There seems to be something wrong with these Pokémon

"It really opened my eyes." Professor Oak's eyes were full of pride. "If I hadn't personally delivered the Pokémon to you, I wouldn't have believed that this was the first battle between novice trainers."

"I lost." Xiao Mao's eyes were filled with disappointment that he couldn't hide. He raised the Poké Ball and said, "Squirtle, you've worked hard. Come back and have a rest first."

A beam of red light shot out from the Poké Ball and hit Squirtle, who was lying on the ground with a dazed head. As the red light was recovered, Squirtle also returned to the Poké Ball.

Xiao Mao stared at the Poké Ball containing Squirtle for a while, then after a moment, put it to his lips and kissed it gently.

"That was perfect, Squirtle."

"Won!"

Xiaoye breathed rapidly, the joy in her heart about to burst out.

Especially when he saw Teng Teng Snake's chin raised with a satisfied expression, he couldn't stop getting excited.

Xiaoye squatted down and touched the general-looking Vine Snake, put the Poké Ball in his palm and asked, "How is Vine Snake? Do you need to come back and rest?"

Snake shook its head slightly, stretched out a vine from its left side and hung the Poké Ball back on Xiaoye's waist. At the same time, it patted Xiaoye's head and praised him for doing a good job.

"Has Snake not used all his strength yet?" Xiaoye let Snake mess up her hair and said without caring, "Then let's go to Professor Oak first, say goodbye to him and then set off."

The vine snake nodded, retracted its vines and walked ahead of Xiaoye.

After taking two steps, he found Xiaoye still standing there in a daze, so Teng Teng Snake turned around and motioned for him to follow him.

"Sorry." Xiao Ye quickly stood up and caught up with Teng Teng Snake.

But soon Snake discovered that Squirtle did not appear next to Xiaomao and felt a little bored.

It didn't want to get involved in the small talk between humans, so it stretched out its vines, patted Xiaoye's face to tell him that it was tired, then turned around and ran into the Poké Ball to rest.

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When Xiaoye returned to the laboratory with Professor Oak and Xiaomao, he found that Pikachu, who had been sleeping soundly there, was nowhere to be seen, and even the Poké Ball and Pokédex that Xiaozhi had casually placed on the table had disappeared.

Instead, a woman with long burgundy hair was busy in the research institute, cleaning up the traces left by Pikachu.

"Aunt Hanako?" Xiao Mao and Xiao Ye recognized this woman at a glance. She was Xiao Zhi's mother.

Professor Oak hurried over and held down Hanako's hand that was wiping the table, and asked, "Mom Xiaozhi, what are you doing?"

Xiaoye looked around and found that all the broken glass and dust left by Pikachu had been cleaned up. Xiaoye could even see his own shocked expression through the long-abandoned computer screen on Professor Oak's desk.

You know, Professor Oak has no habit of cleaning, and his old computer has been covered with dust for a long time.

According to him, "Since it is no longer in use, there is no need to clean it."

"Oh, you guys are back?" Hanako smiled, followed Professor Oak's instructions, stopped what she was doing, and explained, "Xiaozhi just told me about the trouble he and Pikachu brought to you. I'm really sorry."

As she said this, she bowed sincerely. Xiaoye hurried over to help Hanako up. "It's nothing. Aunt Hanako, you're worrying too much."

Professor Oak patted Hanako on the back and said, "Thank you so much, Hanako. But I have watched Xiaozhi grow up, and I have already figured out his personality. What kind of trouble can he bring to me?"

"Anyway, I still want to thank you all very much." Hanako patted Xiaoye and Xiaomao on the shoulders and said, "You two are amazing. Xiaozhi was inspired to fight after seeing your battle. In order not to fall behind you too much, he has already set off first."

"of course!"

After hearing Xiaozhi's reaction, Xiaomao's previous disappointment of losing the game was swept away.

He wanted to laugh when he imagined Xiaozhi crying and covering his face, dragging a disobedient Pikachu out of Pallet Town, "Xiaozhi is still far behind me!"

Xiao Mao, who was too proud of himself, felt the hem of his clothes being pulled. He turned around and saw Xiao Ye's face full of disapproval.

At this moment, Xiao Mao remembered that the person standing in front of them was the mother of the protagonist whom he had mentioned as "far inferior"!

He quickly explained, "Auntie, that's not what I meant."

"It's okay." Hanako didn't show any anger at her child being laughed at. Instead, she covered her mouth and laughed. "Actually, I also think Xiaozhi is far worse than you guys."

"Eh?"

Hanako's reaction was beyond their expectations. They looked at each other and saw confusion in each other's eyes.

"You probably don't know? Xiaozhi and his father behave exactly the same." Hanako's eyes were full of nostalgia, as if she had returned to the age when she first fell in love. "Xiaozhi's father also got a Pokémon that didn't go well with him when he first set out on his journey. He was the first to set out, but he was the last novice trainer to arrive in Viridian City."

"It's such a short distance, but Xiaozhi's father took four full days to get there. His progress was immediately slowed down."

"Yeah, I still remember that kid." Professor Oak also remembered some interesting bits and pieces and told them, "Ash's father obviously likes Pokémon very much, but he can never catch them. Back then, others caught six Pokémon and teleported them back to the institute, but Ash's father only had two."

"Yes." Hanako nodded, lost in sweet memories. "Now that I think about it, Xiaozhi is exactly like his father. Should we say that a tiger father will have a dog son or a tiger son will have a dog father?"

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"Um..." Xiao Mao couldn't help but interrupt the memories of Professor Oak and Hanako, "Grandpa and Aunt Hanako, I'm sorry to bother you. But Xiaoye and I are about to leave. If we delay any longer, I'm afraid we won't be able to reach Tokiwa City today."

"let's go."

Professor Oak shook his hands impatiently, pulled Hanako to sit on the sofa and continued to tell stories about some interesting novice trainers he met in the past few years.

"Then shall we leave first?" Xiao Ye spoke in a low voice, afraid of interrupting their conversation again.

"Aunt Hanako, goodbye Professor Oak!"

"Okay, be careful on the road." Hanako looked back at them and gave them an encouraging look. Then she immediately turned around to chat with Professor Oak, occasionally adding a few embarrassing stories about Xiaozhi and Xiaozhi's father.

After leaving the house, Xiao Mao felt ignored and grabbed Xiao Ye, complaining in dissatisfaction, "I am his only grandson. For something as important as going on a trip, he just said to me, 'Let's go'?"

But it was obvious that Xiaoye, who was being held by him, could not accept this reality.

"I spent so much time preparing for this farewell, why did it end so perfunctorily?" Xiao Ye said lightly with dull eyes.

Xiao Ye didn't know how he got to the rest of the journey, but when he came to his senses, there was a sports car in front of him.

This is a gorgeous red sports car that makes people unable to look away. Every part of the car is shining with high light that represents expensiveness. In particular, the uncle sitting in the main driver's seat is wearing red and is particularly showy. He greeted them in a self-proclaimed handsome manner.

"Hey, Master Xiaomao and his distinguished guests." The driver held a red rose in his mouth, and his sunglasses were dangling from his nose. "Please allow me to take you on this journey full of miracles."

"Xiao, Xiao, Xiao Mao..." Xiao Ye's eyes went dark, and he pulled Xiao Mao, who was very satisfied with his driver's performance and was about to get on the sports car, "You mean we should take this one...?"

Xiao Ye thought about it, racked his brains and squeezed out a word, "...a unique sports car that will make people's eyes light up when traveling?"

"Yeah." Xiao Mao turned around with a puzzled look in his eyes, "What's wrong? Having such a handsome sports car and a driver to take us on a trip is in line with my status as Young Master Xiao Mao."

After that, the driver who was over fifty years old sitting in the main driver's seat took off his sunglasses and hung them on his chest. He rested his chin on the car door with one hand and gently stroked his few strands of hair. "Please rest assured, young master and distinguished guests, I have more than thirty years of driving experience and can take you all over Guandu safely."

"That's not what I meant." Xiao Ye defended dryly, "I'm not questioning your skills. I just think that since this is a training journey with Pokémon, wouldn't it be more meaningful to complete it on your own feet?"

"You mean we should walk to Viridian City?"

Xiao Mao looked like he had heard a ghost story. He squinted his eyes and moved closer to Xiao Ye, asking him with a guilty look on his face.

"Same as that idiot?"

"Hehe..." Xiao Ye laughed awkwardly a few times, pushed away the handsome face in front of him that suddenly magnified several times, and his voice became smaller and smaller. "Actually, I mean to walk the entire journey..."

"The entire journey?" Xiao Mao was shocked. "Do you know how big the entire Kanto region is? How long does it take to complete the journey? How dangerous is the journey?"

"Yes." Xiao Ye took a step back and waved his hand, "Don't worry about me! You can go ahead, I will definitely catch up with you!"

Then the entire garage fell into silence for a long time. Even the driver noticed that something was wrong. He retracted his exaggerated expressions and movements and shrank into the driver's seat like a quail.

Xiaoye lowered her head, not daring to look at Xiaomao's expression.

I don't know how long it was before a crisp sound broke the silence.

Click——

Xiao Mao opened the car door impatiently, put his feet on the ground, walked around half a circle and took out his travel backpack from the passenger seat, and said, "Let's walk! If we don't hurry up, we won't be able to reach Tokiwa City until tomorrow morning!"

The moment Xiao Ye got out of the car, she couldn't help but smile. She walked two or three steps to Xiao Mao's side and took the water bottle that he had forgotten next to the passenger seat.

Xiao Mao took the kettle and raised his voice to hide his discomfort, "Let's make a deal! I will only accompany you to Tokiwa City! Once we get to Tokiwa City, we will go our separate ways!"

Without waiting for Xiao Ye's response, he said to the driver, "Then you go to Viridian City and wait for me. Remember to prepare two big meals and two luxurious hotel rooms when you get there. I don't want to sleep on the hard bed in the Pokémon Center."

"Yes!"

The driver immediately stepped on the accelerator and disappeared from their sight in a flash.

"Xiao Mao." Xiao Ye shouted.

"What are you doing again?"

Xiao Mao put on his backpack and stopped just as he was about to set off.

"Thank you."

Xiaoye's heart surged, like ripples on a mirror-like lake. The thousands of words of emotion in her heart were condensed into two simple words.

"It's not for you, don't be so self-indulgent." Xiao Mao's cheeks were slightly red, and he took a step forward quickly. "Grandpa and Aunt Hanako asked Xiaozhi and me to take good care of you. If it wasn't for Grandpa's face, I wouldn't care about you!"