I, Zhulan's childhood sweetheart, was trapped in Xicui.

And... Shiba looked at the ice wall. No matter how he looked at it, it looked like the masked man was defeated by his opponent and wanted to escape, so he put up an obstacle to prevent his opponent from chasing him.

Daye? Impossible... He's not even as strong as Xiba.

Xiba's mind flashed through the powerful men he knew, but none of them matched the characteristics of the battle traces here.

"Who is the other party in the battle?" Xiba couldn't help but mutter, making the alliance members present look at each other in surprise.

Apparently, no one here could tell Sheba who this man was.

Chapter 117: Visiting Kaji Gym

"Shijiana, isn't this the way back to Juniper Town?"

Seeing that the road looked less and less like the way back, Xu Li couldn't help but ask Xi Jiana who was leading the way in front.

Because they had to deal with the issue of Celebi being frozen, the task of leading the way was left to Shigana.

At this time, the ice on Celebi's body had just melted and his consciousness was still in a confused state, so Xu Li asked Bay Leaf to take care of him first.

"Hey..."

Bayleaf, carrying Celebi who was mumbling something, looked around at the unfamiliar environment in confusion and called out in agreement.

And heard Xu Li's words.

"Impossible!" Xi Jiana said firmly, pointing to the orange fruit tree not far away and the Gugu standing on one foot on the orange fruit tree. "When we came here, we saw this Gugu standing on this orange fruit tree and eating orange fruits."

"Based on my observation of this cuckoo, it must be the same one we came here with, and this road is exactly the same as when we came here..."

"So, this must be the direction we're going back."

Xi Jiana looked confident and spoke very logically, which made Xu Li nod helplessly and reluctantly accept Xi Jiana's statement.

Then...

They walked and walked, and the vast ocean appeared before them.

"Is this the way back you mentioned?" Xu Li looked at the sparkling sea in front of him and couldn't help but turn his head to look at Xi Jiana who was blushing.

They were already at the seaside. According to the map of the Johto area that Xu Li had seen, it should be in the west or south of the oak forest, but not in the northeast of Juniper Town where they were originally going.

Facing Xu Li's questioning, Xi Jiana turned her head away unconsciously in shame: "No..."

"But, but that Gugu is obviously the same one!" Xijiana turned her head back and couldn't help but explain herself, "Besides, the scenery here is actually quite nice..."

Xu Li: “…”

Doesn't Gugu have wings?

"Okay, let's spend one night here." Xu Li smiled as he faced the sea breeze.

Anyway, he usually spent his time in the wild with his Pokémon during the Cui Wash, and now he actually missed it a little.

Then they found a flat ground. Without Xu Li doing anything, Xijiana and Dragonite surrounded the middle area with screens on all sides and set up the camp together.

Xi Jiana put her hands on her hips and looked at the camp she had built: "Look, isn't this also a good place."

Xu Li was just treating the Arcanine that was injured in the previous battle. He then rubbed the Arcanine's flowing hair and pounced on it.

"It's a nice place indeed. Good night."

Windspeed's body is like a thick mattress, warm and comfortable.

"Hi!"

Bayleaf also looked happy as she brought Celebi to lean next to Windwind.

Only Xijiana couldn't help but blink and turned her eyes to look at Dragonite.

……

When Xu Li woke up early the next morning, he heard a burst of playful sounds.

Following the sound, I saw Celebi chasing and playing around Bayleaf near the camp, and it was obvious that they had regained their energy.

"Hey..."

Seeing Xu Li wake up, Bay Leaf immediately stopped, shook the large leaves on its head, and pounced towards Xu Li. A scent of spices mixed with the fragrance of grass and trees rushed into Xu Li's nose.

"oops……"

Xu Li's morning drowsiness was relieved by this. He couldn't help but rub Bay Leaf's soft head and was intimate with her for a while.

Xu Li turned his gaze to Celebi who came with Bayleaf.

"Do you... recognize me?"

"Woo..."

At this time, Celebi was looking at Xu Li curiously. When he heard Xu Li's answer, he shook his onion-like head.

Although he didn't recognize Xu Li, Celebi could sense from Xu Li... the aura of his blessing! ?

Just like the one on Bayleaf, Celebi will happily play with Bayleaf.

Let Celebi not be repulsed by the human in front of him.

After all, someone who has obtained his own future certification cannot possibly be a bad person.

Moreover, this human had beaten away the masked monster who had been harassing him every once in a while and had even frozen him so hard last night. Although he was dazed in the ice, Celebi could still sense the situation outside.

Thinking of this, Celebi moved closer to Xu Li, sniffing the scent on Xu Li's body, wanting to remember it.

Then it flew around him and released the energy in its body towards Xu Li.

Xu Li could feel that the injuries he suffered from attacking the Beedrill yesterday and being frozen by Liu Bo had disappeared as if time had gone back.

"Woo!"

"Thank you, Celebi."

……

Letting Celebi and Bay Leaf continue playing, Xu Li looked at Xi Jiana on the side.

She was holding the Qixi Bluebird and pouting in a daze. Her top was pulled up by her bad sleeping posture, revealing her entire lower abdomen and southern hemisphere.

Xu Li: “…?”

Doesn’t she wear a bra?!

You know what, she's quite healthy, look at her belly.

Coincidentally, Xi Jiana opened her eyes drowsily at this moment, and saw Xu Li looking at her puzzledly. She asked curiously: "Good morning, Xu Li... Uh ah, I felt so comfortable after a good sleep."

"Well, good morning." Xu Li looked away as if nothing had happened.

After Xijiana sorted out her belongings, she approached Xu Li and said, "Where are we going next? We've found Deoxys' companions."

Before Xu Li could answer, Xi Jiana could no longer hide her purpose and couldn't wait to tell him.

"I heard that Yanmo City in the Johto region is known as the Dragon Town. Let's go and see it! I've been curious about it for a long time. Is that okay? Is that okay?"

"...Okay." Xu Li said with a smile, "However, before going to Yanmo City, we have to go to Kaji Town first. It's just on the way."

"Kaji Town? What are you going there for?"

"Watch an ice sculpture show..." Xu Li said with a smile.

"Oh……"

Xi Jiana still didn't understand, but she didn't ask again. She would just follow Xu Li when the time came.

……

Seeing Xu Li and Xi Jiana pretending to leave, Celebi came over.

"You're leaving?" Xu Li asked in surprise, "Aren't you staying?"

"Woo!" Celebi nodded seriously and explained.

According to Celebi's explanation, although it can still move freely on the surface, it has consumed a lot of energy in the previous battle and needs to enter the space belonging to Celebi and restore energy in a space-time crack.

Otherwise, it will not be able to complete the subsequent mission.

So Celebi is going to say goodbye to Xu Li.

"Is that so..." Xu Li stroked the onion head that came forward, "Then you better be careful, don't get caught by the masked man again."

Celebi nodded seriously, then said goodbye to Bayleaf who followed closely behind.

Under Bay Leaf's reluctant gaze, Celebi let out a loud cry, and almost in an instant, a space-time crack appeared in front of it.

"Woo!"

Celebi said goodbye to Xu Li Baye for the last time and rushed towards the space-time rift.

however……

With a "bang", it seemed as if a piece of iron plate was blocking the other side of the space-time crack. After making a crisp sound, Celebi groaned in pain and bounced back, with such force that it bounced into Xu Li's arms.

Xu Li: “……?”

He didn't understand what was going on.

Celebi covered his head which was almost swollen and looked at the space-time crack in disbelief.

Why can’t I get in?!

Again!

Unconvinced, Celebi left Xu Li's arms and rushed towards the space-time rift again.

There was another crisp "bang" sound, and Celebi returned to Xu Li's arms. He covered his swollen head with two bumps and looked at the space-time crack with tears in his eyes.

"Woobi~bi~"

Then, a laughter of the same tone came from the space-time rift, and along with the laughter came the persuasion for Celebi to follow his inner feelings.

Celebi was stunned for a moment.

Is it the self inside that won’t let himself in?!

Celebi almost cried. Is it possible to exclude one's own people like this?

And... touching the two bumps on his head, Celebi couldn't help but accuse himself, couldn't you use a gentler method!?

Celebi pursed his lips and buried his face in Xu Li's chest.

"Woo..."

"What's going on? You're not leaving again..." Xu Li asked in confusion.

"Woo!" Celebi nodded seriously, then looked at Xu Li with tears in his eyes.

"Of course, I won't bully you in the future."

"Woo-lu!"

"You said you wanted a Poké Ball? But this is the only one I have now." Xu Li took out a red and white ball. Celebi didn't care. He suppressed the time energy that was continuously running in his body and crashed into it.

The Poké Ball didn't even shake, and it just made a sound indicating a successful capture.

"Am I going to tame Celebi now?" Although Xu Li had some guesses, he still didn't quite understand what was going on.

After all, there is no GS ball that can capture time. Even if others attack Celebi to the brink of death, they cannot subdue Celebi who is unwilling to be subdued into a regular ball.

This is what happened to Liu Bo. When he didn't know about the existence of the GS Ball, he tried to subdue Celebi many times, but was injured by Celebi instead, giving Silver and Blue the opportunity to escape.

Xu Li released Celebi again and said, "Please give me your guidance from now on."

"Woobi~!"

"Yes, there is also Bay Leaf." Xu Li picked up Bay Leaf's beast-like body and said with a smile.

"Hi!"

……

Although Kaji Town is known as the hometown of ninjas, it seems that all the ninjas here have gone elsewhere, and there has been no trace of ninja activities in recent decades.

This place is sparsely populated, and even those who come to challenge the gym are rare.

However, the Kaji Gym here is arguably the most discussed element in Kaji Town.

Its gym leader, Liu Bo, is the oldest gym leader in the Johto Alliance, or perhaps in all alliances. Nicknamed "Permanent Ice Wall", he has extremely rich training experience and life experience. The chairman of the Johto Pokémon Association even commented that Liu Bo is the strongest of all gym leaders.