There seems to be something wrong with these Pokémon

"It's absolutely amazing, exactly as you said."

Xiaoxia jumped to Xiaoye and took the small Poké Ball in his hand with a smile.

"Musashi is not an honest man after all. Fortunately, we have something in reserve."

That's not it.

Xiaoye smiled and listened to Xiaoxia bragging about herself.

The look in Musashi's eyes, which she thought she had hidden well, had already been seen by Xiaoye.

The constant "rustling" sound must be Musashi's attempt to take advantage of Pikachu's interruption of the power supply to make some small movements to confuse their sight and hearing and facilitate his escape.

So just in case, Xiaoye pretended to be nothing and talked to Xiaozhi, but in fact he gently hooked his index finger and ring finger, and a round Poké Ball fell from Musashi's waist and was hidden in his palm.

"We can compliment each other later. Let's find a way to get out of here first."

The indifferent voice reached the ears of several people, making them shudder.

Looking back, I saw Kitazawa Lingyou pointing a flashlight at the cabin map hanging on the wall and exploring it.

The countless thoughts that were flooding in were disrupted by the laughter of several people, and he spoke in a moment of inexplicable irritation.

"It seems that you haven't realized the seriousness of the problem. The large-scale power outage in the cabin is likely due to a machine failure in the power room. If you waste any more time, you will only get lost in the deep sea."

The four silent people nodded obediently, walked lightly to Kitazawa Lingyou's side but did not dare to get too close, for fear of disturbing him.

Kitazawa Lingyou was feeling uneasy at this moment. The most likely reason for the large-scale power outage was that seawater had flowed back into the cabin and into the engine room. If the scalding hot large machinery came into contact with the seawater...

The consequences could be disastrous.

"We are now on the 14th floor, the banquet hall is on the 9th floor, and there is a bar elevator on the 8th floor. We can use the structure there to go down to the 5th floor, and finally pass through the power room to quickly reach the bottom of the ship."

Kitazawa Lingyou planned the most reasonable route, staring at the map embedded on the wall with a sharp gaze.

"Finally, use the power of Pokémon to burn a thin structure on the bottom of the ship, and use the abilities of water-type Pokémon to escape into the sea."

"But……"

Xiaoxia swallowed her saliva, half-hid herself behind Xiaogang and spoke softly.

I don't know why, but Kitazawa has become so strange since he woke up. He seems to have an indescribable feeling, which makes Xiaoxia shrink behind the broad shoulders of her travel companion.

"If we are at the bottom of the sea now, we may not be able to hold our breath for that long. Without sufficient oxygen, it will be difficult to leave even with the help of Pokémon...right?"

"No, it hasn't sunk to the bottom of the sea yet."

Kitazawa Lingyou held his chin with one hand, his eyes deep.

"If the St. Ann sinks to the bottom of the sea, the water pressure alone will instantly crush all the glass on the ship and cause a large amount of seawater to rush in."

Humans always have an inexplicable fear of the unknown deep sea.

The invisible fear that spread like an abyss penetrated the iron sheet and permeated everyone.

"Let's follow Lingyou's method first."

Xiaoye took off the collar around her neck, and the leather-like texture brushed against her fingertips.

Having said that, the objects that Ditto transforms into are becoming more and more bizarre recently. I really don’t know where it learned these accessories from.

Has the artistic atmosphere on the St. Annus influenced it and given it a lot of artistic cells that appreciate beauty?

"Ditto, transform into Charmander, okay?"

The sudden increase in weight made Xiao Ye stagger. The muscles in his arms tensed up and he used all his strength to catch Ditto.

The star-like fire from Ditto's tail made the dark corridor much brighter, and the few people finally didn't have to look at each other through the fluorescent light bulbs.

After being reminded by Xiaoye's action, Xiaozhi also remembered that there was such a trick, so he hurriedly took out Charmander's Poké Ball and released it.

The flames of the two little fire dragons finally illuminated this small area.

"Hey, Kitazawa, your arm...?"

Xiaoxia's voice made everyone focus their attention on the young man standing nearby.

Kitazawa Lingyou had rolled up the sleeves of his shirt at some point, and the purple bruises pierced Xiaoye's eyes like needles.

The protagonist of the topic slowly moved his eyes away and pulled his sleeves nonchalantly, "It's just a minor injury, let's leave here first."

After saying that, he took the lead and took a step forward. The trio behind him looked at each other.

One could tell there were thousands of words in their eyes, but before they could whisper to each other, Xiaoye, who had been standing in the middle of them, followed Kitazawa Lingyou and left.

"Hey, Xiaoye you..." Xiaoxia choked in the middle of her words.

She looked helplessly at his back, which seemed to have not heard him at all and did not even slow down his pace. She sighed, lowered her shoulders and followed the two people whose figures gradually blurred.

"Forget it, forget it. Just follow us. Anyway, Xiaoye is here, and Kitazawa won't harm us."

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Kitazawa Lingyou's steps are very regular and rhythmic, and every step he takes is as precise as if the distance had been calculated in advance.

Logically speaking, the footsteps should be neat and rhythmic, but there was some noise mixed in.

"..."

“Does it hurt…?”

Xiao Ye spoke to break the silence between the two. He half lowered his eyes and stared at the boy's heels.

It seemed as if this would allow me to see through him and understand everything he was hiding.

But it's all in vain.

"Fortunately, I feel nothing."

"Liar."

The clear voice was quickly followed by the slightly deep voice.

Silver-gray hair hits both sides of the cheeks, and the overly long bangs naturally hang down, casting a shadow, making it difficult to see the expression at the moment.

Xiao Ye slightly hugged Ditto who had transformed into Charmander, and all he could hear was Kitazawa Reiyuu's slightly hoarse voice.

Lingyou’s voice…how did it become like this?

Xiaoye was no stranger to this, as if the voice had been eroded by fire.

The same was true of his voice when he rested for a few days after coming out of the Dead Leaf Forest.

Like the call of Pikachu, dry and hoarse.

"The way you walk has subconsciously become a little distorted."

"It is normal for walking posture to change occasionally. After all, people are not machines..."

"Is it to prevent the injury to the waist and shoulders from causing further muscle damage?"

It was rare for Xiao Ye to be so aggressive. He interrupted Kitazawa Lingyou again and again, and his voice became higher and higher.

"I was sober once before Xiaozhi and the others found us."

"At that time, I thought the posture of you and me lying on the ground was very strange."

"Your open arms, your body pressing down on your thighs, your bruised arms..."

Xiao Ye paused, and the entire cabin suddenly became like a crack in the sea tens of thousands of meters deep.

Dead silence, yet extremely oppressive.

"I'm pretty sure that the last thing I remember was me in the banquet hall, watching the music festival with Xiaozhi and the others."

"What happened, Lingyou? Can you tell me?"

"..."

The small flame at Ditto's tail seemed to be getting weaker and weaker, and the circle of fire that was originally enough to illuminate a small area around the two of them was gradually shrinking, so that now Xiaoye couldn't even see Kitazawa Lingyou's expression.

The giant creature in the deep sea slowly opened its eyes and looked into the ship through the thin window.

It also seemed to want to spy on the secrets of one of them.

But after waiting for a long time, there was no sound, and the giant seemed to yawn impatiently.

The next moment, an ocean current appeared out of nowhere and slapped the fragile surface of the ship like a slap.

All the survivors in the cabin had no time to care about anything else and desperately grabbed any fixed objects around them to stabilize their center of gravity.

Xiaoye, who was wrapped in the scent of bitter bamboo, paused, protected Ditto with one hand while pulling the wall lamp embedded in the wall.

The violent shaking soon stopped, and the two people who had been hugging each other for a short time quickly separated, with slightly unnatural expressions on their faces.

"You..." Was it like this before?

"Run, meow!!!"

A scream like that of a cat being killed interrupted Xiao Ye's words, and the two of them turned their heads to look behind them.

In the dark passage, one could hear the sound of glass breaking under the weight. If one listened carefully, one could also hear the thumping sound of footsteps hitting the wooden boards.

"Team Rocket, are you guys responsible for this again?!"

"Don't spit bloody words at us, you little girl, we are victims too!"

"It's already this time, Pikachu, you still want to electrocute me, meow?! Forget it, I don't have time to deal with you, meow meow is running away first, meow!!"

Xiao Ye and the other person's breathing paused, and they understood what had happened in a short time.

Hearing Satoshi and Misty still yelling angrily in the distance, Xiaoye no longer cared about the embarrassment just now, and hurriedly handed the Ditto to Kitazawa Reiyou while yelling.

"Xiaozhi, run! The sea water is coming in!!"

On the other side, Kitazawa Lingyou took out Pidgeot's Poké Ball and let it find a passage while Rushan took over Ditto so that Xiaoye had free hands to take out the Poké Ball.

"Vine Snake, extend your vine whip and bring Xiaozhi and the others over here."

The little snake received the order and quickly stretched out its vines and flew in the direction of Xiaoye's finger like lightning.

Xiao Ye held the Fujito Snake with both hands and followed behind Kitazawa Lingyou who had already started running, running with gritted teeth.

Not long after, the Pidgeot that had been released long ago appeared in front of Xiaoye again.

It spread its wings wide and made a "gurgling" sound from its mouth.

The panting trio of Team Rocket were propped up on their knees, several meters away from Satoshi and his friends who were using the vines of Snakehead to catch up with them. Meowth raised his hand with difficulty to translate.

"It said it right above my head, meow."

Several people looked up and finally found the small stairwell with the help of the light provided by Charmander and Ditto.

After the ship flipped over, the stairwell that was originally located on the ground was turned upside down. Now it is high up on the ceiling, making it impossible for people to climb up.

Use the vines of Snake and Bulbasaur to climb up?

but…

Several people were as anxious as ants on a hot pan. The sound of water flowing behind them became stronger and stronger, ringing in everyone's ears like a mountain torrent.

It's too slow!

The vines of the two Pokémon simply cannot transport so many people in such a short period of time. Moreover, the height is almost vertical, and the Grass-type Pokémon has no place to secure itself after going up.

"Onix."

Kitazawa Reiyu's slightly low voice woke up several people.

As the owner of Onix, Brock immediately understood what Kitazawa Reiyuu meant and threw the Poké Ball.

The long rock snake stretched out its body and bit the door frame of the stairwell with its mouth, using its body as a bridge to create a path for the few people.

"Keep running, and lie on the slope of the stairs to increase friction as much as possible!"