Pokémon: Pikachu Bonds

Xiaozhi and his group set their sights on Yingxue City, the location of the next gym, and walked on the road in the wilderness...

"There is a famous attraction not far from here - Magikarp Waterfall. Do you want to go and see it?" Serena suggested.

"We must go! We must go! This is a rare sight." Xiaoxia said excitedly.

"Although I don't want to disturb your interest, but looking at the weather today, I think we can't go. It will probably rain heavily soon." Xiaogang interrupted.

"Eh? Then we have to find a place to hide from the rain quickly, otherwise we will be soaked like a drowned rat." Xiaoxia frowned. After all, she didn't want to be soaked like a drowned rat.

"Look...there's a hotel ahead!" Xiaozhi said, pointing not far away.

Xiaoxia and the others looked in the direction of Xiaozhizi...and sure enough, there was a hotel not far away.

"That's great! This way we can not only avoid the heavy rain, but also take a hot bath." Serena said with a smile.

"Then let's speed up and get to the hotel before it rains!" Xiaozhi suggested.

"Pickup!"

"Okay~"＊3, Xiaogang and the others nodded, then quickened their pace and ran towards the hotel.

Boom!

Just when Xiaozhi and others arrived at the hotel, it started to rain heavily.

"Fortunately we ran fast, otherwise we would have been soaked like a drowned rat!" Xiaogang said thankfully.

"Let's go in and find a place to take a shower. We have been camping in the wild these days and are all dirty." Serena urged.

"That's true." Xiaoxia agreed, and then everyone went into the hotel together.

But what caught everyone's eyes was a shabby hall with broken items everywhere, which looked like it had been abandoned for a long time...

"Is this really a hotel? Could it be another haunted house?" Xiaoxia said fearfully. After all, the haunted house incident some time ago was still fresh in her memory.

"It shouldn't be a haunted house. Look, there are still people there." Xiaozhi said, pointing to the front desk not far away.

Everyone looked in the direction Xiaozhi pointed...and saw an old man bending over and sorting things at the front desk not far away.

"As long as it's not a haunted house!" Xiaoxia breathed a sigh of relief.

"Excuse me, are there any rooms here?" Xiaozhi quickly stepped forward and asked.

"Ah? It's guests!" The uncle was stunned for a few seconds, then quickly reacted and said, "Yes, I'll take you to the room now!"

"Uncle, thank you for your help!" Xiaozhi said politely.

"Come with me, everyone." The uncle led Xiaozhi and others towards a certain direction.

Suddenly the light on the wall flashed twice.

"Rotom?" the uncle asked in surprise.

"Ah? Uncle, what were you talking about just now?" Xiaozhi and others asked in confusion.

"It's okay, don't worry about it." The uncle said hurriedly.

Xiaozhi's people looked at each other in confusion when they heard this. Judging from the uncle's reaction, it was definitely that the uncle was hiding something from them. However, they were only here to stay in the hotel and had no intention of getting to the bottom of it.

"Uncle, who is in this photo?" Xiaoxia asked, pointing at the photo hanging on the wall. The photo was a picture of a middle-aged man and a gangster crocodile.

"This photo was taken... when this hotel opened," the uncle explained.

"Is the man in the photo the owner of this hotel?" Xiaogang asked curiously.

"Okay, you look tired and exhausted. I guess you haven't taken a shower for a long time. Go to your room and take a shower." The uncle did not directly answer Xiaogang's question.

"Okay~" Xiaozhi and others nodded and followed the uncle.

"Here is the key. You guys just rest here." After opening the door, the uncle handed the key to Xiaogang and then turned and left.

After Xiaogang put the key away, he took the handle and opened the door... He saw four large beds in the room, as well as a TV, refrigerator and other electrical appliances.

"How about we have a Pokémon battle before you take a shower? I want to try out some new moves I created," Xiaozhi suggested.

"That's no problem, but it's raining heavily outside and there's no place to fight." Xiaogang replied.

"Isn't the man in the photo hanging on the wall the one taken at the Pokémon Battle Arena?" Xiaozhi said.

"It seems so!" After being reminded by Xiaozhi, everyone remembered that they did see the Pokémon battle scene when they looked at the photo just now.

"As expected of Satoshi, he's particularly concerned about Pokémon battles." Brock said with a smile.

"I remember there is a map of the hotel distribution on the wall outside. Let's go find a Pokémon battle site." Serena unconditionally supported Xiaozhi.

"That's fine~ I haven't fought against Xiaozhi in a long time. Anyway, I might as well have a fight with Xiaozhi when I have nothing to do." Xiaogang agreed.

Then Xiaozhi and the others turned around and left the room, and the moment they turned around, a current of electricity came out of the trash can.

.........

"Let me see..." Xiaogang carefully looked for the location of the competition venue on the hotel distribution map.

"Found it...the competition venue is at the end of this corridor." Xiaogang quickly found the location.

"Then let's hurry over there!" Xiaozhi hurriedly ran towards the end of the corridor.

"Really? The competition venue isn't going to run away, Xiaozhi, don't be so anxious." Xiaoxia said helplessly, but she and Xiaogang and others chased in the direction of Xiaozhi.

What everyone didn't notice was that the lights in the corridor suddenly flickered, as if some unknown creature was following Xiaozhi and the others.

"Yoshi! Let's start the battle!" Xiaozhi pushed open the door with a smile on his face.

What caught everyone's eyes was a huge Pokémon battle field, and there were two trainers driving Pokémon to fight on the field, and there were also several trainers watching nearby.

"Fighting! Fighting!" Xiaozhi said excitedly.

zizi~

A flash of lightning flashed under Xiaozhi's feet...

"Rogue Panda uses Bullet Punch!"

"Cool Fork!" The rogue panda rushed towards the rogue crocodile while waving his fist covered with a metallic luster.

"Rogue Croc uses Dig!"

"Beru~" The rogue crocodile waved his claws, quickly dug into the ground and drilled in, avoiding the attack of the rogue panda.

"Cool fork!" The rogue panda stopped immediately upon seeing this and looked around vigilantly to prevent a sneak attack from the rogue crocodile.

"Beru!" The rogue crocodile broke out from under the rogue panda and punched the opponent in the chin, knocking him away.

"Rogue Panda uses Freeze Punch!"

"Cool cross!" The rogue panda somersaulted in the air and landed steadily on the ground. Then he bent his legs slightly and rushed towards the rogue crocodile like a cannonball, waving his fists covered by the cold wind.

"Rogue Crocodile uses Sand Throw!"

"Beru!" The rogue crocodile grabbed a handful of sand and threw it over, accurately hitting the rogue panda's eyes.