Why would you need a girlfriend when you have Pokémon?

Xiaoyao made a prompt decision and gave the order. A sharp light flashed in the corner of the Fire Chicken's eyes. The attacking movement of the tentacles seemed to slow down in its eyes, and it managed to avoid the attack by seizing the gap between the tentacles.

"it is good!"

Xiaoyao cheered immediately. At the same time, because he had experienced another round of fighting, Fire Chicken triggered the acceleration feature again, and his speed increased further.

But at this moment, he caught sight of Xiaoyao in the corner, and a cheer was stuck in his throat.

I only saw a flickering light floating in the corner, and then another identical strange Pokémon appeared.

"Ahahaha, two against one, isn't that a bit despicable?"

Xiaoyao couldn't help but let out a bitter smile. However, it was obvious that wild Pokémon didn't care about "fair play" at all, and they didn't care about outnumbering the minority.

Two jellyfish-like Pokémon blocked Charmeleon from the front and the back. Now it was attacked from both sides. Even with the three-stage acceleration, it was obviously unable to fight two alone.

Just as the two jellyfish were about to pounce, a young man's voice suddenly came from behind Xiaoyao...

“…Get down!”

Chapter 7: See you again after three years

"Get down!"

The sudden sound made Xiaoyao a little confused, but she reacted quickly. The moment she heard the sound, she lay down on the ground...

And just as she lay down, a large piece of flying leaves flew over her head and directly hit the two strange jellyfish-like Pokémon.

Over there, a figure came running over, without saying a word, stretched out his hand to grab Xiaoyao's wrist, then turned around and ran...

"Eh?"

Xiaoyao still didn't understand what happened, but she still remembered to call out to her Charmeleon. After all, Charmeleon had already reached the third stage of acceleration. Although it couldn't defeat the jellyfish-like Pokémon head-on, it should have no problem running away.

Seeing the two strange jellyfish entangled by the flying leaves, they seemed to have lost their direction for a moment. Fire Chicken followed Xiaoyao's footsteps very quickly, rushed out of the encirclement in a flash, and ran faster than Xiaoyao on the spot.

"Good guy~"

The figure who came to rescue Xiaoyao couldn't help but raise his free hand and gave it a thumbs up. Xiaoyao was pulled by the wrist by the figure and ran all the way towards Gumei Town. Looking at the other person's back, his mind instantly overlapped with a scene in his memory.

"Hey, you are... Lowe?!"

That’s right, the person who came to the rescue was Lowe…

He was commissioned by Professor Odamaki to come to Route 103 to find Xiaoyao, but as soon as he arrived, he saw Xiaoyao and Chinchilla being beaten by those two strange Pokémon.

Of course, Lowe recognized the true forms of the two Pokémon at a glance...

Codename UB01: Parasite, scientific name——

"...Hyakugoide?! Oh my god, why is this thing in Hoenn?"

Although Lowe was quite shocked when he first saw Xuwuyide, after thinking about it, he realized that he already had Xinye Miao by his side, so Xuwuyide didn't seem so abrupt.

The most urgent task is naturally to get rid of Xuwu Yide first...

...With Lowe's current strength, he would definitely not be able to fight two ultimate beasts alone, so he simply chose to run away.

New Leaf Cat used a shot of leaves to disrupt the battle, and then Lowe turned around and ran with Xiaoyao.

The Fire Chicken, which had accelerated, spun its legs like a Hot Wheels, while the New Leaf Cat jumped directly onto Lowe's shoulders.

Lowe carried New Leafmeow on one shoulder and held Xiaoyao in one hand. The two Pokémon rushed all the way, leaving behind Xuwuid who hadn't figured out the situation yet, and returned to Gumei Town...

Only then did both sides have time to catch their breath...

"It's Lowe..."

Xiaoyao saw the boy in front of her clearly and couldn't help but burst out laughing.

She had imagined many reunion scenes in her mind, but she never expected it would be like this.

Lowe also held his stomach with one hand, breathing heavily and smiling embarrassedly.

"Yeah, I didn't expect this to happen, but fortunately, I finally got rid of Xuwu... ahem, that strange Pokémon..."

"Come to think of it..." Xiaoyao looked at her wrist being grabbed by Lowe. She didn't care at all, but smiled a little, "...It's exactly the same as that time~"

As he spoke, Lowe came back to his senses, and the New Leaf Cat on his shoulder immediately jumped down his arm and slapped Lowe's palm with its paws in dissatisfaction.

"Sorry, sorry, I didn't hurt you, did I?"

Luo Wei quickly loosened his hand, while Xiaoyao shook his head nonchalantly, "It's nothing, thank you for saving me, this is the second time~"

"...Ahahaha, the last time doesn't really count, so it should be my fault."

Lowe scratched his hair awkwardly. Xiaoyao once again reminded him of the past, which naturally reminded him of the time when he and Xiaoyao were neighbors.

"Do you like Pokémon?"

This was the question that Lowe asked when Xiaoyao first met him.

Xiaoyao was stunned by the question at that time, but she immediately answered subconsciously, "Well, I like Pokémon the most!"

"That's good. There are no bad people who like Pokémon. From today on, we are good friends!"

That’s right, this was the original fate, it just unfolded like a joke…

Xiaoyao moved with her father to the town where Lowe lived at the time. When she went with her father to greet the neighbors, she got to know the boy from the neighbor's family, and then was asked such a strange question.

But soon, Xiaoyao discovered the incredible thing about this young man.

Lowe was only four years old at the time, but he knew all about Pokémon...

As the daughter of Professor Odamaki, Xiaoyao has been influenced by her father since she was a child and has mastered a wealth of Pokémon knowledge. However, even the daughter of this professor was surpassed by Lowe.

Moreover, when Xiaoyao was still at the theoretical stage, Lowe was already able to actually command his father's Pokémon and conduct some proper training and tactical planning.

This aroused Xiaoyao, who also loved Pokémon,'s interest. As long as it was about Pokémon, the two of them would have endless topics to talk about when they got together.

Xiaoyao admires Lowe's knowledge of Pokémon very much and she can always hear new topics from him, so she is very happy to be with Lowe.

The desire to see wild Pokémon with their own eyes also sprouted in the hearts of the two.

However, children without a partner Pokémon are not allowed to go alone to areas where wild Pokémon are present.

After all, the temperament of wild Pokémon is difficult to predict, and without Pokémon partners around, even adults can easily be injured by attacks from wild Pokémon.

This desire continued until Lowe was six years old, and he finally got his own Pokémon.

When it came to Creolefly, Rowe naturally liked it very much, after all, it was his first partner Pokémon. However, at that time, Creolefly showed infinite disdain for Rowe.

Faced with Lowe who kept trying to get close to him to show his goodwill, New Leaf Cat firmly stretched out his claws to express his protest. Of course, this was actually useless and did not stop Lowe's determination to get close to him at all.

NeoLeaf's personality is extremely cold to strangers, but once she identifies her trainer, she will become very clingy and even get jealous and throw a tantrum if the trainer prefers other Pokémon or even humans.

A week after Lowe got the new leaf cat, he came to the conclusion.

"I think New Leaf and I need some friendship-building activities!"

At that time, Lowe, with his head scratched like a bird's nest, said this to Xiaoyao in a very serious manner.

Fortunately, Catelyn was specially bred to be a partner for new trainers, so it would not really do anything harsh to the trainer, so Rottweiler's hair was only messed up.

If this had been a wild Pokémon with a bad temper, Lowe would have been disfigured dozens of times...

...Of course, the physical fitness of humans in the Pokémon world is far from comparable to that of Earthlings. Apart from other things, how many times has the Super Shinki had 100,000 volts on his face? Still nothing happened.

In short, after hearing what Luo Wei said, Xiaoyao asked back with a confused look on her face.

"So, so what?"

"Let's go on an adventure in the back mountain. I think a little adventure of cooperation can greatly improve the favorability between me and Xinye Miao!"

Facing the new leaf cat that was constantly shaving his hair, Lowe said this...

"..."

Chapter 8 A kitten like you was born to be eaten by your mother~

With his messy hair, Lowe spoke seriously...

"...Let's go on an adventure to the back hill!"

"Eh?!"

The back mountain of the town where Lowe lived at the time was also home to wild Pokémon, but because the Pokémon there were very average in strength, it was almost a place for newbies to practice.

It can be said that most of the trainers in Lowe's hometown have reached their initial level by training with the various flowers, birds, fish and insects in the back mountain...

So relatively speaking, there is really not much danger in the back mountain. Lowe now has his own partner Pokémon, and theoretically he is also qualified to go to the wild Pokémon activity area alone.

These words made Xiaoyao quite interested.

As the daughter of Professor Odamaki, she has accumulated a lot of knowledge about Pokémon since she was a child. She also has a childhood sweetheart like Rowe who is at the level of a Pokémon living encyclopedia, so she naturally has an immense yearning for wild Pokémon.

But Xiaoyao doesn't have the cheating ability like Lowe, who was able to get his own partner Pokémon at the age of six, so naturally he is not qualified to go to the wild Pokémon habitat alone.

She had originally asked Dr. Odamaki for help, but the doctor refused because he was worried about his daughter's safety. After all, Xiaoyao was still young and there would be plenty of opportunities in the future, so there was no need to rush.

This was the consideration made by Dr. Odamaki as an adult, but for Xiaoyao, who was only six years old at the time, curiosity naturally prevailed.

So, when Lowe made the invitation, Xiaoyao thought about it for a moment and nodded in agreement decisively.

Of course, this is also because there are really no dangerous Pokémon in the back mountain. As an area for novices to level up, there are Pokémon here that are no more than level 5, and Lowe's Leafcat is enough to deal with it.

After all, as the initial partner Pokémon, Neoleaf has been specially bred and was selected because it has good growth potential.

Its initial attributes are already far ahead of other family pets, and it also has an advantage in level. Even if it has no tacit understanding with the trainer, it is more than enough to deal with a group of low-level family Pokémon.

Naturally, Lowe had such considerations in mind when he invited Xiaoyao.

So the two little guys took Xinye Cat with them and sneaked into the back mountain in the middle of the day.

This was the first time the two had set foot in a territory inhabited by wild Pokémon, so the feeling was naturally extremely exciting.

To be honest, this kind of novice village level place really does not pose much challenge for formal trainers, but for two six-year-old boys and girls, it is full of surprises everywhere.

With every step I took, I felt as if the knowledge in the books in my memory had become reality. Those cold words were replaced by the real Pokémon ecosystem. Such an experience would be impossible no matter how long I studied in the academy.

It felt like Lowe's first trip to the seaside in his previous life. No words could describe the shocking impact he felt when he looked out at the vast ocean for the first time.

No matter how many documentaries you watch or how many written records you read, nothing can compare to the moment of "seeing is believing"...