Pokémon Heart Journey

In Pallet Town, at Xiaozhi's home, Xiaozhi, who just turned twelve this year, is packing his backpack. Today is the day Xiaozhi starts his journey, and you can see that Xiaozhi is in a very happy mood.

"Okay, that'll do."

Xiaozhi looked at his backpack with satisfaction. Then he heard his mother's voice, "Xiaozhi, come down and eat."

"Okay, I'll be right away."

On the dining table, Xiaozhi was devouring the food in front of him like a whirlwind, and next to him there was a yellow mouse who was eating a plate of Pokémon food covered with ketchup with relish. This yellow mouse was the Pokémon Pikachu, and was also the Pokémon partner that would be traveling with Xiaozhi next.

"Pikachu, we are about to set off on our journey. I am really looking forward to what kind of Pokémon we will encounter next."

"Pika Pikachu," Pikachu also waved his hands excitedly.

"First, we have to defeat the eight major gyms and get the gym badges. We also have to find the right number of partners, and then participate in the league competition together, and finally win."

"Pikachu~" Pikachu clenched his fist to indicate that he would definitely help Xiaozhi win.

When Hanako heard Satoshi say that he had to find the right number of partners first, a hint of apology flashed in her eyes. She knew how much Satoshi loved Pokémon, and he would do his best to get any he liked. But now he had to control the number. After all, Satoshi's family could only be considered a well-off family (from the outside it did seem so). Originally, based on the identities and salary levels of Hanako and Satoshi's father, Satoshi could definitely be considered a rich kid, but Satoshi's father was not around, and Hanako needed to raise her own and Satoshi's father's Pokémon. If she only raised a few ordinary Pokémon, there would be no problem at all, but the problem was that neither her own nor Satoshi's father's Pokémon could be called "ordinary" in terms of strength, and there were quite a few of them.

(The amount of nutrition a Pokémon needs is directly proportional to its own strength. As the Pokémon's own strength increases, the quality of the food it needs becomes higher, and the corresponding price becomes more expensive. This has nothing to do with quantity but is a matter of quality. For example: an elite-level Pikachu needs to eat a plate of ordinary Pokémon food a day, while a quasi-king-level Pikachu needs to eat a plate of intermediate or even advanced Pokémon food a day. If it still eats ordinary food, then Pikachu can indeed be full, but it will indeed cause malnutrition, which will indirectly lead to a certain gap in the individual values ​​of the same Pokémon at the same level, and will also have a certain impact on the future improvement of strength).

Of course, Hanako is not without solutions, but she would rather let Xiaozhi solve these problems himself.

Back to the topic, due to these reasons, the help that Hanako can give to Satoshi is very limited.

"I'm sorry, Xiaozhi. Mom can't help you much with these things. You will basically have to rely on yourself from now on." Hanako said to Xiaozhi with a little apology.

"Don't worry, Mom. I'm going to be the world's number one Pokémon Master. I will definitely find a way to solve this problem. Besides, Pikachu and the others will be traveling next. As a trainer of Pikachu and my future Pokémon, what kind of trainer would I be if I can't even solve the problem of their feeding?" Xiaozhi also realized that he had said something he shouldn't have said, so he immediately changed the subject and patted his chest to make a promise.

(Of course, Hanako did not tell Xiaozhi about herself and his father, so Xiaozhi actually did not know the situation of his own family. In Xiaozhi's impression, his family was a well-off family. His mother was once a trainer of unknown strength. She had traveled to many places with her father, whom she had never met, and had rich travel experience).

"My Xiaozhi has really grown up," Hanako stroked Xiaozhi's head with some affection.

"Time flies by so fast. It feels like I was just a kid playing around not long ago, but in the blink of an eye I'm about to go out and start my own journey."

Looking at the tenderness in his mother's eyes, Xiaozhi couldn't help but feel touched.

"Mom, don't worry, I will take good care of myself, and Pikachu is here."

"Pika Pikachu"

When Pikachu heard Xiaozhi mention him, he couldn't help but stand up and patted his chest, indicating that he would definitely take good care of Xiaozhi.

"Haha, when talking about Xiaopi, I have to say that Xiaozhi is really amazing. Our relationship was terrible when we first got Xiaopi."

When Ash and Pikachu heard Hanako mention this, they couldn't help but scratch their heads in embarrassment.

Pikachu was actually caught by Hanako in the forest outside Pallet Town a month ago. After all, there isn't any place like a research institute around Pallet Town that can distribute the three starter Pokémon, and most new trainers' initial Pokémon are common Pokémon like Rattata, Pidgeot, and Caterpillar. If you want to have the three starter Pokémon distributed by the official, you not only have to fight for the few spots, but you also have to have a certain background. This directly discourages most people.

Pikachu didn't like Ash at the beginning and often shocked him, which forced Ash to wear insulating gloves when he first got along with Pikachu. However, with his love for Pokémon and his unremitting efforts, Ash successfully made Pikachu recognize him, and the two successfully became good friends.

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At the door of the house, Hanako was telling Xiaozhi various things: "Eat well every day, you can't eat too much vegetables. Remember to wash your clothes every day, don't wear dirty clothes..."

"Okay, I get it, Mom." Facing his mother's admonition, Xiao Zhi could not help but respond with a wry smile.

"You are such a silly kid," Hanako then took out a red hat and put it on Xiaozhi's head.

Xiaozhi stroked his hat and said, "Then I'll be leaving first."

"Well, be careful on the road"

"Okay, I get it, let's go Pikachu"

"Pickup"

Pikachu ran outside following Xiaozhi.

"Oh, by the way, remember to call me every time you arrive in a city."

"Okay," Xiaozhi waved his hand.

Hanako watched her son walk away quietly, and only returned to the house when he was out of sight.

Xiaozhi ran to the road, his eyes looking into the distance, the warm sunshine shining on his sunny smile, he turned around and looked at Pallet Town, looking at the home he had lived in for twelve years, he couldn't help shouting: "Goodbye Pallet Town, I will definitely become the greatest Pokémon Master in the world--"

"P--ka--"

Pikachu also ran towards Xiaozhi and shouted excitedly.

After shouting, he and Pikachu continued running. The twelve-year-old and his Pokémon seemed to have endless energy. They were excited at the thought of countless adventures waiting for them ahead.