Pokémon: Pikachu Bonds

"It seems that our situations are similar. We both encountered wild Pokémon by chance and set our life goals based on them." Jack sighed.

"Mana~Mana~" Manaphy, who had slept enough, came to Xiaozhi and motioned him to accompany her to play in the sea.

Upon seeing this, Xiaozhi changed into swimming trunks and immediately jumped directly from the deck into the sea with Pikachu.

"Mana~" Upon seeing this, Manaphy happily jumped into the sea and played with Xiaozhi.

"Xiaoxia, can we talk for a moment?" Jack called out to Xiaoxia who was about to accompany Manaphy.

"No problem~" Xiaoxia nodded, and then followed Jack to somewhere.

"Xiao Misty hopes that you can keep your distance from Manaphy. After all, he is the prince of the sea. Once you arrive at the Temple of the Sea, he will become the leader of the Pokémon there. He can't be with you forever, Xiao Misty. I hope you can consider it from Manaphy's perspective." Jack said straight to the point.

Although it may be cruel to say this, Jack doesn't want Manaphy and Xiaoxia to be too close. After all, Manaphy has her own responsibilities and they will be separated sooner or later.

At the same time, Jack didn't want Manaphy to give up her duties because of her feelings for Xiaoxia. Although the probability of this happening was very low, it's better to be safe than sorry...

"I understand~" Xiaoxia felt a little unhappy, but she suppressed her inner unhappiness, turned around and left, hiding in an empty corner, holding her head and crying.

Although I can understand Jack's feelings, but understanding is understanding, Xiaoxia can't help but feel sad and tears can't help falling when she thinks about parting with Manaphy in the future...

.......

A few hundred meters away from the Haihu Reef, there was a huge submarine following closely behind...

"Those guys don't seem to have noticed that we are following them." Kizu told Captain Ghost the details while locking onto the other party's ship.

"You did a great job. Don't let them find you before you reach the temple, and don't take any action." The ghost captain warned.

"Don't do it," repeated the Chatterbox.

"Yes, sir!" Jizu said.

.......

Behind the Ghost Pirates' submarine, a Magikarp submarine is chasing closely behind it, and through monitoring means, it learns about the Ghost Pirates' every move...

"It seems like we are getting closer and closer to the Temple of the Sea, meow." Meow Meow said excitedly.

"That's right~ The smell of the treasure is getting stronger and stronger. Maybe we can make a fortune from it." Musashi said excitedly.

"Everything is under control." Kojiro was reading a book of Thirty-Six Stratagems in his hand.

.......

At night, the Sea Lake Reef was docked near a small island...

Manaphy sat on a rock not far from the island, looking up at the bright moon in the sky and singing a beautiful song. At the same time, a large number of water Pokémon were attracted by the song and gathered around Manaphy to listen to it...

Xiaoxia stood in a corner of the deck listening to Manaphy's singing, and sighed in her heart: "As expected of the Prince of the Sea, a song can attract so many water-attribute Pokémon..."

"Xiaoxia, I want you to accept this." Guangmei suddenly came to Xiaoxia and gave her the bracelet representing the Water People.

Xiaoxia was stunned for a moment, then she took the bracelet from Guangmei and said gratefully: "Thank you very much!"

........

The next morning...

"It's time to eat, Manaphy!" Xiaozhi shouted towards the sea while holding the Pokémon food.

"Mana~" Mana Fei broke out of the water upon hearing this and quickly jumped onto the deck. At the same time, she found that Xiaoxia was not there, so she quickly looked around for her...

When Xiaozhi saw this, he realized that Manaphy was looking for Xiaoxia, but when he thought about what Jack said to Xiaoxia that he had overheard before, he could only sigh helplessly.

Then Xiaozhi released the stinky mud to accompany Manaphy in order to divert Manaphy's attention...

With Coal's company, Manaphy temporarily forgot to look for Xiaoxia, and the nanny bug used leaves to weave a green dress for it...

Xiaoxia hid in the corner and watched Manaphy playing happily, revealing a faint smile. Suddenly, a strong wind blew in the sky, blowing Xiaoxia's hair flower to the sea...

"Mana?" The Haihujiao, who was playing with the coal turtles, suddenly found that Xiaoxia's hair was blown to the sea surface by the wind, and it happened to fall on the body of the sun coral...

"Sandy~" Sun Coral didn't notice the hairpin falling on his body, but dived into the sea and swam towards the deep sea...

"Mana~" Manaphy also dived into the sea upon seeing this, and swam towards the direction of the sun coral, but was suddenly blocked by a group of loving fish passing by. After the loving fish left, Manaphy found that he was a long way away from the sun coral...

"Shan Ni~" The hair flower on the sun coral was accidentally hooked by a passing ancient coelacanth while avoiding the passing fish school...

"Mana~" Manaphy, who was chasing behind, didn't know about this, so he just kept chasing the sun coral...

......

Xiaozhi came to everyone anxiously and said: "I don't know why Manaphy hasn't come back yet."

"Haven't you come back yet? Then let's hurry up and find Manaphy. After all, there is a total lunar eclipse tonight, and we must not miss this opportunity." Kai reminded.

"Then don't waste time, go and get Manaphy back immediately." Sipu urged.

"I understand~" Guangmei nodded, and then led Xiaozhi and his group on a submarine, preparing to use the submarine to search for Manaphy...

The Ghost Pirates know all of Xiaozhi and his group's actions. The Ghost Captain mistakenly believes that Xiaozhi and his group have found the location of the Sea Temple, so he drives a submarine alone to track Xiaozhi and his group. Team Rocket will not miss this golden opportunity either...

.......

"Mana~" After going through untold hardships, Manafei finally found the head flower hanging on the corner of the iron shell. She then carefully took it off and held it in her arms.