pokémon in the forest."

Xiao Ye remembered what Professor Oak said, that a long time ago, most Pokémon were quite aggressive and had a strong sense of territory. They would attack humans who invaded their territory to protect their homes.

"Just when everyone was in despair, a duck with yellow hair that no one knew appeared in the town. That was the first Pikachu in our town."

The old man nodded with satisfaction, half bent over and gently lifted the quilt. A sleeping Psyduck was mumbling in his dream.

She touched Psyduck's head and lowered her voice and said, "That Psyduck solved the drought by using 'Pray for Rain' and settled here. To thank it, people renamed the town 'Pray for Rain Town', and even the Rain Festival exists to commemorate it."

The sleeping Psyduck seemed to feel the trainer's touch and rubbed her gently a few times. The old man covered it with the quilt again with a gentle look on his face.

"Since then, people in the town have always involuntarily preferred the Pokémon Psyduck, and over time, it has become a situation where every household has a Psyduck."

Just when everyone was immersed in those memories, a Psyduck suddenly flipped in from the window.

It didn't care about everyone's mood. It walked towards the old man with a creaking sound on the floor, opened its mouth wide and touched its belly, looking like it was asking for food.

"Ah, you're back, Psyduck!" Jill rushed to the kitchen, took out a large bowl of Pokémon food and placed it in front of Psyduck, stretching out her right hand to touch its head. "You must be hungry, right? I have a lot of food. If it's not enough, just tell me!"

But Psyduck didn't give her face. He stretched out his paw to block her hand, sat down, picked up the big bowl and started to eat voraciously.

Xiao Ye felt that the arrogant attitude of this Psyduck was very familiar, and asked Jill, who was covering his hands and lowering his eyes, "Is this the Psyduck?"

"Yes, it's the Psyduck that accidentally attacked you." Jill quickly adjusted her mood, and when she raised her head again, she was still the smiling girl. "Let's not disturb Psyduck's meal. I'll take you to rest first?"