Pokemon Dawn

"Kuai Long, Dragon Wave!"

The awe-inspiring voice of the sea of ​​​​stars pierced through the sound of rain, and blue dragon flames ignited all over the mountains and plains, like a cage of flames, trapping the three water monsters in the center, and they could only continue to emit harsh whines.

The glow that surrounded Xiaoye had long since dissipated. Xiaoye should have been happy to see the powerful first-level investigator turning the tide.

But... now she just wants to become a mushroom in the cracks of the rocks.

Xinghai is a waveguide messenger. If he arrived after noticing the movement from the ruins, then his waveguide detection should have locked onto this area long ago.

And the lines she yelled out in order to attract the attention of the Water Monster, such as "Come on, knock me down"... I'm afraid they were all heard word for word. When she thought of this, Xiaoye felt...

The only way she could survive was to immediately hit her head on the ground to make herself forget the memories of tonight.

Looking at the endless flames on the horizon, the girl's eyes were filled with despair and a desire to die, even though her life was in danger.

At this time, the sea of ​​​​stars flying in the night sky together with Kuailong had already forced the three unknown foreign objects into a desperate situation. The crystal blue, which had the same power as Xiaoye but was as powerful as a god, was pressing forward step by step, shining bows and arrows.

Breaking the sky, piercing the enemy one after another.

Obviously, they are powerful enemies that are difficult to defeat even at the risk of their lives in Xiaoye's opinion, but to Xinghai they are just insignificant little characters.

Although she had just experienced a desperate crisis, and even almost died under the claws of the strongest defense mechanism in the ruins, Xiaoye is best at staying calm even though she is half-dead, and it is no problem to hold a complaint meeting in the middle. The light pattern of the altar under her feet is still there

With flickering lights, Xiaoye took a few steps forward, wanting to see clearly the battle process in Xinghai.

Before she had gone far, Xiaoye felt her arm being pulled. Xiaoye, who had temporarily lost her ability to detect, immediately turned around, and was relieved when she saw a familiar silver-haired person, "Xiaotian?"

The rainy night was too dark, and Xiaoye couldn't see the expression of the young man behind her. She felt a force coming down her arm, and Xiaoye had to take a few steps back with the force, and then she heard Xiaotian's voice, which seemed to be the same as usual.

, "Stay away, it's very dangerous."

Xiaoye obediently followed Xiaotian down the steps and retreated to the bottom of the altar. For a moment, she was just glad that Xiaotian didn't mock her for her inappropriate lines at the first time.

A year ago, Xiaoye once heard from Xiaotian that this ruins was built more than 700 years ago. At that time, people were troubled by the continuous rain, so they built this altar to pray to the sea god for good weather in the coming year.

The "Water Monster" is the last defense mechanism set up by the builders of the ruins to prevent outsiders from coveting Poseidon's treasures.

Xiaoye didn't know if Xinghai was thinking of "Water Monster", which refers to a puppet that controls water flow by unknown means and can attack independently, rather than the ancient term for water Pokémon, but Xinghai's actions were obviously calm and measured.

As if everything is under control, just the sight of his back is reassuring.

Amid the roar of the dragon, the water monsters did not last long. Perhaps their energy was finally exhausted, and they fell into the lake, returning to their original formless state.

The golden dragon Pokémon carried the young man and slowly landed on the ground. Seeing Xinghai jump off the back of Kuailong, Xiaoye smiled and took a step forward, "Thank you, Mr. Xinghai, you have been a big help...

"

The roar of thunder interrupted Xiaoye's words. With the white light of thunder and lightning, Xinghai's face, which was obscured by the shadow of her bangs, finally came into Xiaoye's eyes clearly, and she was so frightened that she almost bit her tongue.

The dazzling electric light penetrated into Xinghai's blue eyes, reflecting the angry expression on the young man's face.

...Huh?

The jungle behind the mountain with heavy rain was really not a place to talk. Xinghai released his Tyrannosaurus and flew back to Zhenxin Town with the two children.

Of course Xiaoye had no objection to this. Or after seeing Xinghai's expression, Xiaoye felt that he might want to hang herself under the dragon's claws and shake her violently.

Even though Xiaoye tried hard, she still didn't understand why Xinghai became furious.

The festival in Zhenxin Town is still going on. Neither thunder nor a few large waterbirds in the distant mountains have affected the normal progress of the May Festival. As usual, this annual festival will continue until twelve o'clock in the night.

.

Xiaoye temporarily followed Xinghai to his and Xiaotian's home. After sitting down in the living room, seeing Xinghai with a dark face as if he was having a long conversation, Xiaoye consciously took the lead in confessing everything she saw.

Confessed.

Xinghai, who was in working mode, still looked serious, but he didn't look like he wanted to eat people. He recorded everything Xiaoye mentioned on his mobile phone, and checked the key points a second time.

"'I want to destroy this town, just like five years ago', is he really right?" Xinghai marked this sentence with an emphasis mark.

"Yes." Xiaoye nodded, "Before this, he also said a lot of nonsense that didn't form sentences, and he seemed to have mentioned someone's last name... But I don't remember this part very clearly." The other party's speech was completely meaningless.

It's logical. Unless you turn on the tape recorder on the spot, no matter how good your memory is, you won't be able to recite all the nonsense.

"I understand. I will notify the search department about this matter to arrange the investigation." Xinghai nodded and put the phone back on the table, "Now let's talk about more important issues."

"...Eh?" Xiaoye keenly noticed that the face of the young man opposite had become fierce again, and she immediately shivered, and carefully glanced at Xiaotian next to her - and for some reason, she was completely ignored by her always reliable friend.

"You repeated the words of the man in black robes to the defense mechanism known as the 'Water Monster' on the altar because you found that he might have activated the mechanism, so you wanted to use these words to attract their attention and prevent

They're going to attack Zhenxin Town, right?"

"Yes." Xiaoye nodded repeatedly.

"Then you followed the man in black robe out of town to fight because you sensed his malice towards Zhenxin Town and wanted to keep him away from Zhenxin Town so as not to affect the May Festival, right?"

"Yes." Xiaoye continued to nod.

"You acted alone and didn't publicize it widely because you were afraid of causing panic among the masses and ruining the rare festival, right?"

"...Yes." Although Xiaoye had a vague foreboding, she still nodded repeatedly.

"You did a good job. You protected the order of Zhenxin Town, suppressed the danger, and prevented the important May Festival from being interrupted. I must commend you for your bravery. Then, please tell me." Xinghai stood up from the sofa.

Standing up, he walked up to Xiaoye step by step with a kind smile on his face, "When I, the first-level investigator of the Kanto region, stand next to you——"

The light from the overhead fluorescent lamp was blocked by Xinghai's tall figure, leaving only a shadow cast on Xiaoye.

"Why don't you let me help?"

Before understanding what Xinghai meant, Xiaoye was frightened into a daze by the tidal pressure. When she heard Xiaotian next to her sigh, she thought inappropriately: This sentence...has anyone said it before?

Pass?

...Well, it seems that it was Xiaotian who said it.

But now Mr. Xinghai’s expression is much scarier than Xiaotian’s...

Xinghai didn't seem to intend to hear any reasonable answer from Xiaoye. He didn't even notice that Xiaoye's mind had wandered 800 miles away. He put a hand on Xiaoye's shoulder "kindly" and said, "You know,

If I hadn't noticed the waveguide power you used when attracting lightning and hadn't rushed over immediately, you would be dead now - don't deny it, I can see where the limit of your waveguide power is. Even though I knew you might be in danger.

You still choose to act alone, do you think I will think that your life is not as important as having a night at the festival??"

"..." Feeling the warmth from the palm on her shoulder passing through her clothes, Xiaoye felt rare and speechless.

She knows that Xinghai is an excellent investigator, and she also knows that Xinghai has always tried his best to protect others, whether they are acquaintances or not. And her behavior seems to be that she does not trust Xinghai's ability at all. It is inevitable that Xinghai will be angry when she is questioned in this way.

.

"I'm sorry." Xiaoye, who was about to ball up under Xinghai's momentum, bowed her head and apologized honestly, "I didn't handle this properly."

After staring at Xiaoye angrily for half a minute, and seeing that she seemed to be really planning to repent, Xinghai sat back on the sofa and said, "I don't mean to blame you. Of course it's good to be willing to protect others."

As he said that, the young man shook his head helplessly and murmured in a low voice, "Really, I always feel that a child as annoying as you has met someone a long time ago..."

Seeing that Mr. First Class Investigator had finally calmed down, Xiaoye carefully transformed herself from a ball into a normal-sized human being. Xiaotian glanced at Xiaoye, not wanting to sympathize with this person who had made the same mistake for the first time.

Guy.

Noticing that the captain next to her was looking at her, Xiaoye felt that she should express herself after making a mistake, so she turned to look at Xiaotian, "I'm sorry for causing you trouble. I won't act rashly again."

Xiaotian raised his eyes in a nonchalant manner, unable to tell whether he believed it or not.

"And my escape ability is very strong. In most situations, I can run away even if I can't be beaten."

"..." It's okay for Xiaoye not to say anything. When he mentioned this, Xiaotian immediately remembered how this old man stood on the altar dozens of minutes ago like a MT, full of hatred and no intention of running away, and he couldn't bear it.

stood up.

Xiaoye: "?"

"I'll get the medicine kit."

After squeezing out these words through his teeth, Xiaotian quickly walked into the back room. Although his movements were still restrained and polite, Xinghai, who knew his son's thoughts very well, still saw in it that he wanted to slam the door to vent his anger.

.

The young man shook his head in confusion, feeling that he had used up a month's worth of sighs in one day.

Borrowing Xiaotian's medical kit, Xiaoye quickly bandaged her arm - in fact, she had forgotten about the minor scratch until she saw the tragic holes in her sportswear.

Later I felt the urge to cry.

The speed of damage to the jacket in the past month has made Xiaoye, who has EX-level poverty attributes, completely unwilling to accept the reality. She feels that if she continues like this, she will end up begging again.

Later, Xiaotian called others and briefly informed them of the progress of the matter. Now that all the pending items were over and the time was approaching twelve o'clock, Xiaoye stopped disturbing Xiaotian and his son and expressed her gratitude and apology.

Then I decided to say goodbye.

"I'm leaving, see you tomorrow." Xiaoye stood outside the door and waved to Xiaotian at the door.

Xiaotian seemed to suddenly remember something and asked, "Are you busy tomorrow?"

"Not really." The fixed schedule during the holidays is only for training, which can be changed at any time.

The silver-haired boy nodded, his tone as calm as if he was saying "It's raining heavily today", "Then come to my house to play tomorrow."

Xiaoye: "..."

...Eh??

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Small theater:

System prompt: Congratulations to the player for obtaining the achievement "I will not lose to anyone if I am a coward." The badge has been sent to your email, please check it.

Xiaoye:...I don’t want this kind of achievement! (Turning the table)

Xinghai: (kind smile) Congratulations on your achievement, are you touched?

Xiao Ye: I don’t dare to move. (Shivering)