Pokemon Dawn

In the cold wind, the eyes of the boy and the girl met in the air, dispelling the chill of the snowy field.

——Although the girl's mood at this time was completely inappropriate.

Xiaoye felt that this might be the most embarrassing scene ever when meeting a friend.

Living in the cold polar ice field, Xiaotian had naturally put on winter clothes. The buttons of the white down jacket were fastened meticulously, and the scarf restrained the silver hair dancing in the wind. The red fire dragon beside him was majestic, and his movements when landing were light and steady.

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Looking back at myself——

No, Xiaoye no longer wants to "look back".

Gyarados, which had suffered a powerful electric shock, had just surfaced and was lying on the shore panting. Before Pichu could shake off the ice particles on his body, Charizard, who had just unleashed his strongest attack, looked a little tired.

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As for the trainer himself, he was in an extremely embarrassed state. His damaged coat had been soaked with ice water and clung to his body wetly, like a refugee who had fallen into the water.

All kinds of complicated emotions whizzed by, and Xiao Ye was stuck for a few seconds, and finally uttered a sentence that was beyond words.

"...Xiaotian, you have also deviated from the route."

The young man did not respond to this inappropriate remark. In fact, before Yan had landed, Xiaotian had already shown a look of astonishment - such a look was very rare to appear on Xiaotian's face.

He jumped off Yan's back.

"What happened?" Xiaotian frowned tightly. As he approached, he motioned to Yan to use hot air to keep warm.

He noticed the crystal blue sword in the girl's hand, and her expression became a little more serious.

"Is there an accident...? Well, thank you, Yan." Xiaoye dispersed the power of the waveguide that turned into a knife shape, and the detection extended to the limit range without slackening at all.

Xiaoye never expected that she would suddenly meet an acquaintance in a place like this. A moment ago, she was immersed in a life-threatening battle, and the unexpected turn gave Xiaoye a sudden sense of contrast.

"I just encountered a somewhat difficult enemy. Now I think he has left - otherwise I would not be interested in going for a winter swim in the lake." Xiaoye explained in a brisk tone, "So... uh, wait, wait.

one time!"

She quickly took a few steps back and said, "No, no, no, it will make your clothes wet."

"Is now the time to say such a thing?" The boy retorted categorically and put the down jacket he was wearing before forcefully on Xiaoye.

Being soaked wet in the ice and snow can be life-threatening. Xiaotian is very aware of this fact and does not think that Xiaoye knows nothing about it. Before landing, he clearly saw Xiaoye and her Pokémon back to back.

He was wary of something, not caring about his soaked clothes.

What kind of "troublesome enemy" did you encounter?

At this moment, Xiaotian was very glad that he had not missed the flames that rose into the sky a few minutes ago. He was also very glad that he had deviated from the original route due to an accident. He was almost sure that if he hadn't happened to meet him, Xiaoye would have been unexpectedly stubborn at some point.

His behavior is such that he will never reveal even a little bit about this matter.

Just thinking about such a possibility is depressing.

The two quickly found a cave by the lake and took a short rest. The first task was of course to dry their clothes. Fortunately, there were two fire dragons, so they only had to stand in the hot wind for a few minutes.

"Sorry for causing trouble to you." Xiaoye gave an apologetic smile to Xiaotian. The soft down jacket hugged her body tightly, carrying a little boy's body temperature, which effectively dissipated the chill. "I will wash the clothes.

I’ll give it back to you.”

This was really an embarrassing meeting. Appearing in front of Xiaotian like a drowned rat, and also damaging Xiaotian's down jacket, it was almost a shameful execution for Xiaoye who adhered to the principle of not causing trouble to others.

——Of course, although she felt very sorry, Xiaoye was still very happy to see Xiaotian here, and she was also full of gratitude for Xiaotian's help.

After all, Xiaotian is Xiaoye's closest friend since she came to this world.

"It doesn't matter. It's too foreign." And the "closest friend" couldn't be happy at all, and even wanted to sigh. After encountering a life crisis, do you still care about a piece of clothing?

"Let's not talk about this anymore. Xiaoye, what happened just now?"

"Well... let me start from the beginning."

While giving medicine to the badly electrocuted Gyarados, Xiaoye told the whole story of her encounter with the mysterious man.

She omitted the part about Shenling Mountain - the mountain itself turned out to be a giant rock monster a hundred meters high. That experience was so bizarre that Xiaoye hadn't thought about whether to tell her about it yet - directly from the story on the polar ice sheet.

Talking about meeting Snow Boy. She recounted all the information she knew from Snow Boy in detail, and talked about the fight in the ice crystal lake in one sentence.

——It’s not so much a fight as it is a one-sided beating. Even if such a scene is told, it will only add to the confusion.

"That's what happened." Xiaoye put the used wound medicine bottle back into her backpack and patted Gyarados's horns. "I'm sure that human being can't be a member of the Alliance expedition team. He might have entered illegally.

The land beyond. Let’s report this matter to Mr. Xinghai when we gather.”

Xiaotian nodded, his eyes staying on Xiaoye, "I understand. In other words, before I came, you and that person fought at the lake?"

"Well, although I have no idea why he came to attack." Xiaoye waved her hand casually, "But he left quickly, so don't worry about it."

After a few seconds of silence, the "closest friend" really sighed this time.

"What's wrong?"

"Xiaoye." Xiaotian stood up, "We are teammates on the same team now."

Xiaoye was stunned for a long time by this topic that was too jumping, and then she suddenly stood at attention, "Yes. Captain, what are your orders?"

"...That's not what I meant."

Xiaotian was completely helpless and pointed at Xiaoye's neck.

"Speak out when you encounter danger. There is no need to hide it from me. Since such scars are left, it means that the battle is not as simple as you said, right?"

In the battle against the artificial Phoenix King, Xiaotian has already fully seen how excellent Xiaoye's personal combat ability is. As a combatant, her overall strength is significantly higher than that of all her Pokémon. The knife that can pierce the heart of the Phoenix King

Her skills are already powerful enough, and her ability in speed is much higher than in attack.

Xiaotian could hardly imagine how powerful a human being could easily strangle her neck, leaving fingerprints, bruises and electric shock marks on her skin.

"...Eh?" When Xiaotian had already imagined a colorful theater-level battle scene, Xiaoye on the opposite side showed an expression of lost intelligence.

Scars?

In fact, the moment she fell into the ice crystal lake, the extreme cold eroded almost all of Xiaoye's senses, and even the pain caused by the electric shock became weaker. Xiaoye could not clearly feel which part of her body was left

The scars and the strong tingling sensation in the neck were ignored with ease, and it wasn't until Xiaotian reminded him that he suddenly noticed it.

Of course, half of the reason is that Xiaoye's pain-sensing nerves are not sharp enough.

"Uh... I'm sorry." Xiaoye felt a little embarrassed when her perfunctory words were exposed in person, and she stretched out her hand to touch her neck tentatively, "Is it that obvious? I don't feel much pain..."

"Don't touch." Xiaotian quickly grabbed Xiaoye's hand.

Now he began to wonder whether Xiaoye had taken a proper trauma treatment course.

Xiaoye, who had been embarrassed for three days, was finally suppressed by the captain and sat back in front of the bonfire. A thick bandage with wound medicine was neatly wrapped around her neck - although this made Xiaoye feel

I feel like a half-finished zombie.

This time she couldn't tell half the truth like before, so she had to describe the disgraceful battle process in detail - and quietly mourned the loss of her "reliable combat effectiveness" image.

And it happened to be embarrassing in front of the captain...

Xiaoye felt that she really needed to be mentally prepared to be expelled from the team. In a single battle with Pokémon, it would be really difficult for her to beat the other three people who had received elite education since childhood. If she even lost her advantageous position in personal combat ability

If so, her position in the team will become dispensable, right?

Unfortunately, the current situation did not allow her to talk nonsense anymore, unless Xiaoye wanted to use her mental preparation to be expelled immediately. This time, Xiaoye described the entire process of this very short battle in detail.

The mysterious man with the ability to control thunder and lightning is so powerful that Xiaoye cannot predict his level of strength. All he can give is a description of physical phenomena. His behavior is even more confusing, and he suddenly

Attacked and left without warning - coupled with his beast-like appearance, Xiaoye was not even sure whether he still had human sanity.

Seeing Xiaotian's frowning silence, Xiaoye added, "However, he has never appeared in my detection range since he left, and he probably won't come back."

Xiaotian nodded slightly, "To be on the safe side, let's leave this area first."

"good."

Seeing Xiao Ye neatly put Gyarados and Charizard back into the elf ball, Xiao Tian asked: "What are your plans next?"

"Find the Snow Boy first, and then go to its hometown, which should be not far from here." Xiaoye put on her backpack and turned back to smile at Xiaotian, "By the way, Xiaotian, do you want to go and see it together? If you are here, I will

I am more confident that I can help Snow Boy and the others."

The purpose of their coming to the other side is to gain experience, and this line of work will almost certainly involve them fighting against the crystal lantern spirits, which is the best opportunity for them to gain experience.

Besides——

Since he is his closest friend, if he continues to act like he hopes Xiaotian will stay away from this matter, he will definitely be scolded for being "too out-of-touch".

The seriousness between the silver-haired boy's brows relaxed and he nodded almost without thinking.

"good."

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Small theater:

Xiaoye: Well, Mr. System, why is Xiaotian's level suddenly lowered after entering the dungeon by mistake? I always feel that the hell dungeon is only open to me.

System prompt: This matter is a long story. As a visitor from another world, the player itself is an existence rejected by the origin of the current world. Everything born from the origin will invisibly form a confrontation with the player, causing the player's life to change.

The trajectory has a stronger downward trend, but the indigenous people will not have the same experience. Do you understand what I say?

Xiaoye: Isn’t it very capable...Isn’t there a simpler way to put it?

System prompt: Yes, because you are unlucky

Xiaoye:…………