It all starts with helping Pokémon

Chapter 28 Take the caught doll home

Author: It’s a fox, not a cat

Chapter 28 Take the caught doll home

In the business district, rows of umbrellas passed by each other, but the person holding them below didn’t know what he saw, so he took the initiative to get out of the way.

Hoshino was walking among them with the Motorized Lizard. He was now covered in blood-stained bandages, one eye was blocked, and the iconic windshield hanging around his neck was cracked.

Although it looks very cool, under this weather and environment, it looks very scary. Halloween is obviously over...

"Even if the battle damage is limited...daily check-ins must not be missed!"

Hoshino also had his own persistence. Even though the injury this time was more serious than last time, he still ran out of the hospital tenaciously. Of course, it was not because the wards there were charged by the hour.

But these are not the main reasons. More than ten minutes ago, when he was eating in the hospital, he suddenly received a message from the owner of the claw machine shop.

He said that someone had pried open the machine and stolen the Gengar doll when no one was around, so he ran over in a hurry without taking off the bandage.

"Have those brats finally taken action?"

Without even thinking about it, Hoshino knew that it must be those guys who did it. He paid attention to it every day when he went to work, and it was a shame that he could endure it for half a month.

I came to the store with Motor Lizard. It was still a long time before it closed, but there were no customers anymore. Only a few employees responsible for maintenance were doing daily inspections and getting ready to get off work.

After seeing his sudden arrival, these people were also startled. Hoshino ignored it, put the umbrella at the door, and went to the machine to take a look. Sure enough, the Gengar doll was gone, and there was another one next to it.

Traces of being pried open.

"Mo Lizard!"

Motorized Lizard pointed at the surveillance camera not far away and asked him to go over and take a look. Hoshino nodded and walked directly towards the front desk.

The young lady at the front desk was feeding her cute little duck Tiantian, and was about to clean up before going home from get off work. When he suddenly appeared, she was startled and almost knocked over the Tiantian jar.

"Then...check the surveillance, thank you."

"Yes, yes..."

Hoshino was really frightened. He quickly looked at the surveillance during this period. Although due to the angle, he could not see who had pried it off.

But ten minutes before the incident, a child ran into the store and did not leave until after the incident. Moreover, this child looked familiar.

It was the little kid who was clamoring that there was something wrong with the machine half a month ago. Hoshino would see this guy acting like a dog every three days and he didn't know why.

It seemed that he had already planned it and was waiting to do it secretly when he was not around.

"I left 21 minutes ago. It's been a long time, but I didn't bring an umbrella with me. I can't run far. Let's go. How can the things I protect be stolen by such a brat?"

"Mo Lizard!"

They hadn't caught that Gengar doll for half a month, and now it was stolen. It's simply unforgivable. I will punish him three times! Three times!

Hoshino took it directly out, and then a map of the entire business district appeared in front of his eyes. The camera at the door captured which way the other party left, so just keep looking for it from here!

At the same time, in an alley outside the shopping mall, several children seemed to have encountered something very scary and ran out screaming.

A pink Gengar doll was thrown into a puddle as these guys fled in panic.

The rain continued to drip rapidly from the hazy night sky, hitting the Gengar doll, and the water level in the puddle gradually increased.

After the doll got wet and soaked in water, the cute girly pink on the body was gradually dyed gray, absorbing the rainwater, the body weight increased, and it could not even turn over.

It turned its body sideways, its eyes emitting a faint red light, and looked at the fleeing children in the distance in a hazy state...

I don’t know how much time passed, but at a street corner on the other side of the business district, Hoshino finally caught the kid who stole the doll.

Half a minute ago, he saw these guys running around in the rain, and with quick eyesight and quick hands, he directly picked someone out from among these guys.

"You bully a child, you are shameless!"

"If I want my face, I can't be here. I stole the things I stole from the store. Hand them over!"

The motorcycle lizard helped hold the umbrella, but also stood aside with an unhappy expression. How could it be happy in this situation?

"What are you stealing! Where did I get the doll? You are slandering my innocence for no reason. You are still a trainer. I want to sue Miss Junsha!"

Seeing that this brat was still being arrogant, Hoshino stopped talking nonsense to him and directly grabbed the other person's ears, curled his lips and said coldly: "Ah? Why don't you come back with me to watch the surveillance? Or call me your parents!"

"

"Whoa, whoa, whoa! I'm hitting someone!"

The pain from his ears made the kid burst into tears instantly, but Hoshino caught a glimpse of the little genius phone watch on his wrist, so he took it off directly, and then raised the corners of his lips slightly.

Seeing this scene, the kid became quiet instantly, became anxious, and reached out to grab it.

But how could such a thin guy be compared to Hoshino's battle of wits and courage with Pokémon, in exchange for the limit of battle damage!

He held the other party down with one hand, then pressed the speed dial on his watch. After a few buzzes, the call was answered.

"Hello? Son, why haven't you come back for dinner at such a late hour? Your mother bought you your favorite Da Zui Ba Zai today. Come back quickly."

Hearing his father's voice, the kid looked panicked and shouted quickly: "I said it, I said it! I left that haunted doll in the alley outside the shopping mall. Please don't call my dad over!"

"Haunted doll?" Hoshino was slightly startled.

"Yes, its eyes will glow..."

"..."

He thought for a moment, and then said calmly to the watch: "Your account is almost exhausted. If you can't save it, just open a new one."

"Who are you! Where is my son!"

Hoshino ignored the other party's scolding. After letting go of the kid, he threw the watch back, and then left with the Motorized Lizard. As for what will happen next, it doesn't matter...

The night gradually deepens, the rain continues to wash away the surface, and the number of pedestrians on the street further decreases. However, reflected in the neon lights of Hauale City, the entire city shows a different kind of beauty.

In a dark and gloomy deserted alley, the Gengar doll lay on its side in a puddle that covered half of its body, letting the heavy rain devastate itself.

It was still holding its belly, with that naughty smile on its face, its eyes emitting a faint red light, looking at the humans walking freely in the distance under the neon lights, and then a drop of rain slipped from the corner of its eye...

But at the next moment, as if with tears in his eyes, two figures seemed to be approaching quickly, and at the same time, there were happy voices.

"Found it, found it."

"Mo Lizard~"

"That kid didn't tell me the specifics, so I could only follow the bright spots and look around."

Hoshino picked up the cold Gengar doll from the puddle. He didn't care whether it was dirty or not, and just held it in his arms. He whispered with some concern: "It's completely soaked. It needs to be dried properly."

It seems like this little skirt can be taken off..."

"Gengar..."

Looking at the familiar face of the person holding him, the Gengar doll's eyes brightened a little, as if he was about to cry.

"Why are you crying? You should be laughing at this time." Hoshino pinched the water on the Gengar doll, looked at its glowing eyes, and asked curiously: "So are you really a Pokémon?"

"Gengar~"

"No wonder, so why do you stay there when there's no other place to go?"

"Gengar..."

"Yeah……"

Hoshino could roughly understand what it meant, and then asked with a smile: "Do you want to go to my house? Although the space is not very big, it is no problem to live in it, and you can go downstairs to visit at any time."

"Gengar..."

After a long time, Gengar responded with such a sound. His voice was a little low, obviously rejecting the kindness. Hoshino looked at its mischievous smile that had remained unchanged for thousands of years and already understood its meaning.

"Mo Lizard..."

"Okay, let's go back to the store. Since it is a stolen doll, it must be put back in its original place. This is our job."

Hoshino held the Gengar doll in both hands and walked towards the claw machine shop with the help of Motorized Lizard holding an umbrella. Although it took a long time, fortunately the shop was not completely closed yet and the boss was still inside.

Arriving in front of the tampered machine, he wrung out all the water from the Gengar doll, put it back in, and looked at each other through the glass again.

"Mo Lizard..."

The motorcycle lizard lay on the glass and looked at the dolls inside. It didn't understand the intention. It wanted to break the glass and take out the dolls.

But at this time, Hoshino, who had quietly left for a trip, returned here. He sat in front of the machine as always, put in the two coins he had just exchanged, and started operating it with a serious expression.

The hook and claw still caught the Gengar doll so easily, but this time it caught it very steadily, and the other party did not cause trouble again.

Watching the hook slowly move to the top of the exit, he let go. When the doll fell out, it seemed that he could still hear the happy cry...

Hoshino will finally achieve his goal for more than half a month and break through the upper limit.

He held the Gengar doll in his arms again, stroked it gently, and said with a smile: "Since it is a doll you like, you must catch it yourself and take it home, right~"

"Mo Lizard~"

"Let's go home together!"

"Gengar~"

The naughty smile on Gengar's face seemed to be truly happy at this moment...

(End of chapter)