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Chapter 163 Nine Tails at Night

The tent was quickly set up, and it got completely dark.

Anjie took out a lamp and hung it on the top of the tent entrance; the soft light instantly dispelled the darkness.

Brutus was busy inside the tent with a blanket, Metagross helped Angel set up a table, placed a chair in front of the table, and set out tableware. Then, Brutusmaru was released from its Poké Ball and placed on the chair.

Anjie then set out the stove and cooking utensils, took out the ingredients and seasonings, and prepared to cook dinner for the day.

Given the limited conditions in the wild, Anjay didn't plan to prepare anything complicated. Instead, he intended to use the handmade ramen that Gengar had made for him to cook a pot of hot soup noodles.

When Gengar learned that Ange was going out, it specially made a lot of noodles for Ange and stored them in its system inventory so that Ange could take them out and cook them whenever it got hungry.

Anjie first boiled a pot of water.

While the water was boiling, he quickly fried a few more eggs.

Once the water boiled, he quickly put the noodles he had prepared in advance into it.

While the noodles were cooking, Anjie took four large bowls, added seaweed, scallions, cilantro and other side dishes to the bowls, and then added oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar and other seasonings.

When the noodles were almost cooked, Anjie sprinkled a handful of bok choy into the hot pot. Once the bok choy was soft but not mushy, the noodles would be almost done.

Finally, put the noodles into a bowl, pour hot soup over them, stir well, and place the fried egg on top.

The hot noodle soup is ready.

Just as Anjie was about to serve the noodles, she saw Butubo standing expectantly beside her, raising its hands and calling out:

"Bubo~ Bubo~" I'll take it, I'll take it.

"Okay, you carry it!" Anjie smiled and placed the two bowls of noodles in its hands.

After receiving the noodles, Bu Tubo immediately ran to the table.

Seeing this, Anjie couldn't help but remind him, "Be careful, it's very hot, be careful not to spill it."

"Okay, I got it!"

Bu Tubo responded without turning his head.

Anjie then brought over the other two bowls of noodles, and the family of four sat around the table to eat.

"Slurp~ Slurp~"

In the quiet night, the sound of Bu Tu slurping noodles was particularly loud.

"Yami~ Yami~"

The cries of ravens echoed through the darkness, their eyes particularly striking in the night. In the distance, pairs of red eyes could be faintly seen blinking in the treetops.

It's weird.

Splash splash~~

Suddenly, the sound of flapping wings rang out, and the owner of those eyes seemed to be surprised. So he cried out and flew out of the treetop, and the cry gradually faded away.

At this moment, Anjie stopped eating the noodles.

It has a special waveguide!

He looked in a direction with a puzzled expression, and saw mist gradually rising from the valley. After a short while, a beautiful girl in a kimono slowly emerged from the mist.

Beside the girl was a nine-tailed fox with golden fur. Its nine long tails swayed gently in the evening breeze, and the fur on them was smoother than silk. It was truly elegant and beautiful.

Strangely, Ange did not sense any aura from the girl; instead, Kurama (the Nine-Tails) emitted a strong, undeniable aura.

Legend has it that the powerful Nine-Tails can create incredibly realistic illusions through its superpowers. Could the girl in front of us just be an illusion created by the Nine-Tails?

Anjie was sizing up the girl and the nine-tailed fox, while the nine-tailed fox and the girl were also silently sizing up Anjie.

After a long silence, the girl spoke first, "It's getting late, and we're in the middle of nowhere. Would you mind spending the night with me?"

Her words reminded Anjie of the fox spirit and scholar from the Liaozhai stories of her past life.

Anjie didn't refuse, but asked with suspicion, "Miss, aren't you afraid something might happen if you spend the night alone with a strange man?"

The girl smiled and replied, "How could I be alone? Isn't the Nine-Tailed Fox with me? Besides, how could I dare to venture out in the wilderness so late? Surely, I shouldn't be the one who gets into trouble?"

She looks like a young girl, yet she calls herself a concubine; what a strange person.

"That's true." Anjie nodded in agreement, then picked up the cloth and placed it on his lap, before pointing directly to the empty chair and saying to the girl, "Please sit down."

Upon seeing this, Butupo quickly moved his rice bowl to the front of him.

"Thank you." The girl nodded, walked slowly to the chair and sat down, while the nine-tailed fox silently lay down at her feet.

Anjie was already full, so she moved the empty bowl aside and let Butubo continue eating.

Hearing Bu Tu slurping down her noodles, An Jie turned to the girl and asked, "Want a bowl?"

The girl initially wanted to refuse, but the nine-tailed fox, smelling the fragrance in the air, couldn't help but nod.

"OK!"

So Anjie got up and went to the boiler to prepare hot soup noodles for the girl.

As he prepared, he said, "My name is An Jie. May I ask your name, Miss?"

"My name is Luo Ke," the girl replied.

Anjie: "So it's Miss Luo Ke."

Luo Ke said, "Just call me Luo Ke."

Soon, two bowls of hot noodle soup were ready. Anjie placed one bowl in front of Luo Ke and the other in front of Jiuwei.

Nine-Tailed Fox lowered its head and took a bite, then its eyes showed a look of surprise. However, Luo Ke did not eat it, but instead handed the hot soup noodles in front of it to Nine-Tailed Fox.

"Luo Ke, aren't you going to eat?" An Jie asked.

"I don't need to eat," Luo Ke shook her head.

Now Anjie was completely certain that the Loke in front of him was just an illusion, created by the Nine-Tailed Fox to deceive others.

A Pokémon traveling alone is prone to trouble, but if it has someone with it, many problems can be avoided.

The clever Nine-Tailed Fox.

Dinner was over quickly. After cleaning up the dishes, Anjie took the burdock, the tree-pillow bear, and the Metagross into the tent.

Nine-Tails walked to a large tree and curled up to lie down, while the phantom named Loke sat down next to Nine-Tails.

Seeing Anjie looking at her, Luo Ke said in bewilderment, "Don't you have any gentlemanly manners? As a man, shouldn't you offer your tent to me, a lady, at this time?"

Anjie retorted, "But aren't you an illusion? Why should I give up my tent to an illusion that doesn't exist?"

These words caused both Nine-Tailed Fox and Luo Ke to freeze in surprise.

Then they heard Anjie continue, "Besides, why should it be my duty to give up the tent? I don't owe anyone anything! I absolutely will not accept moral blackmail."

Luo Ke laughed upon hearing this. "You really are an interesting person. You're right, nothing is a given. But how did you figure out I was just an illusion?"

Anjie replied, "Unfortunately, I am someone who can use waveguide power. Everything has waveguides, and I can sense things that have waveguides, except for things that do not exist."

Luo Ke suddenly realized, "I see."

"Goodnight!" Anjie said, then zipped up the tent.

Because it was too early, Ange couldn't fall asleep, so he hugged the tree-pillow koala to his chest and took out his phone to make a video call to Tianxi.

The call was answered quickly.

Seeing this, Bulbasaur and Metagross gathered around Ange, and similarly, on Diancie's side, Snorlax, Inteleon, Gengar, and Magearna also came over.

Loke, who was outside, soon heard lively and cheerful laughter coming from inside the tent, and a hint of envy appeared in its eyes.

After staring at the tent for a while, Luo Ke (Nine-Tailed Fox) looked away, looked up at the silver moon in the sky, and her thoughts drifted back to the past.

Loko is a nine-tailed fox that has lived for over two hundred years. Over two hundred years ago, it also had a trainer.

No, it should be called the master.

At that time, the relationship between humans and Pokémon did not have a trainer and partner relationship; it was generally owner and pet.

Loko originally lived in a house with its owner and some of its owner's Pokémon. However, its owner went out one day and never returned, leaving Loko and the other Pokémon alone in the house.

As time went by, other Pokémon left one after another out of disappointment, but it remained steadfastly.

Back then, Poké Ball technology was underdeveloped and had many limitations. If the owner didn't release the Pokémon, the Pokémon would be bound by the Poké Ball and unable to stray too far from it.

Loke's Poké Ball is inside the house, so it can't stray too far from the house.

Only by breaking the Poké Ball can the bound Pokémon regain its freedom.

Loko's Poké Ball is inside the house, within easy reach. If you break it, it will leave just like its owner's other Pokémon.

Koroko didn't do that. Was it because it couldn't break the Poké Ball? No, it could, but it didn't, and it didn't want to.

That Poké Ball was the last remaining bond between it and its owner. It was as if as long as the Poké Ball was still there, it had a reason to stay in the house and wait for its owner to return.

This wait lasted for two hundred years.

Later, three teenagers named Xiaozhi, Xiaoxia, and Xiaogang appeared and accidentally wandered into the mountains where the house was located.

The amazing thing is that the boy named Xiaogang looks very similar to its master, so it uses illusion magic to try to keep Xiaogang and let him keep it company in place of its master.

Unfortunately, due to an accident, the three saw through the illusion and unexpectedly found the Poké Ball left by their master, which they then smashed.

With her only bond with her master gone, Luo Ke regained consciousness.

Its owner is irreplaceable.

Two hundred years have passed, and its owner has already passed away. Even if it waits until it dies, its owner will never return.

Having figured things out, Luo Ke decided to leave the mansion and travel outside to see this vast world.

Anjie and Tianxi chatted until around 10 o'clock before turning off their phones and going to sleep.

He held the tree-pillow bear in his arms, with Bulbasaur and Metagross lying on either side of him, while the Pokémon egg found at Mt. Tsukimi was held in Bulbasaur's arms along with its incubator.

Luo Ke glanced at the now quiet tent, the phantom of the girl beside her disappeared, and then covered her body with her fluffy tail, falling asleep like An Jie and the others.

In its dreams, it seemed to reunite with its owner.

The next day, as the sun rose, Luo Ke slowly opened her eyes.

Anjie was already wearing an apron and preparing breakfast.

On the open ground nearby, Metagross was instructing Butterfree on his training. Butterfree would occasionally raise his fist to attack Metagross, but Metagross easily deflected each attack.

On the chair, the tree-pillow koala held a tree pillow in its left hand and an incubator, which was slightly larger than its body, in its right hand, quietly waiting for Anjie's breakfast.

Seeing that Luo Ke had woken up, An Jie greeted it with a smile.

Good morning, Loke.

The figure of the young girl, Luo Ke, reappeared beside the Nine-Tailed Fox, and it greeted An Jie as well:

Good morning, Anjie.

For breakfast, Anjie pan-fried spring rolls and potstickers, steamed milk-flavored buns and dumplings, and also cooked a pot of red bean porridge. The aroma, along with the steaming hot vapor, filled the valley, attracting a group of wild Pokémon.

There are Boolean, Oddish, Butterfree, Poliwrath, Rattata, Nidoran, Nidorina... quite a lot.

Seeing this, Anjie simply made a little more, and then called over the Butterfly and Metagross, who had finished training, and asked them to distribute the steamed buns and milk-flavored bread to everyone.

Anyway, if the Pokémon eat these things, Angelina will earn some happiness, so it's not a loss.

However, after seeing An Jie's behavior, Luo Ke labeled him as a weirdo.

However, Anjie's breakfast truly amazed it; it was the best thing it had ever eaten.

While eating, Luo Ke asked, "An Jie, are you leaving after breakfast?"

Anjie nodded. "Yes! I didn't come here for sightseeing; I have very important business to attend to!"

Luo Ke asked again, "Where are you going?"

Anjie replied, "To Rota City."

Luo Ke asked, "Can I come with you?"

It's never been to Rota City before, so this is a good opportunity to go and see it. Plus, by staying with Angel, it can get some good food—a win-win situation.

"Okay!" Anjie agreed, then asked, "What are you going to Rota City for?"

Luo Ke said, "Just going to take a look around, is there a problem?"

Anjie shook her head. "Of course, no problem."

This nine-tailed fox is very powerful; at least Anjie can't see through its level.

Diancie is now close to level 70, which means that Loke is also level 70 or higher.

Of the Pokémon that Angel knows of that are level 70 or higher, besides the three legendary Pokémon Xerneas, Yveltal, and Volcanion, there are only Metagross, Komaru, and Sylveon from the Azoth royal family.

Now we also have to add the Nine-Tailed Fox in front of us.

According to Anjie's online research, the Elite Four of this world have an average level of 70 to 80+ for their six Pokémon, while the champion's level is between 80 and 90+.

It is evident that Pokémon at level 70 and above are among the strongest.

With such a powerful Pokémon like Loko by her side, Angel couldn't be happier.

After breakfast, Ange packed her things, put Metagross and Komamune into their Poké Balls, and then set off with Bulbasaur and Loko.

Because she was traveling with An Jie, Luo Ke removed the Phantom Girl.

Following the navigation provided by his phone, Anjie headed deeper into the mountains. After an unknown amount of time, he stood on a mountain and saw a city in the distance.

"Is that Rota City?" asked Nine-Tails, who was squatting next to Ange.

Anjie nodded: "That's right, that's my destination, Rota City!"

"Bubo~ Bubo~" Anjie, let's hurry!

Bu Tubo excitedly tugged at Anjie's trouser leg.

"Okay!" Anjie nodded.

As he spoke, Anjie released Metagross and, along with Buggy and Nine-Tailed Fox, boarded it.

"Meta~"

The Metagross flew down the mountain at high speed, heading straight for Rota City.

(End of this chapter)