There seems to be something wrong with these Pokémon

"You're lying!" Jill's raised right hand stopped in mid-air, as if it was frozen in time by a camera. "It was fine this morning, how could it have dried up in such a short time?"

The audience below obviously didn't believe the man's lies and began to question him.

"I'm telling the truth! The river is really dry!"

The man had no way to defend himself and could only keep repeating, "It's true! You have to believe me!"

At this moment, a sudden change occurred.

Almost all the Psyducks in the audience had blue light in their eyes and tilted their heads in unison at the same second, then slipped away from people and ran off to an unknown place.

The only exception was the Psyduck on the ring, which waved its arms and shouted anxiously after seeing all the challengers leave.

Seeing the rest of the Psyducks leaving, it lowered its head in disappointment.

At this time, people didn't have time to care whether the man's words were true or false, and they all chased their Psyducks and left.

The man watched as people walked away and ignored him. His expression gradually became crazy and his voice became louder and louder. "The drought is coming again. This is a warning from God!"

Xiao Ye walked over and patted the man's shoulder. When the man turned around, she was startled by his pupils that were so large that they occupied the entire white of his eyes.

But he didn't show it on his face, he quickly calmed down and asked gently.

"Excuse me, what's the current situation over there?"

The man turned around and stared at her for a long time without replying. It was not until Xiao Ye repeated what he said that the man suddenly became extremely excited. He opened his arms and hugged Xiao Ye's legs, crying and shouting, "Oh God! Save us! Qiyu Town is going to be destroyed!"

Xiao Ye was at a loss as he dragged the sudden weight on his legs. Fortunately, Jill ran over in time and pushed the man away. "Hey, stop talking nonsense! If you keep going like this, I'll call the police!"

“It’s okay, it’s okay…” The man who was pushed to the ground was not afraid at all. The shadow of death had broken his fragile nerves. “Everyone will die, the police will die too, and the entire Qiyu Town will not be able to escape!”

Then he got up from the ground and ran away madly, leaving behind only a whisper like a demon from hell.

“No one can escape!”

"Who is that? He just said something unlucky." Jill pouted in dissatisfaction, "I don't believe that if Rainfall Town is destroyed, everyone will die."

But Xiao Ye was still concerned about what the man said about the dry river, so he raised his hand to take back Ditto and Snakeskin, and suggested to Jill that he want to go to the river to take a look.

"Do you really believe him?"

Jill seemed particularly helpless. As a local, she didn't believe the man's lies at all.

A severe drought has not occurred for thousands of years. Moreover, even if something really happens, they can seek help from Cerulean City. They will not be like their ancestors who can only sigh as the soil gradually loses its fertility.

The situation now is not as inconvenient as in ancient times, so what is there to worry about?

However, as Jill had promised before, as an apology she would be Xiaoye's free tour guide.

Anyway, the Pikachu Duck Arena can no longer be held, so it doesn’t matter if I accompany the tourists on a trip. After all, that river is also a major feature of the Rain-Qiying Town.

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When Xiaoye and his friends arrived at the river, it was already crowded with people.

The original river water was crystal clear and sparkling. The gravel in the river was as big as goose eggs, as small as millet apricots, flat and round, and of various shapes and sizes, forming a unique landscape in the rushing river.

However, the river that had previously flowed continuously now had not a single drop of water falling from the riverbed.

The townspeople hurriedly brought large water tanks from their homes and put the water Pokémon that were struggling in the river due to lack of water into them.

"how come……"

Jill stopped as if she was pinned down. "The river has actually dried up!"

Xiaoye spotted an old woman with a hunched back in the crowd and quickly ran over to take the basin of water from her hands.

"Grandma, why are you here too?"

Jill also saw the old woman and quickly ran over to support her.

"It's the girl." The old man patted Jill's arm anxiously and urged, "Hurry, don't worry about me, an old woman, go find Panda Duck!"

"Grandma's Psyduck is missing too?!"

When Jill heard this, she immediately thought of Psyduck that was thrown on the ring. At that time, she thought that since the challengers had left, there would be no threat of Psyduck getting hurt, so she left it there with confidence.

But grandma’s Psyduck is gone, will it disappear too?

"I was taking a nap, but Pikachu suddenly stood up and ran away as if possessed by something unclean." A tear fell from the old man's cloudy eyes, and he continued with a choked voice, "No matter how I called it, it didn't respond, so I hurriedly followed it out, but saw this scene."

She pointed at the dried-up river and said, "My Psyduck is a treasure, but these water-type Pokémon are also treasures. How can I bear to watch them suffer?"

Xiao Ye and Jill looked at each other and saw a kind of determination in each other's eyes.

"Don't worry, grandma. We'll set out now to find the Psyducks."

"That's right, Grandma, you should get some rest. Everyone has come here to help the water Pokémon."

Jill whispered to the old man, and even the young man passing by also advised her to leave.

"That's right! You don't have to worry about us!"

"Grandma, your health is the most important thing. Go and rest first! Leave this to us!"

But the stubborn old man remained unmoved and still wanted to contribute his little bit of strength. At this time, a woman came over and hugged the old man and took the basin of water from Xiaoye's hand.

"Oh! Grandma, you're finally here. You're really needed here!"

As she spoke, she winked at Xiao Ye and the others, pulled the old man to the large water tank and said, "We were worried that no one would look after the water Pokémon we rescued. You came just in time!"

Jill felt relieved when she saw this scene, because she knew that although her grandmother looked gentle on the surface, she was actually a very stubborn person.

She was so stubborn that she wouldn't allow herself to rest while others were busy. But since the woman had found something for her to do, she wouldn't move those heavy objects anymore.

Jill turned and nodded to Xiaoye, and the two of them prepared to set off.

"We'll go up the river to see what caused it to dry up."

Xiaoye gave his own suggestions and asked Jill for his opinion.

"Do you think the disappearance of Psyduck is related to the drying up of the river?" She thought for a while and agreed, "That makes sense, but the source of the river is on the mountain over there, and it may take a rough road to get there."

Xiaoye took a step forward and walked along the river towards the back mountain.

Jill walked beside him, her eyes full of worry.

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The two people walking on the mountain road suddenly stopped, their ears trembling slightly.

Xiao Ye lowered his voice and asked, "Did you hear anything?"

Jill held her breath and listened carefully to the calls coming from afar.

"It's Psyduck!"

The two shouted at the same time. After their joy, they became more energetic and quickened their pace to run towards the source of the sound.

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When Xiao Ye and the others arrived, they saw that all the disappeared Pikachus in the town were standing there, looking at the huge rock blocking the river as if they were holding some important ceremony.

"Can reach duck!"

Jill, who finally saw them, rushed out in a hurry, not caring whether she would scare the silly ducks or not, "I found you, come back with me, everyone is worried about you!"

Xiaoye adjusted his gaze to the same direction as the Psyducks, looking up at the huge rocks that covered the entire riverbed.

Because the water from upstream overflowed after being blocked by huge rocks, the muddy road became extremely difficult to walk on.

After taking a few quick steps, Xiao Ye stopped decisively, frowned slightly, and looked at the boulder without saying a word.

Is it because of the huge rocks blocking the river that caused the riverbed in Qiyu Town downstream to dry up?

But where did this boulder come from?

Jill, who was eager to save the duck, didn't think too much. She still struggled to pull the head of a Psyduck, but she couldn't move it at all despite all her efforts.

"Huff..." Jill wiped the sweat off his face and panted, "When we get back, I will definitely tell Aunt Fuzi to ask you to lose weight!"

Psyduck, who had been treated like a fool for a long time, ignored Jill and continued to stare intently at the old Psyduck standing at the front of the team.

A moment later, following an order from Old Psyduck, all the Psyducks quickly found their positions and lined up in front of the boulder.

Xiao Ye and the other two stared at this strange scene with their eyes wide open.

Especially Jill, who was used to being with Psyduck, her eyes almost popped out. She never dared to imagine that Psyduck, who looked so stupid, would have such terrifying execution ability.

When Old Psyduck saw that all the Psyducks were lined up as instructed, he shouted, and a moment later all the Psyducks' eyes glowed blue at the same time, and the huge rock lying in the riverbed was also enveloped by the blue light, with a tendency to rise slightly.

"Are the Psyducks... dredging the river?" Jill blinked, unable to believe what she saw.

Although one of the original intentions of establishing this town was to hope that Psyducks could protect them from generation to generation, as time went by, everyone seemed to have become accustomed to these stupid Pokémon and never asked them to do anything.

In the eyes of the townspeople, as long as Psyduck is willing to live in Rain-Praying Town, it will be the best protection for the name of "Rain-Praying Town".

Seeing that Psyduck and the others were struggling, Xiaoye turned his wrist and two Poké Balls appeared at his fingertips.

"Snakey and Ditto, use your vine whip to help Psyduck lift the boulder."

After receiving the order from their trainer, Snakehead and Ditto obediently stretched out their emerald green vines to wrap around the boulder like dumplings, and together with Xiaoye, they exerted force under the continuous "quacking" command of Psyduck.

With the addition of a few extra helpers, the task of clearing the river became significantly easier. Before long, the river water that had been accumulated upstream for a long time flowed away through the tiny gaps between the boulders and the riverbed, bringing good news to the townspeople downstream.

But just when everything was going in the right direction and the boulder was about to be put aside, several Psyducks in the team suddenly stumbled, and the transmission of superpowers came to an abrupt halt.

As the huge rock fell to the ground with a loud bang, all the efforts made by everyone so far were in vain.

Xiao Ye staggered forward a small step, and after seeing the rubble rolling in front of him and several Psyducks covering their swollen heads and screaming in pain, he quickly turned around, let go of the vines in his hand, and said in a questioning voice.

"who?!"

"Since you asked the question sincerely!"

The familiar lines appeared again. Xiao Ye was stunned for a moment and then reflexively continued with the next sentence.

"Then we will mercifully tell you?"

Unexpectedly, after hearing Xiao Ye's answer, the air was strangely silent for a moment, and even the sound of the gurgling river disappeared at this moment.

After a long while, an angry roar of a woman could be heard from the treetops behind them. "Wrong, wrong! Don't compare us with that last-place team!"

Jill, who had just thought he was hallucinating, turned around, glanced at the crowd around him and asked in confusion.

"Who is speaking?"

The two people hiding in the dark took a deep breath, relaxed, adjusted their mindset and spoke again.

"Since you asked the question sincerely!"

"Normally I won't answer you!"

"But we'll make an exception and tell you!"

"To prevent the Earth from being destroyed!"

"To protect the peace of the earth!"

"Carry out the evil of love and honesty!"

“A witty and playful villain!”

"Amado!"

A tall woman with beautiful long golden hair jumped down from the tree and turned sideways with her arms folded.

"Little Saburo!"

A man with short green hair followed closely behind and landed back to back with Amado.

Unlike Musashi and his friends, the clothes of this newly appeared duo are pure black with a bright red "R" printed in the middle, which is exactly the opposite of Musashi and his friends.

"Armato and Little Three?"

Xiaoye murmured softly, and said to himself in a breathy voice, "Where are Musashi Kojiro and the others?"

"It's not Xiao San San, it's Xiao San Lang!"

The green-haired man spoke quickly, the veins in his neck tense, and he almost shouted after Xiao Ye's last words.

But Yamado was not at all disturbed by Xiaoye and Xiao Saburo's "friendly" interaction, and continued talking on his own.

"We are Team Rocket traveling through the universe!"

"Pink, a pink tomorrow is waiting for us!"

A large brown-haired rat also jumped down from the tree, stood between the two of them, raised its front teeth and growled.

"Anyway, we'll take these Psyducks."

Xiao Saburo closed his eyes and suppressed his anger, turned around and threw away the gravel in his hand. He reached into his trouser pocket, took out a button with an antenna and pressed it.

The sounds of steel colliding were mixed in with the scared cries of the Psyducks. The two turned around and saw the scene before them, which made them want to tear their eyes out.

A cage like an iron box suddenly rose from the ground and trapped the Psyducks inside. Even Serpentar and Ditto could not escape this despicable trick and were trapped inside.

"Snake! Ditto!"

"Can reach duck!"

Xiaoye and Jill quickly ran to the iron box and knocked on the hard surface with their hands, but they could do nothing except hear the panicked cries of the Pokémon inside the iron box.

Xiaoye clenched his fists, gritted his teeth, and ran quickly around the iron box. He found that the iron box only had a small hole for ventilation, and the rest of the parts were tightly sealed, and the situation inside could not be seen from the outside.

He thought about letting Ditto transform into Onix and burst the iron box, but in such a small space, what would happen to the other Pokémon if Ditto transformed?

Just when the two were at a loss, the slightly hoarse but calm commanding voice of Old Pikachu was heard from the iron box.

Suddenly, a blue light appeared around the iron box, but disappeared in an instant.

"No need to put up a fearless resistance." Amado raised the corners of his lips proudly in the sudden rise of dust.

"This iron box is specially made to block all superpower attacks."

Xiao Ye raised his hands to cover his eyes, and stared at the two people who were laughing wildly with his half-closed eyes.

Suddenly, there was the sound of a propeller cutting through the airflow overhead. Under Xiao Ye's resentful gaze, Yamato Kozaburo had already stepped onto the helicopter and sat down gracefully.

Yamato raised his slender fingers to control the helicopter to drop a huge magnet to suck the iron box, and used its power to fly all the imprisoned Pokémon into the sky.

"The Psyduck in Rain Prayer Town will be kept by our Team Rocket for the time being!"