Pokemon Dawn

"Mask...Tongye, the mask is on your face!!"

Xiaoling's words scared the forest-colored boy out of his wits. He slapped her face and touched her up and down, "Where is it??"

"Ah, disappeared..." Xiaoling couldn't help rubbing her eyes, and what she saw was Tongye's panicked face with a slap mark, "It's so strange, I clearly saw you wearing that half

The mask that looks half-crying and half-laughing...you should have seen it too, right?"

She looked at Xiaoye and Xiaojie, trying to get a nod from her partner, but what she saw were two increasingly dull faces.

"Xiao Ling, it's on your face!" Tong Ye took a big step forward and grabbed Xiao Ling's shoulders.

Xiaoling: "..."

boom--

Half a minute later, everyone staggered up. Xiaojie grinned and rubbed his head, which had been hit countless times. "Xiaoling, it is too exaggerated to directly release the impact of telekinesis..."

"Because it's scary..." Xiaoling looked like she was about to cry, and asked cautiously, "Is it still there now?"

"It's no longer there." After confirming that the strange mask had left anyone's face, Xiaoye breathed a sigh of relief and stiffened as soon as her eyes turned to the crowd, "...it's over there."

The other three people immediately turned their heads and almost flashed their necks together.

Two women in professional formal attire passed by in front of a fast food restaurant not far away. They were talking and laughing, as if they were on their way to work. A black and white laughing and crying mask was attached to one of them's face, looking like

Very weird.

Before they could think about whether to go over and give a warning, the mask flashed and floated to the other person's face for a few seconds. Then it faded slightly and started to look for the next target while shaking.

During this period, the two people were still talking and laughing as usual, as if they never saw a ferocious mask appear on each other's faces.

"Let's catch up and take a look."

The golden-haired boy waved, and the four members of the expedition team immediately followed and ran into the crowd.

The half-crying, half-laughing mask flickered in and out of sight in the air, stopping for a few seconds on the faces of passersby from time to time. However, no one except Xiaoye and the others noticed this creepy anomaly. And the mask traveled much faster.

Yu Ren's footsteps disappeared after a short time.

The four people stopped helplessly in the crowd. Tongye pursed his lips, "It seems that we are the only ones who can see the mask, and the others have no reaction to it - but this is good, so as not to cause panic."

"Well, what should we do next? We have to go to the subway again... Okay, let's go back to the Pokémon Center first." Before Xiaoye could finish her words, she saw the wrinkled expressions of the other three companions, so she had to use a few words.

He quickly changed his tune in line with the speed of a guerrilla.

What they saw and heard at the subway station at 6:30 in the morning was indeed too shocking and needed to be sorted out.

Because they left so early, it was just after eight o'clock when they returned to the Pokémon Center, far less than lunch break. The usual Golden Retriever siblings would immediately say, "Since we still have plenty of time, let's have a battle." Today,

It was very quiet - anyone who experienced a suspected total annihilation and resurrection of all members would not be able to cheer up and just wanted to go back to the room and take a nap.

No, I can't sleep either - if I dream about the masked monster again, I'm afraid it will really cause psychological distress.

Walking to the door of the Pokémon Center, the group was surprised to see Xiaotian pushing the door open and walking out of the house. After experiencing a "fierce battle", everyone felt as if they had lived in a different world, and then they realized that in fact, they had just finished eating.

Time to start activities after breakfast.

"Good morning, Bingshan boy." Xiaojie greeted Xiaotian with a smile, and his half-raised hand suddenly froze in the air.

Xiaotian is a person with a very regular schedule. Going to bed at ten o'clock and getting up at six o'clock is a habit he has maintained for many years. He has no need for an alarm clock to wake him up. As always, after waking up at the right time, he and his father looked at the empty space.

The other three beds were staring at each other blankly with their still-not-sober eyes open.

As early as in Honglian City, Xiaotian had a basic understanding of the living habits of several other people. Xiaoye, like him, would get up on time in the early morning. Although Xiaojie and Xiaoling's schedules were very casual, unlike those of military families, they

Generally speaking, he is still within the scope of normal people. He will not sleep until ten in the morning, nor will he jump up at five in the morning.

However, the quilts on the other three beds were neatly folded, and there was no residual warmth on the sheets. It was obvious that they left at least twenty minutes ago.

Confused, Xiaotian didn't call immediately to ask. After breakfast and saying goodbye to his father who was out for something, he was about to go out to play to replenish Pokémon food when he saw another person who left prematurely.

The three of them plus Tong Ye who lives upstairs.

"Morning." Xiaotian said, "How do you..."

Why did you get up so early?

Before he could say this, he saw the expressions of the four people opposite him changing drastically. Xiaotian was slightly startled. The blond boy in his field of vision had already taken a few steps forward and grabbed his shoulder hard. A slight dull pain came from his shoulder.

When the message came, he saw that those clear sky-blue eyes were filled with angry fire.

"Asshole, what do you want to do!" The young man roared in a hoarse voice, "I'm warning you, if you dare to hurt him, I will never let you go!!"

Then, Xiaojie saw that the mask with the bloody tears trembling slightly, separated from Xiaotian's face, suddenly rose into the sky, and disappeared into the buildings in the distance.

"Do you want to run away again?" Xiaojie muttered almost through gritted teeth.

Xiaoye looked at the direction where the mask disappeared, and the spire of the castle suddenly reminded her, "The direction it is going to may be the library!"

The other three were stunned for a moment, and almost immediately made the same move - releasing their own flying Pokémon.

"Let's chase!"

The red fire dragon flapped its wings first, and the other Pokémon followed closely behind, chasing the mask away.

The direction they were chasing was not wrong. When they flew over the Champions Square, the sharp-eyed Xiaojie also saw the Crying and Laughing Mask flashing in the air. However, then the mask disappeared again, and the expedition team had not had time to stare.

After circling the arena with her eyes wide open, Junsha yelled at her.

It is prohibited to fly over the Champions Square and the Champions Hall - they were so anxious that they completely forgot about this prohibition.

Considering that it was their first offense and they had a good attitude towards admitting their mistakes, Junsha magnanimously decided not to confiscate all their pilot licenses before two of them performed a pitiful performance and rolled on the ground. Instead, she just gave them a few verbal criticisms.

He sent the little devils away angrily.

The little devils who were terrified to keep their pilot licenses quickly bought a bottle of cold drinks to calm down their shock, and then sneaked into the Alliance National Library under the Hall of Champions, trying to find the shadow of the Laughing and Laughing Mask in it. Unfortunately, this time they

Not only did I not see a mask on anyone's face, I also didn't find anything like a small card with a mask on it from the book. After struggling until noon, there was still no gain. Xiaoling only thought about the crying and laughing mask.

If you saw their futile actions throughout the day, you might be unable to control yourself and turn into a laughing and crying mask.

"This masked bastard is really annoying..." Xiaojie moved his stiff shoulders and sighed.

"However, at least now we have new information." Tongye looked at the notepad where he had already listed the key items, "That mask will appear on people's faces from time to time, and those who can see it

We are the only people."

Moreover, I always feel that the appearance of the mask seems to be tempting us. What exactly does it imply and what is its purpose...

"No matter how much I think about it, I think it's playing tricks on us, otherwise why would it only let us see it?" Xiaoling puffed up her cheeks in annoyance, "Besides... wasn't it threatening us when it was in front of the Pokémon Center?

Bar."

If they only saw the mask briefly appearing on Xiaotian's face, they might not show any obvious abnormality. However, when the ferocious half-crying, half-laughing mask trembled and shed tears of blood, standing at the end

Xiaojie in front simply couldn't bear the fear and anger in his heart.

They have fully experienced the weirdness of the masked monster and have suffered enough. Those two dazzling blood tears are like saying "your friend's life is in my hands" - in Xiaoling's words

Maybe he was so angry that he punched Xiaotian in the nose.

"Anyway, let's hold a combat meeting after the lunch break." Among the expedition team, only Xiaoye was calm and faced her friends with a smile as always, "We need to determine the next course of action."

If they started the investigation out of half-hearted curiosity at the beginning, then they were forced to continue the investigation now - otherwise, the endless nightmares and the severe headaches that got worse day by day would make them go and fight.

God loves each other.

"That's right, I need to summarize the intelligence obtained today first." Xiaojie scratched his spiky head, "So many things happened suddenly, my head became a mess."

"Brother, your head is usually a mess."

"...I didn't say anything about the hairstyle!"

The familiar Pokémon Center zoomed into their field of vision. The Golden Retriever brother and sister stopped discussing "Is there a chance to see a masked monster in a dream and fight it away during a nap?" and instead focused on looking forward to the Pokémon Center.

A sumptuous lunch.

"Ah, I'm so hungry - I think I can eat a day's worth of food today."

"After all, we had breakfast too early."

Xiaojie walked in the front with a smile. When his fingers touched the door, an idea suddenly popped into his mind.

Have I...forgot something important?

And his movements were always a beat faster than his thoughts. Before the electrical signals in his brain nerves could complete a round trip, his hand had already pushed the door open.

Then... not only Xiaojie, but also the three people behind him froze in place.

The young man with long silver hair was leaning against the pillar next to the door, his eyes lowered, and his whole body was filled with air-conditioning. Looking at his appearance, he might have been standing here like a large decoration for a long time.

The young man raised his ice-blue eyes, and the chill in them made Xiaojie swallow back all the jokes he made to save the atmosphere.

"I need an explanation."

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Small theater:

Xiaotian: Good morning. How do you...

Xiaojie: (angry) Bastard, what do you want to do! I warn you, if you dare to hurt him, I will never let you go!!

Xiaotian, who was sprayed with foam on his face:???

Xiaojie: (gnashing teeth) Do you want to run away again?

Xiao Ye: (Suddenly enlightened) The direction it is going may be the library!

Xiaojie: (yelling) Let’s chase! (releases the Pokémon to take off at light speed)

Xiaotian, whose face was blurred:??????(black question mark)(questioning life)