There seems to be something wrong with these Pokémon

After a conditioned reflex, Musashi quickly turned around and grabbed Kojiro's shoulders and arms tightly. Meowth was half hanging on Kojiro's calves and screaming in fear.

"Fire! Fire! It's burning my fragile pads, meow!"

The weight of an adult man and a Pokémon would make even someone as strong as Musashi suffocate, with his entire waist almost touching the ground and veins bulging on his face.

Xiao Ye immediately withdrew his hand and touched his waist, staring at Ditto as it fell towards the sea of ​​fire as fast as a kite with a broken string.

Suddenly, his face changed and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

Ditto's Poké Ball... Why isn't it there?!

His eyes were filled with fear, his lips trembling uncontrollably, and he slapped his waist like crazy, but he still couldn't find the small Poké Ball that should have been between his index and middle fingers.

"Bulbasaur, Whip, go save Ditto!"

Xiaozhi knelt down beside Musashi with a clang, gritted his teeth, pulled Kojiro's other sleeve and shouted at the same time.

Xiao Ye raised his eyes in a daze, and when he saw the vines reaching out towards the sea of ​​fire like lightning, the memory hidden in an inconspicuous corner of his brain emerged before his eyes.

Because Ditto often has a fever and suffers from seasickness, not long after getting on the boat, Xiaoye took off all the Poké Balls and placed them beside the bed during a rest and fell asleep.

The next morning, Ditto, who had been running a high fever all night, still showed no signs of cooling down, so Xiao Ye didn't even have time to tidy himself up, and hurriedly carried Ditto out to seek help from the breeders.

But after running a few steps, a vine suddenly fell on his shoulder. Turning around, he saw that the vine snake was holding a Poké Ball in one hand and the other vine was holding two more.

Xiao Ye didn't think much about it at the time. He turned around, hugged Snake, took the Poké Ball and hurried away, ignoring the wrong number of Poké Balls.

Perhaps it was because Snake noticed the trainer's anxiety in the Poké Ball at that time, and it spontaneously ran out of the Poké Ball, picked up its own Poké Ball and the one next to it, then rolled up the remaining three and patted the trainer's shoulder.

However, it is not so easy for the soft vines to hold the round Poké Balls. It is estimated that when Xiaoye turned around to catch the Vine Snake, a Poké Ball wrapped in the vines quietly broke free and rolled to a corner of the room.

Xiao Ye lay on the side of the broken bridge with bloodshot eyes. He couldn't accept that Ditto had suffered this disaster because of his carelessness.

The moments of my time with Ditto flashed before my eyes, the sweetness of the fruit on my tongue, the soft touch of my cheeks, the blue sky in front of me...

Countless clips flashed before his eyes, and finally stopped in front of the familiar rock gym.

The Nibi Gym remains the same as when I first saw it, exuding the tenacity that is unique to rock.

The lights came on one by one, and when the last light came on, a dark shadow stood with its back to him.

"Calm down and remember what I said."

The shadow's low voice sounded in his ears. He looked up and turned quietly to look at the trainer who was sitting on the ground in a very embarrassed state.

Red hat, white gloves, big beard...

Still wearing the same attire that concealed her appearance, Xiaoye was muttering something.

"Takeshi...Uncle."

"Raise your spirit to resist the anxiety and helplessness that surrounds you. Panic is the worst enemy." Wu Neng crossed his arms and said solemnly, "Rock never cares about changes in the surrounding environment. Whether it is water, wind, fire, or electricity, it still stands firmly in place, facing the ever-changing environment with the most calm attitude."

“No problem is unsolvable. It’s just that you are blinded by panic and cannot see the path ahead that is always bright and clear for you.”

To everyone, everything Xiaoye experienced was just a moment.

Musashi and Satoshi were still pulling Kojiro with difficulty. Misty squatted beside them and hugged Musashi's waist tightly. Kitazawa Reisuke and Xiaogang's surprised expressions as they looked back remained unchanged.

Only Xiao Ye knelt beside the broken bridge, took a deep breath and closed his eyes.

The next moment, he quickly reached out, took out a Poké Ball with lightning speed and pressed it open at the same time.

"Squirtle, water gun to me!"

Xiaozhi was stunned and his hands lost strength.

Squirtle...?

Is it my Squirtle???

He turned his head to look in disbelief, but could only see Xiao Ye's profile. His naturally drooping hair covered half of his face, which naturally prevented Xiao Zhi from seeing how calm and crazy his eyes were at the moment.

“Wow! I’m going to fall!!”

Kojiro's exclamation brought back Xiaozhi's sanity. He quickly pulled Kojiro back and, trusting his childhood friend, shouted, "Listen to him, Squirtle!"

Countless drops of water fell on his body, and his white T-shirt was soaked and stuck to his thin upper body.

His hands, which were hanging naturally, moved slightly, and with a "click" sound, all the Poké Balls fell to the ground, and the backpack he had been carrying on his back also fell silently.

"Vine Snake, prepare to respond."

Teng Teng Snake was stunned, and before he could react, he felt his whole body lighten, and the next moment he ran into the arms of someone else.

It looked up and Kitazawa Lingyou's lower jaw fell into its eyes.

But at this moment, his muscles were tense, his face twitched uncontrollably, and he took several steps forward.

"Xiao Ye?!!"

As everyone exclaimed, Vine Snake turned its head to look, and at the same time, the uneasiness in its heart eroded it like a black fog.

Its amber eyes suddenly shrank, and it quickly propped itself up and used its vines to hook around the waist of Musashi, who was lying on the edge of the broken bridge, and pulled itself over.

But it was still a step too late. Xiaoye, who was originally standing by the broken bridge, had disappeared, and was replaced by a shadow that jumped into the sea of ​​fire.

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Xiaoye did not jump into the sea of ​​fire intentionally to seek death. The cool water sprayed on his body effectively relieved the heat brought by the flames.

The crackling sound of the fire and the thin smoke briefly blocked his search for Ditto, but fortunately he soon discovered a shadow directly below him.

He breathed a sigh of relief, raised his hand and pressed down a Poké Ball that he was holding tightly in his hand. At the moment when the white light flashed, he quickly changed his posture, opened his right hand and hugged Psyduck's short neck, and stretched his other hand down to try to reach Ditto that was not far away.

“Almost…almost!”

He gritted his teeth, his eyes were as bright as quenched fire, and the only thing in his eyes was the small ball of lavender Pokémon falling naturally.

It is still ten meters from the ground.

eight meters.

seven meters.

Five meters!

"Got you!"

Xiao Ye hugged the unconscious Ditto in his arms and shouted at the same time.

"Psyduck, use the most powerful water cannon! Aim at the empty space where there are no robots!"

Psyduck, who had been holding his breath for a long time, finally sprayed out the water cannon that he had stored for a long time after hearing Xiaoye's command.

The moment the water cannon touched the ground, the huge recoil force bounced them up a distance!

But it's still not enough!

Xiao Ye felt his body becoming heavy again and starting to fall, and he smiled helplessly.

Is it really still almost there?

"Thank you for your hard work, Kodakya."

But Pikachu trembled all over, and before he could even turn his head around, Xiaoye took it back. He could only see his determined eyes at the last moment.

"Vine snake, vine whip!"

As soon as he finished speaking, two green vines quickly passed through the wall of fire and appeared in front of Xiaoye.

Just when he was about to raise his hand to grab the vines of Snakehead to give it the Poké Balls of Ditto and Psyduck, the vines, which had always been well-behaved and obedient, slipped away from his palms and wrapped around his waist.

Xiaoye's expression changed, and anxiety appeared between his brows again.

"No! Your vines can't withstand the flames, they will..." be burned off!

Just as Xiaoye said, in just a short while the vines passed in by the vine snake had completely carbonized and turned black, and they would break quickly with just a small opportunity.

The burning flames gnawed at every nerve in the vine snake's body like a piercing pain.

Even though it tried its best to resist the pain that penetrated deep into its bones and did not let the vine shake at all, it still felt powerless, and the far end of the vine was slowly slipping away from its control!

The pain gradually disappeared, and the end of the vine no longer gave any response.

Maybe the vine has broken in the middle, maybe the trainer has already fallen into the sea of ​​fire, maybe everything he endured was in vain.

But...this is not a reason for it to give up!

The already narrow pupils of the vine snake shrank again, and countless leaves appeared out of thin air and surrounded its body. The vigorous vitality almost condensed into substance, and the emerald green light lingered around the small body of the vine snake.

After a moment, it roared towards the sky, and used all its strength to swing up the vines that had long been out of control as if it was lifting a thousand pounds.

As the vine snakes moved and visions appeared, the vines hidden under the sea of ​​fire and connected only by a small piece of tissue emitted a faint green light from the inside out, even penetrating the carbonized black skin!

Spring is approaching and everything is coming back to life.

In a blink of an eye, all the leaves wrapped around the vine snake fell down and touched the vine, blending into the vine like spring water, and rushing towards the end of the vine that had long been lifeless.

At this moment, the green light shining around the vine snake was replaced by dazzling white light.

The blazing light representing hope shone clearly into Xiaoye's eyes through the layer of fire. He hooked his fingertips and gently stroked the vines that had become smooth again, and murmured softly.

"evolution...?"

“This is evolution!”

At the same time, Xiaogang, who had seen a lot of the world, recognized the current state of Fujin Snake at a glance and shouted.

Is this true evolution?

The light that accompanies true evolution is bright but not dazzling, gentle but not manic.

Unlike the Pokémon in the Dead Leaf Forest whose evolution was influenced by machines, they could not feel the slightest joy even with the silvery-white light that was bright enough to illuminate the night, and the dazzling white light was enough to burn their eyes through their eyelids.

Soon after, as the silver-white light gradually dissipated, the "Vine Snake" appeared again in front of everyone.

Its body has become much longer, and the "little wings" next to its neck have also become much larger, now looking more like a collar-like structure. Two leaves have grown on its back, and its body color is still mainly green and cream.

No matter how hard the flames tried to persuade it, they could not stop the vines from breaking through the siege and returning to the earth with their trainer.

Xiaoye stopped in mid-air and only then realized the pain in his body.

He stared at the Pokémon standing upright beside the broken bridge, then smiled with his eyes squinting after a moment.

"Congratulations on growing up, Green Ivy Snake."