There seems to be something wrong with these Pokémon

After the pleasant lunch, everyone walked around for a few more rounds and finally separated to look for projects that suited them according to their own interests and hobbies.

Xiaoye finally found an opportunity to return to the place where the breeders gathered with Xiaogang to ask for their help.

"Wait a minute, let me take a look."

Miss Etsuko raised her hand and placed it on Ditto's forehead, while the man with short brown hair beside her was rubbing Ditto's limbs.

An unknown amount of time had passed, and Xiao Ye's heart skipped a beat as he looked at the breeders' frowns deepening.

It can't be a serious disease, right?

Just as Xiaoye was worried, several breeders looked up at each other at the same time, as if they had already determined the final symptoms.

"Sir." Miss Etsuko held Ditto in her arms, stood up, and walked towards its trainer step by step.

"After our evaluation, we agree that it is best for your Pokémon to disembark now..."

Get off the ship…?

Xiao Ye was in a daze for a moment, with countless extremely bad thoughts running through his mind.

Is it that the medical equipment on the ship cannot meet Ditto's treatment needs, so he has to get off the ship to seek help from the professional Miss Joy?

Seeing the trainer in front of her with an unhappy face, Etsuko thought that he was reluctant to leave this hard-earned journey, so she quickly said, "Of course, if you don't want to, that's fine, but..."

"I'm going!"

Before Etsuko could finish her words, she was interrupted by the young man. He grabbed the limp Ditto and held it in his arms, asking anxiously.

"Excuse me, what disease did Ditto have? Can Miss Joy cure it?"

"Uh..." Etsuko was stunned and said subconsciously, "For this kind of disease... it's useless to ask Miss Joy."

After a moment, Etsuko came back to her senses. Looking at the boy's trembling pupils, slightly pursed lips and uncontrollable trembling arms in front of her, she realized what she had just said and hurriedly shook her hands to explain.

"No, no, that's not what I meant."

Upon hearing this, the frightened Xiao Ye suddenly raised his head and stared at the master breeder with sharp eyes.

"Haha, strictly speaking, Ditto's illness is not a disease." Etsuko smiled and explained, "We suggested getting off the ship because this is the only way to help it. Ditto is just seasick, but it's not that serious. So it's up to you whether to get off the ship or not."

Dizziness, seasickness?

Xiao Ye was stunned and held Ditto in front of his eyes and looked at it again and again.

Indeed, this listless look does look a lot like seasickness.

Xiao Ye laughed silently, thinking about how anxiously he had sought medical treatment not long ago. Combined with the current symptoms, it really made him laugh.

All I can say is that he is too inexperienced. As a human being, he really doesn't connect the symptoms of Pokémon with those of humans.

If Professor Oak or Lingyou were present, they would probably be able to see at a glance why Ditto is so sluggish, right?

Lingyou...

Thinking of this, Xiao Ye couldn't help but think of the young man who was always missing today.

What on earth is he busy with?

What secrets are hidden on the huge St. Ann?

"Ditto, do you want to get off the boat?"

After careful consideration, Xiao Ye decided to give the choice to Ditto and let it decide whether to end this journey.

Although the Ditto being held in front of him had an unpleasant expression on his face, one could still see from its small, beady eyes that it was extremely reluctant to leave.

Delicious... There are so many delicious foods here...

Although he would vomit after eating and eat again after vomiting, the feeling of delicious food in his mouth always made Pokémon unable to stop.

Or maybe... you shouldn't go down?

Ditto made up his mind and just as he put on a heroic expression and wanted to shake his head, he just shook his head lightly. The sudden dizziness and pain almost made him lose his balance and fall over.

Fortunately, Xiaoye was quick-witted and moved his hands up and down several times before he finally held it in his arms again.

Ditto, who had recovered from the dizziness, raised his head awkwardly and looked over his smooth chin into the eyes with a helpless smile.

"Well, although I promised before that I would not deprive you of food and drink, you should go back to your room and rest for now."

Xiaoye did not take out the Poké Ball to take Ditto back, but continued to hold it in his arms, maintaining this posture as he said goodbye to all the breeders.

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Two days later

When you step on the soft and comfortable carpet, you can feel the thickness of the carpet even through the thick soles of your shoes.

Xiao Ye walked barefoot towards the door that was banging non-stop, opened it and whispered.

"Shh!"

The girl who was knocking on the door in a hurry was stunned for a moment, and her raised hand hung in the air.

She looked at the young man with his index finger raised to his lips, and squeezed out through the crack in the door using his body position, gently closing the door and saying.

"Ditto has fallen asleep. What's up, Misty?"

After being reminded, the girl woke up as if from a dream, slapped her forehead but deliberately lowered her voice.

"Have you seen Kitazawa recently?"

"Lingyou...?"

Xiao Ye's hand on the door handle froze for a moment, and he looked up in confusion.

"I heard from the crew responsible for cleaning this area that Lingyou has been leaving early and coming back late recently, so we haven't seen him much."

The orange-haired girl became visibly embarrassed after hearing this, and after hesitating for a long time, she finally whispered.

"Is that right? You feel the same way?" Xiaoxia continued, "Although I may be overthinking it, I still feel a little nervous, so I wanted to come and talk to you."

"what happened?"

"Well... I ran into Kitazawa when I came back just now."

Xiaoxia was afraid that the boy had misunderstood something, so she quickly explained, "At that time, I was planning to look for Xiaozhi, who was not good at finding his way, because I was afraid that he would get lost on this ship again. But I saw Kitazawa's figure near the captain's room."

She slowed down her tone and said word by word, "How should I put it? Although it was just an unintentional glance, his complexion was visibly bad with the naked eye. The bruises under his eyes could be seen even from a distance."

"Is he...getting into some trouble?"

Both of them were silent, and a strange atmosphere spread in the silent corridor.

The dim light shone on the boy's face, and the shadow cast by his eyelashes covered his expression.

"Maybe he has some personal business of his own."

"is it?"

Xiaoxia frowned, but still felt very strange.

"But his appearance makes people worry anyway..."

"Hey, didn't I mention that?"

Xiao Ye's clear voice interrupted the girl's endless words, and there was no trace of sadness between his smiling brows.

"Lingyou mentioned to me that he might be busy recently. He has some ideas about the problems with Psyduck and Eevee, so he wants to take this opportunity to explore them."

At this point, Xiaoxia saw the boy who was slightly taller than her in front of her blinking his eyes, leaning close to her ear and speaking as if whispering something.

"After all, you know, for someone like Lingyou who wants to be a Pokémon professor in the future, it's unbearable to have unanswered questions in his mind, right?"

"Just like us trainers, the scary thing is not facing a strong enemy, but being defeated without any resistance, without even a hint of a way to defeat the enemy."

"therefore…!"

The young man straightened his back again, took a small step back, opened the slightly ajar door, half of his body hidden behind the door, waved and smiled.

"Now that we are on the St. Ann, we should enjoy and relax for a few days without thinking about things that would disturb our mood."

"Of course, I will also find time to have a good chat with Lingyou about the 'complexion' issue that Xiaoxia mentioned. After all, no matter what you do, you can't hurt your body as a prerequisite."

"Is that so?"

Seeing this, Xiaoxia could only smile and said goodbye to Xiaoye before returning to sit on her bed.

But...why do I always feel like something is not right?

Hasn't Xiaoye been working with us recently? When did Kitazawa tell him about this?

Could it be the first day on board?

The girl raised her hand to untie her hairband, and her short orange hair fell on her shoulders like a waterfall.

"Although we haven't been together for a long time, I can always feel that Kitazawa is not the same kind of person as us."

Xiaoxia lowered her eyes, crossed her white legs on the edge of the bed, and swayed casually.

"He seems to know a lot of things and has a lot of secrets in his heart."

"I don't know what he is carrying, and I am not qualified to ask too much."

The girl took a deep breath, spread her arms and leaned back on the comfortable big bed, burying herself in the quilt.

lie…

Xiaoye didn't forget to tell us about Kitazawa's whereabouts, but Kitazawa never mentioned it to him.

But why did he help Kitazawa hide it?

Expensive boat tickets, medicine and laboratories borrowed from who knows where, figures that disappeared without a trace, and tired looks...

It all started when they mentioned the ship.

Is the St. Annus a holy place for people to relax and have fun, or is it a secret place that hides many unsolved mysteries?

Xiaoxia fell asleep in a daze, but fragments of the past few days were still flashing through her mind.

Outside the door, a man in black hung signs on the doors of each room one by one, then left leisurely humming a little tune.

"Be sure to attend and catch them all~"