There seems to be something wrong with these Pokémon

Kitazawa Reiyuu looked away after seeing Haxlon leave. Just as he took out dry clothes from his bag and looked up again, he saw a shadow cast down.

Xiao Ye stared at his chest with his eyes, like a wolf staring at its prey.

"......you?"

Kitazawa Lingyou opened his mouth, but suddenly closed it. The muscles in his waist were visibly tense, and his Adam's apple rolled up and down.

The boy, who had just lowered his head to look at him, lowered his waist again and leaned close to him.

At such an intimate distance, even the water drops hanging on each other's eyelashes seem so ambiguous, and the hot breath is so close.

Without waiting for this atmosphere to continue spreading, Xiao Ye quietly placed his fingertips on Kitazawa Lingyou's shoulders and lightly hooked them. A nearly transparent silk thread wrapped around his fingertips, causing the clothes stuck to his body to lose their shape and dragged upwards a little.

"Hey, is that... a necklace?"

Xiaoxia happened to see this scene when she came over, and a bright, reflective, blurry circle of light fell from Kitazawa Lingyou's collar.

"What a strange pattern! It looks a bit like a gear to me?"

Xiaoye's eyes were blank until the girl's footsteps stopped beside him. The sound, which was not loud, exploded in his ears like thunder, forcing him to return to reality immediately. He raised his eyes and met the gaze of Kitazawa Lingyou who was confused.

Xiao Ye saw her current appearance in his pupils, and uncontrollable eagerness overflowed from her eyes.

"Where... did this come from?"

"I bought it from a street vendor in Vermilion City because it looked unique." Kitazawa Lingyou said, but he could see the subtle disappointment on his face. "I felt that I had a good relationship with it at the time. If you want it, I can give it to you."

"No, that's not necessary." Xiao Ye pulled the corners of his mouth and forced a smile, "I was just asking out of curiosity. Just like Xiao Xia said, this style is really rare, so I couldn't help it."

After saying that, he shook his hands and tried to leave.

But at this moment, such a smooth silk thread seemed to have life and was wrapped around his fingertips. The sudden pull did not cause it to fall off, but instead moved Kitazawa Lingyou's neck irresistibly one inch closer to Xiaoye.

"...Feel sorry."

Xiao Ye whispered, then used both hands to finally untie the silk thread that was inexplicably tangled into a ball. He walked alone to the other end of the float, put the bag on his back in front of his chest, and sat down, not knowing what he was thinking about.

A lavender tentacle silently stretched out from the unclosed zipper hole, but quickly fell back into the backpack.

"Get some rest, Ditto. You still have a fever."

Xiaoye hugged the backpack tightly for a moment and continued to stare blankly at the sun that was about to set into the sea.

Calling... Attracting...

Help...?

Xiao Ye didn't dare to confirm what kind of emotion suddenly appeared when he unconsciously glanced at the pendant on Kitazawa Lingyou's chest.

But he was sure of one thing, this emotion was the same as the one he had when he first saw the gem in the Nibi Science Museum, only it was richer and fuller.

Everything that happened next became hazy in his memory. The only clear scene was the moment when he hooked the silk thread. Familiar yet unfamiliar scenes flashed before his eyes.

One

In front of the hospital bed, a young child was lying on the bed sobbing, his small index finger hooked on the thin finger of the woman on the couch, which was almost skinny.

The woman was half-sitting on the bed, leaning against the wall with a pillow at her waist, switching repeatedly between scarlet and darkness.

Her eyes were empty and she opened her mouth to say something, but only a faint breathing sound could be heard.

The woman's cloudy eyes were filled with mist. She turned her head to stare at the thin figure who was bending over with his back to her not far away.

"There must be a way, there must be a way!" The man's voice was hoarse and paranoid, and there were piles of ancient books and materials thrown around randomly.

Thick glasses hung on the bridge of his nose, as if they would fall off with a slight movement; dark circles and thick eye bags, a few white hairs mixed in with the black hair; stubble that had not been trimmed for a long time, greasy hair stuck to his cheeks...

"Why should you bear the disaster of Odomare?!"

The man's hands were shaking, and he viciously threw the last book in his hands to the ground.

After a moment, he slid to the ground helplessly, covering his face with his hands. The suppressed cry could no longer be hidden.

"They took the gems and caused a drastic change in the environment of Odomare!" The man bent his legs and arched them, whispering, "Why doesn't the guardian god punish the evildoers? Instead, he draws the vitality from your body as a punishment!"

"This is a mark buried in your blood. I can't find a way to remove it!" The man cried and laughed. "It's ridiculous, isn't it? You and I are Pokémon researchers, but we can't do anything about the curse planted by Pokémon."

Second

In the cold and simple room, two children were lying on the bed together.

"Can you please not go? You're the only one here to play with me..." One of the black-haired children murmured in a low voice, "Every time you leave, you're gone for several days. I don't want to stay alone in this prison-like cell."

"Uncle Fuji said that this 'help' will soon be over." The other boy stretched out his little hand to wipe away the tears on the other's tender face and continued to smile, "Besides, 'shaped like a prison cell' is just my first impression and description of this place. Hasn't this always been 'home' to you?"

"It's not home anymore." The black-haired boy turned away angrily. "You go to Fuji when he says something. Every time I go to you, I have to go through a bunch of people's approval."

"You obviously prefer that stinky old man Fuji."

"No, why do you think so?" The other boy stood up and turned in front of the black-haired boy. Looking at his angry expression, he explained seriously, "What Uncle Fuji did is a great thing. Although I don't quite understand it, my father always told me to cooperate with Uncle Fuji's research."

"Only in this way can my mother come back. Then I can introduce you to her and tell her that I have made a best friend."

The boy looked at the black-haired boy's obviously angry face, hesitated for a moment, then raised his hands to the back of his neck, took out something cold and handed it to the black-haired boy.

"This is something my mother left for me. Please keep it for me first. Consider it as... a pact between us!"

"This time, I promise to come back within a week, and then we can sneak out together, and I'll introduce you to some new friends!"

"...New friends?"

"Yeah." The boy nodded, leaned over to the black-haired boy's ear, and whispered, "Uncle Fuji told me not to tell anyone else, but I don't think you are someone else."

"One of them is Uncle Fuji's daughter. Her name is Xiao Ai."

Third

The dazzling incandescent lights cast circles of light everywhere, and the halos fell on the fully armed people in white coats around them, making people feel as if there was a layer of fog, hazy and unreal.

Although they all wear similar white coats, the interests and madness in the eyes of this group of people are completely different from those of the doctors who treat and save lives, and they can be easily divided.

One of the men with a goatee had veins bulging on the side of his neck. He pointed at an electronic device that looked like a circle and shouted something.

In the center surrounded by people there are many densely packed tubes.

They all have only one end, and they are all inserted into the body of a Pokémon through a special glass cover.

The Pokémon tilted its head back in pain, its eyes glowing slightly white.

The moment Xiaoye cast his gaze towards it, it seemed to sense something and raised its head to look at him, with surprise in its eyes.

Such a real scene made Xiaoye feel palpitations at the moment.

It was just that he was just awakened by Xiaoxia at that time. When the illusion in front of him shattered and disappeared, Xiaoye saw the loss and helplessness in the eyes of that Pokémon.

It was as if the long-awaited rescue had mercilessly left you, and the so-called salvation was just your wishful thinking.

----

Before long, all the Pokémon that everyone had released to search for humans returned.

Under everyone's expectant gaze, only the Pokémon shook their heads regretfully.

Although it can be said that there was no gain, Xiaoxia was particularly dissatisfied with the "human traces" that Squirtle brought back.

"I'm really lucky to meet you guys like this."

The three members of Team Rocket turned pale and closed their eyes, not bothering to pay attention to this troublesome girl.

Instead of wasting energy on bickering, it is better to have a good sleep and restore your energy.

So with the Rockets' deliberate neglect, everyone spent a relatively peaceful night.

The next morning, Kojiro, who had finally recovered to full health, felt that the "30,000 yuan" was useless. He said a lot of hurtful words to Magikarp and kicked it into the sea.

But under extreme humiliation, Magikarp was led by his furious emotions and evolved into Gyarados!

Gyarados stared at his "former trainer" and watched him kneel on the ground and confess that he had deceived him.

It just snorted, and the "former trainer"'s legs went limp and he fell onto the float and never got up again.

Was the so-called apology also forced?

Gyarados roared in rage and summoned a bunch of companions, and together with them, he used "Dragon's Fury" to teach his former trainer a lesson.

In an instant, the sky and the earth changed color, lightning flashed, thunder roared, and dark clouds gathered!

One after another, tornadoes blew up from the calm sea surface, sweeping everyone in!

Its daybreak.

The sea surface returned to calm again, the Gyarados exhaled from their noses and dived back into the sea.