There seems to be something wrong with these Pokémon

Time flies by like a white horse.

It was a week later when Xiao Ye stepped out of the hospital gate.

It has been a long time since I breathed in the air without the smell of disinfectant. Even though there was a green trash can marked "dry garbage" next to me, it was still intoxicating.

A woman holding a cup of milk tea hurried out of the hospital. Just as she was about to throw away the garbage, she paused and her hands in the air shook left and right.

"The milk tea cup is considered dry garbage, while the unfinished milk tea inside is considered wet garbage."

The woman who got help finally stopped worrying, quickly sorted the garbage according to the boy's instructions, turned around, gave him a grateful smile, and hurried away.

When Kitazawa Lingyou turned around and looked, he saw a playful smile in the water blue eyes.

"Well, it seems that Lingyou has made a lot of progress in this week."

Xiao Ye smiled and walked past the boy, casually sorting some garbage generated during the hospitalization and placing it in the box.

"Thinking about how embarrassed you were when you faced the trash can a few days ago, it's amazing how much you've grown."

Xiaoye's teasing did not embarrass Kitazawa Lingyou. Instead, a smile appeared in his eyes, and he remembered the classification method that Xiaoye taught him.

Ditto eats wet garbage, and does not eat dry garbage. Hazardous garbage will give Ditto a stomachache if eaten, and recyclable garbage can be sold to comfort Ditto's wounded heart.

Kitazawa Reiyuu will never forget the shocked look on Ditto's face as he squinted his eyes and observed the boy's every move quietly at the head of the bed when Xiaoye was lying on the hospital bed and wrote this sentence seriously with pen and paper.

Thanks to this little disaster, Kitazawa Reiyuu and Xiaozhi, who have never been good at life skills, were forced to take on the task of taking care of the two patients, Xiaoye and Xiaoxia.

Serve tea, ask about health, bathe and change clothes...

They had to bathe and change clothes by themselves. After all, they only injured their throats and felt a little weak all over, but they were not unable to move.

Because their injuries were relatively minor, the doctor agreed to discharge them from the hospital after just one week.

As soon as Xiaozhi and his two friends finished their formalities, they set off for the Vermilion Leaf Gym, intending to get the orange badge that had always been on Xiaozhi's mind.

At the doctor's reminder, Xiao Ye and the other person went to visit Ma Zhishi through the thick glass. Ma Zhishi was wrapped in bandages but still had enough strength to talk on the phone.

I learned from the young nurse next to him that Ma Zhishi had just woken up not long ago.

Just like now, the first thing he did when he woke up was to pick up the phone. Regardless of his hoarse and dry throat, he kept pestering Miss Joy to find out about Raichu's situation.

Xiao Ye wanted to go in to visit, but was rejected by the nurse.

"Don't be fooled by his lively appearance. He is actually seriously injured. It's best not to go in to visit him."

The nurse shook her head and added, "Besides, he is the gym leader of our Vermilion Leaf City. The Alliance has already arranged his nursing care and treatment. As long as he is willing to take some time off and recuperate, given his physical condition, he will probably be able to be discharged soon."

Xiao Ye looked through the glass at the man with a frown on his face.

"It's just that it seems that the medical records sent by Miss Joy are not very good. This gentleman calls the Pokémon Center no less than five times a day."

A crisp bell rang from the nurses' station not far away. The young nurse tensed up and ran over, leaving behind her last words.

"In short, if there is nothing urgent or necessary, it is better not to disturb him."

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After a while

Xiaoye and the others sat in the stands, watching the battle between Pikachu and Raichu in the battlefield.

It's just that Ma Zhishi and his Raichu are still in the hospital and have not been discharged yet. This Raichu is not that Raichu, but the Pokémon of a dark and strong woman.

Several people were holding their breath, staring at the confrontation between the two Pokémon in the field.

But soon everyone noticed that Xiaozhi on the battlefield relaxed his brows.

The next moment, as Xiaozhi waved his hands and shouted, Pikachu, who was releasing 100,000 volts in the field, paused, then turned around to avoid Raichu's "thunder" and ran around the field at super speed.

"It seems that Xiaozhi has also discovered Raichu's weakness." Xiaoye held up his chin and chuckled, "As expected of him, such a keen battle intuition and adaptability should not be underestimated."

"Yeah, and I didn't mention the point about 'speed wins' to Xiaozhi. I didn't expect him to understand the true meaning of this gym match so quickly."

Xiaogang nodded in agreement, and the stone in his heart finally fell to the ground.

Although he is Xiaozhi's travel companion, he really wants to tell the ignorant and impulsive boy about the weaknesses he has observed and help him win the badges.

But his mission as a gym leader tells him that if Ash really starts to rely on the information brought by his travel companions instead of working hard to become stronger, sooner or later he will not be able to keep up with the large group of trainers and be abandoned by his own Pokémon.

Just as Ma Zhishi said.

Progress has always been a process where trainers and Pokémon move forward together, rather than one side dragging the other forward.

This will be a torture for both parties.

Seeing that Pikachu's "Lightning Flash" hit the sluggish Raichu and made it lose its way, the people in the audience felt relieved and started chatting.

"Can you tell me what happened after we left the Pokémon Center?"

Xiaoxia blinked her eyes and asked curiously.

“…Uh.” Xiaogang hesitated for a moment, and looked at the boy who lowered his eyes quietly and remained silent, looking for help.

"…Did something unspeakable happen?"

Xiaoye noticed that Kitazawa Lingyou was obviously in a depressed mood and asked softly.

"No."

The young man shook his head, his ink-black eyes were filled with obscure emotions, and the slightly protruding Adam's apple on his neck rolled up and down.

"…It's better not to mention that memory…"

Xiaoye and Xiaoxia looked at each other and saw confusion in their eyes.

Those who have experienced forest fires firsthand may not be able to feel it.

But for Kitazawa Reiyuu and others who were in the city at the time, even just mentioning this topic would cause a slight pain in their breathing, and the sensitive nerves on their foreheads would throb to show their presence.

After running desperately towards the forest, they stood on the edge and looked at the forest that was so hot that no life could be seen. The despair and disbelief almost overwhelmed them.

This disaster was not only an unexpected disaster for Ma Zhishi and his two companions, but also a nightmare that they did not want to mention for their friends and fellow travelers.

But when Xiaogang raised his eyes, he saw Xiaoxia's determined yet curious gaze. He couldn't help but relax and smiled helplessly.

By the way, Xiaoxia and her friends have never been good kids. Their strong curiosity is their label.

In this case, as people who witnessed the incident firsthand, they should naturally know the whole truth.

"Not long after you left, the black-haired boy who had been hiding in the corner began to stir up the emotions of the trainers again. Soon, the tense trainers rioted again, ran into the observation room, snatched their Pokémon from Miss Joy, and rushed out of the Pokémon Center together."

Xiaoye's breath was caught in his throat. Fortunately, the duo of Team Rocket had forced the "E-type machine" to stop at that time, otherwise such a large-scale evolution of Pokémon in the city would definitely deal another heavy blow to the police resources that were already on the verge of collapse.

"But fortunately, the noise had stopped at that time, so it didn't cause any serious consequences." Xiaogang continued.

"What about the black-haired boy? Wasn't he punished?"

Xiaoxia still remembered him. She never thought that a seemingly well-behaved boy would do such an excessive thing and continue to affect everyone's mood.

"No." Xiao Gang shook his head and said in the shocked eyes of the two, "Ms. Junsha checked the surveillance and compared his face with all the people in the database, but found that the people who could match were active in other places at the time, and there were other people who could testify."

"And he just kind of... disappeared."

This topic came to an end, and Pikachu, who was in the battle, used his tail to support his body, and beautifully conducted Raichu's voltage into the ground, and then defeated Raichu with a flash of lightning.

Everyone walked down the stands with smiles on their faces to celebrate for Xiaozhi, except Kitazawa Lingyou, who was left behind with a gloomy face, his deep pupils filled with unfathomable emotions.