There seems to be something wrong with these Pokémon

The next morning, Xiaozhi and Pikachu opened the door and stretched, preparing to go out for dinner. The moment they turned around to close the door, they saw a "letter" hanging on the door handle. It was mainly azure in color and was extremely gorgeous.

"Pikapi, Pikachu"

Pikachu stretched out his hand, reached out, and took the tag with his entire body almost hanging in the air, and handed it to Xiaozhi.

"Thank you, Pikachu."

Xiaozhi took the sign and read the words on it quietly.

"We sincerely invite you to participate in the Ocean Concert. Not only will world-famous dancers and their Pokémon perform on stage, but also outstanding trainers and breeders will be on stage to travel with you. PS: After the event, all passengers present will receive a small gift jointly launched by the St. Ann and the Academy of Sciences of Furkar."

The writing ends here, and it ends with a simple sketch of the St. Annus.

Just as Xiaozhi was still thinking about what the "Fukars Academy of Sciences" mentioned in the letter was, the door on the opposite side made a slight "click" sound.

"The Academy of Sciences of Furkar?"

Xiaoye, wearing a simple white T-shirt and jeans, came closer, and a faint milky scent filled her nostrils.

"I seem to have heard Professor Oak mention that, although it is called the 'Science Academy', it is more like a private industry. I heard that it went bankrupt and was acquired by someone else not long ago."

"Xiao Ye!?"

Xiaozhi and Xiaoye looked at each other and accidentally saw that his round and full earlobes were now covered with hard and cold metal.

The jeans and earrings match each other, and an unruly temperament lingers around her.

If it weren't for the boy's always soft and smooth long hair and smiling eyes, one might really mistake him for a singer who is on vacation.

And the light milky aroma...

"Hmm...what delicious food did you make last night?"

As Xiaoye's childhood sweetheart, he is no stranger to this taste.

Whenever this sweet scent appears on Xiaoye, it proves that he and Professor Oak are in for a treat, and the crispy dessert will soon be served to them.

"Just some snacks. I'll bring them to you later."

Xiao Ye nodded and smiled, pulled down the sign on the door handle of his door, and glanced at it roughly.

Sure enough, it was exactly the same as the one in Xiaozhi's hand.

He raised his eyes and looked around again. The same signs were hung on the handles of the almost identical doors.

"It should be the crew member on duty last night who hung it on our door." Xiao Ye turned the sign over and said, "The time is from 6:30 to 11:00 tonight. Do you want to go?"

"go with!"

as predicted.

Although Xiaoye only asked out of courtesy, Xiaozhi's quick reply still made him smile.

"Then we have an appointment. Let's go together." Xiao Ye put the tag away in his pocket, raised his hand to touch the earring on his right ear and said, "Ask Xiao Xia and the others, then go to the restaurant to have a meal together, then go to the battle club to hone your fighting skills, and finally relieve the fatigue of the day at this music festival."

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In the hall at night

The lights are bright and people's heartbeats vibrate to the beat of the music.

"Did you hear it? There's a beeping sound in this song!"

Xiao Gang held the program in his hand, raised his index finger and said with a smile, "In fact, decades ago, the music culture at that time was limited to creating music centered on 'humans', but with the development of the times, more and more artists began to notice that Pokémon's singing voices are not inferior to humans. On the contrary, in some aspects, the artistic conception they may show is better than that of humans."

"Well, the song just now is called "Japanese Wind Song", right?" Xiaoxia agreed. "I didn't feel anything when the human voice came out, but in the chorus, the sound of the Pokémon suddenly appeared when it was repeated in the second verse, and I immediately had an indescribable feeling..."

"It's like hearing heavenly music and temporarily clearing your ears. This is probably what it means."

Beside Xiaoye, the man holding a folding fan sighed slightly, attracting everyone's attention.

He wore a big hat, his long black hair hung down naturally, and his evening gown gleamed under the stage lights.

"It's a pity that there is no chance to perform on such a great stage."

"Are you a singer too?"

The single-celled Xiaozhi blurted out, and he was so outgoing that he didn't seem to worry at all that the other party would ignore him, thus causing a dull atmosphere.

Fortunately, the man was not a rude person. He always gave gifts when asked, which was his principle in dealing with people.

The man turned around, and the badge that bloomed like a firework was pinned on his chest, catching everyone's attention.

"No, no, I don't deserve such a title." The man nodded and smiled, raised his hand to grasp the top of the big hat, bent down and bowed, and saluted.

"I am just a small coordinator who travels around the world and calls the world home. It's not worth mentioning."

"Coordinator...?"

Xiaozhi blinked, feeling as if he had heard or seen these three short words somewhere before.

Just as he was about to ask, another singer left the stage and the host's passionate speech interrupted his doubts.

"The next piece of music is a more passionate rock song. Trainers present, please take back the Pokémon that are outside the Poké Ball!"

Xiaoye and Xiaozhi were both stunned and hesitated.

Xiaozhi turned his head and looked at Pikachu, while Xiaoye raised his right hand, and his slender fingers stroked the earring hanging on his earlobe.

"Due to the sound equipment, the rhythm of rock music may cause some harm to Pokémon with better hearing, so please cooperate with us."

The host stood on the stage and had a clear view of what was happening below the stage.

Many trainers made the same decision. They hesitated, looked around and waited for a leader to emerge.

However, after the host said this, many trainers took out their Poké Balls and took back their Pokémon.

Only Xiaoxia noticed Pikachu's reluctance, so she took out two handkerchiefs from her bag, crumpled them into a small ball and stuffed them into Pikachu's ears.

"That should be fine." Xiaoxia rubbed Pikachu's furry head and smiled, "It was our negligence to forget that music suitable for humans may not be suitable for Pokémon. A noisy environment can indeed cause some harm to Pokémon's body."

Xiaoye whispered after seeing that Pikachu's problem was solved.

After a while, the formerly glittering earrings gradually lost their luster and became like gravel, as if they were covered with a layer of film.

But after all, the two of them still broke the rules. Xiao Ye was still okay, because Ditto's transformation ability was difficult for ordinary people to detect.

But if a yellow-skinned mouse as conspicuous as Pikachu can't even spot this, he might have to get off the boat and see an ophthalmologist.

Then Xiaozhi had an idea, took off his coat, covered Pikachu with it, and held it tightly in his arms.

Although this is still weird, it will not let the organizers know that there is a little mouse hiding here who breaks the rules.

The host on the stage squinted his eyes and glanced around. Seeing that almost all the trainers followed the instructions and took back their Pokémon, the corners of his mouth rose slightly and he couldn't suppress a smile on his face.

"Okay, then let's welcome our rock king, Mr. Spector!!"

The spotlight on the stage went dark for a moment, and everyone screamed and clapped, looking forward to a wonderful performance.

After only waiting for half a minute, the lights on the stage still didn't come on.

The enthusiasm of the audience was slowly wearing away, and the screams that were loud enough to overturn a ship's cabin were becoming quieter and quieter.

Just when doubts were about to erupt, the host's voice was heard again.

But this time his voice seemed muffled, as if someone was covering his mouth and nose.

But the audience didn't care about these little details and just listened attentively to what the host said.

"Dear audience, it seems that our king feels that the stage is not artistic enough, and the screams are not loud enough. He seems unwilling to go on stage..."

The host changed his low tone and raised his voice.

"However, we have already prepared excellent performance equipment for this purpose. Please be patient. If you find unusual smoke, don't panic. This is for the stage effect."

As soon as the words fell, dim purple lights lit up one by one, and fairy air like clouds and mist poured in from all directions and gathered at people's feet.

Many people raised their feet curiously and looked at this fairyland-like scene in admiration.

"Dry ice?"

Xiaoye murmured quietly, looking up at the stage where the purple was becoming increasingly intense, with a hint of impending storm.

"The Saint Annus really lives up to its reputation."

the other side

At this moment, Xiaozhi and the other two stood side by side with their heads touching, in tacit understanding.

"Why should I agree to help you cover it up?" Xiaoxia complained softly, and leaned to the left to cover the big yellow tail, "This way I can't watch the show."

"Hehe." Xiaozhi smiled awkwardly, his brain racing to think of ways to change the subject.

If I let Xiaoxia continue to dwell on this matter, I'm afraid I'll have to listen to her using this matter to hurt me every now and then for the whole month.

"By the way, did you guys have any candy?"

"sugar?"

Xiaogang took a step back and raised his hand to tell the lady who accidentally bumped into him not to worry about it.

The shorter lady covered her head tiredly, and couldn't help closing her eyes but forced herself to wake up the next moment.

Weird, why did I have to come to this music festival when I was so sleepy?

"Yeah, didn't you meet Lingyou?"

"No. Why, did you meet him?" Xiaoxia interrupted. "No, when did you become so close to Kitazawa? You call him by his name now?"

"Oh, that's not important." Xiaozhi shook his head repeatedly, "Xiaoye's good friends are my good friends, that's not the point."

Xiaozhi's eyes became blurry for a moment, and he returned to a few hours ago.

Xiaozhi, who came to the banquet hall with Pikachu, was about to step into the door when a hand grabbed his arm. When he turned around, he recognized that it was Kitazawa Reiyuu who had disappeared.

However, Kitazawa Reiyu's condition was terrible at the moment, with dark circles under his eyes, dry and flaky lips, and dull eyes...

Xiaozhi was frightened by the appearance of Kitazawa Lingyou. Just as he was about to ask, his eyes went dark and the next moment something rolled into his throat through his wide-open mouth.

"Pikapi!?"

"Cough, cough, cough—"

Xiaozhi took several deep breaths and swallowed a lot of saliva before he finally swallowed the round unknown object stuck in his throat.

"You gave me food..."

"Sugar pills."

Kitazawa Lingyou didn't explain too much, and simply said, "It's a free trial pack. I'll give you one to try."

Sugar pill?

After hearing this, Xiaozhi almost choked to death.

Good man, so you suddenly did this to me just to get a candy pill?

Or is it a trial set?

The most important thing is that I swallowed it directly without tasting it at all!!

Even a social bully like Xiaozhi didn't know what expression to change to at this moment. He opened his mouth but couldn't utter a word.

But Kitazawa Reisuke didn't seem to care about his opinion. He turned sideways to glance at the bustling banquet hall and asked.

"You'll all be here in a bit, won't you?"

"Well, if nothing unexpected happens." Xiaozhi continued the topic, "Me, Xiaoxia, Xiaoye and..."

"Okay, protect your Pokémon." Kitazawa Lingyou had already heard the answer he wanted, so he quickly interrupted and turned away.

However, when he was leaving, he glanced at Xiaozhi's waist intentionally or unintentionally with a meaningful look.

The only way out.

If everything goes well, you and I can escape from this vast sea.

The conditions for exchanging command with Shariya were not particularly harsh and were still within an acceptable range.

Kitazawa Reiyu ignored Xiaozhi's greeting and disappeared into the crowd without stopping.

Good night, take a nap.