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

"Oki and Odaki discussed this with me this morning. It seems this might be related to the legendary Pokémon."

But grandma didn't want to reveal anything more, so she changed the subject:

"We are looking for a solution, so we need you to go study with Dr. Yamanashi, and then it will be the trip you have been waiting for."

"Xiao Lan, Xiao Li, a car will take you to Masaga Town this afternoon to study with Dr. Yamanashi. Are you ready?"

"I'm ready. I'm ready too, Grandma."

Zhulan understood what her grandmother meant and raised her hand.

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The road from Shenhe Town to Masaga Town spans half of the Sinnoh region.

A sudden Onix blocking the road in Kurogane City caused serious road damage, necessitating a change in the route to Masaga Town.

The changed route requires passing through Tianguan Cave, Baidai Forest and other areas, and the distance is much longer. Therefore, in order to reach Zhensha Town to rest at night, Xu Li and Zhulan hurriedly finished lunch at noon and took the bus to Zhensha Town.

On the path outside the house, the off-road vehicle that came to pick up Xu Li and Zhu Lan had arrived early. Xu Li walked on the path. Through the frost condensed on the window of the cabin, he could vaguely see the warm lights in the house. The feeling of parting was spreading.

Zhulan hugged her grandmother, and her grandmother's hands gently rubbed Xu Li's hair, expressing her thoughts of parting.

The moment of separation will come as promised no matter how reluctant you are. Grandma let go of her hands and pushed Zhulan and Xu Li towards the car door.

"Goodbye, Grandma. We will come back to see you often during our travels."

Grandma Jiezilan just stood there, without saying any more instructions. She looked over with a gratified look, and her image as a young girl vaguely appeared in her mind.

The ruts that gradually moved away silently took away the noise that belonged to the cottage.

Chapter 2: I'm in Xicui now?

The off-road vehicle slowly drove into the cave from the country road. There were no accidents along the way, and it safely sent Xu Li and Zhu Lan to the Yamanashi Research Institute in Masaga Town.

Xu Li and Zhu Lan got out of the car.

Dr. Yamanashi, with a white mustache and wearing a casual shirt, came to greet Xu Li and his group in person.

As soon as he opened his mouth, he laughed heartily and said, "Hahahaha, you are Dr. Mustard Orchid's grandchildren, right? You have such a good relationship."

Xu Li smiled and said, "Yes, hello, Dr. Yamanashi."

Dr. Yamanashi welcomed them, "Welcome to the Yamanashi Research Institute. It's so late, I'll take you to your rooms so you can get some rest."

As he said this, he gestured for invitation, took Xu Li and Zhu Lan to a room, and then left.

In front of the room, Xu Li and Zhu Lan looked at each other. Xu Li touched his head and said, "Why don't I ask Dr. Yamanashi for another room?"

Zhulan was silent for two seconds, then pulled Xu Li into the room.

At Dr. Mustard Orchid's house, Xu Li and Zhu Lan also lived in separate rooms. This was the first time they lived together.

The room is quite big and fully furnished, but there is only one bed.

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the next morning.

Xu Li was still woken up by Zhulan. He opened his eyes and saw Zhulan's delicate little face staring at him with a red face. Feeling the soft touch below his abdomen, Xu Li quickly let go of his legs that were wrapped around Zhulan.

It turned out that after Xu Li fell asleep, he unknowingly wrapped Zhulan around him as a pillow and hugged her all night.

Zhulan got out of bed with a red face and washed up. The commotion woke up Yaya and Yuanlusha, who were hiding in the room, and started chirping. Xu Li had no choice but to get up.

Afterwards, the two of them and their Pokémon enjoyed the breakfast prepared in the research institute together.

In the next few days, Xu Li and Zhulan followed Professor Yamanashi to learn about Pokémon, how to cultivate them, how to fight them, and various survival and self-rescue methods when exploring the wild.

Although Dr. Yamanashi is an authority on the evolution of Pokémon, he is not an unarmed researcher. When he was young, Dr. Yamanashi loved to dive into the depths of various places for adventure.

Dr. Yamanashi also said that he still feels the excitement of adventure when he occasionally travels with Pokémon.

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This kind of days continued until the 13th day. Today, Dr. Yamanashi was invited by Dr. Oak and Dr. Odamaki to help them study Pokémon in the wild.

Xu Li and Zhu Lan were left living alone in the research institute. There were not many people in Dr. Yamanashi's research institute, and most of them were service staff such as kitchen and cleaning staff.

Dr. Yamanashi's two research assistants were also doing their own research, and there was no one to supervise Xu Li and Zhu Lan.

Zhu Lan approached Xu Li and said, "Let's go and find Uncle Huitang's daughter."

Researcher Huitang is one of Dr. Yamanashi's two research assistants. Xu Li and Zhulan are also familiar with the two researchers at the Yamanashi Research Institute.

Dr. Yamanashi is not here today, and Huitang is even busier, so he entrusts his 4-year-old daughter, Xiaoguang, to Xu Li and Zhulan for care.

Xu Li stood up, picked up Yaya and said, "Let's go~ Let's go find Xiaoguang to play."

Together with Zhulan, they came to Uncle Huitang's house in Masaga Town and knocked on the door. Soon after, Xiaoguang opened the door alone.

Xu Li and Huitang chatted and learned that Xiaoguang's mother, Caizi, is a professional coordination trainer, so she rarely stays at home and is now participating in Super Gorgeous Competitions all over the country.

In fact, Xiaoguang has an older sister, Platinum, who now lives with her other mother, Dr. Yanase, in the Bellritz family, but Huidong seems to want to bring Platinum back to live with Xiaoguang.

Xiao Guang opened the door and saw Xu Li and Zhu Lan. He called out in surprise, "Brother Xu Li, Sister Zhu Lan! Why are you here?"

Zhulan squatted down and looked Xiaoguang in the eye. "Your father has entrusted you to us today. Let's go out and play."

Masaga Town is close to the sea and its name comes from the Masaga Beach in the south of the town.

Xu Li, with Yaya hanging on his shoulder, came to Zhensha Beach with Zhulan and Xiaoguang.

With the soft sand under their feet and the fresh sea breeze blowing, Xiaoguang and Zhulan were extremely happy when they arrived at the beach. Xiaoguang ran while laughing.

"Xiao Guang...be careful!"

Zhulan was worried about Xiaoguang's safety, so she ran behind him. Gradually, Zhulan also started laughing along with Xiaoguang.

Because of her parents' work, Xiaoguang's parents were often unable to accompany her. She only spent a short time with her father after his research work. So, Xiaoguang, who had been lonely for a long time, played like crazy when she had such an opportunity to have fun.

……

The happy time was short, the sun slowly set, and soon it was dusk.

When Xu Li and his companions were preparing to go back, suddenly, two strangers walked up to Xu Li and his companions.

One was fat and the other was thin. The thin one wore green sunglasses, a black jacket, and Martin boots. He was chewing something and mumbled to Xu Li, "Boy, where is the Yamanashi Research Institute?"

Seeing that the person who came had bad intentions, Xu Li answered cautiously:

"I know where the Yamanashi Research Institute is. What are you doing?"

Hearing Xu Li still want to ask him back, the thin one became impatient and waved his hand and said quickly: "Boy, don't ask so many questions, just tell me quickly."

At this time, the fat one patted the thin one and said, "Boss Gao, look at the color of the teeth on that kid's shoulders."

Boss Gao glanced at Yaya suddenly, as if he was thinking about something. Xu Li quickly put Yaya behind him.

Suddenly, Boss Gao clapped his hands and shouted, "What a different-colored Pokémon! This job is much more profitable than stealing from the Yamanashi Research Institute. Boy, be smart and hand over your Fang, otherwise, hehe~"

Seeing this, Xu Li quickly signaled Zhulan to take Xiaoguang with him, then squatted down in a gesture of surrender, and suddenly grabbed a handful of sand and threw it at the two of them.

and yelled, “Run!!”

Zhulan immediately picked up Xiaoguang, turned around and ran, and Xu Li followed behind them.

"Damn it!"

The two covered their eyes, but still fumbled from their waists to take out the Poké Balls and release Pokémon.

"Herodga, the big wolfhound, chase them."

The Pokémon of the two ran much faster than Xu Li and Zhulan, and soon caught up with Xu Li.

Houndoom held a black ball in its mouth and threw it towards Xu Li. Xu Li dodged by turning his body to the side, but the aftermath forced Zhulan and Xiaoguang to fall to the ground.

They can't run away, someone must be able to stop them.

"Tooth, prepare to fight, we'll stop them."

"You guys leave quickly. Going back for help is the best thing to do now."

Zhulan, who was lying on the ground, touched her belt but found nothing. Damn it, she rushed to Xu Li to pick up Xiaoguang at noon, but she didn't bring the round land shark out today.

Zhulan also understood the current situation. Looking at Xiaoguang lying unconscious on the ground, her teeth were about to break. She did not hesitate, held back the tears in her eyes, picked up Xiaoguang and continued to run towards the research institute.

Xu Li turned around to face the two Pokémon and observed them using the system.

Darkraige

Attributes: Evil, Fire

Level: Lv39

Characteristics: Early riser

Moves: Bite, Evil Wave, Flame Fang, Trick, Flame Jet]

【Big Wolf Dog♂

Attribute: evil

Level: Lv34

Trait: Overconfidence

Moves: Bite, Sand Throw, Thief, Thunder Fang, Flame Fang, Howl]

Barely able to maneuver around, Yaya performed a dragon dance on the spot and then rushed towards Houndoom and the big wolfhound, raising its short little arms and chopping off Houndoom's head with a tile.

boom!

The broken tile collided with Houndoom's hard skull with a bang. Houndoom, who was a little confused by the blow, shook his head, bared his teeth and looked at Yaya, opening his teeth that were condensed with black light.

But Yaya twisted her body to avoid Houndoom's Bite, causing Houndoom's Bite to hit the big wolfhound behind Yaya that was also using Bite.

The two dog heads collided with each other in an instant, and their teeth were almost broken.

"Woof~!"

The fooled Hound and the wolfhound were enraged. Hound opened his mouth in anger and sprayed fire at the face, but Yaya managed to dodge it.

But the big wolfhound behind had lightning in its mouth, used its Thunder Fang, and bit Yaya's arm.

Yaya hit the big wolfhound with a tile-chopping blow from her backhand, loosening its clenched teeth.

Although Fang was facing two evil-type Pokémon of much higher levels, he was still able to fight them hard thanks to his rich combat experience.

The Double Axe War Dragon race has a rather notorious shortcoming. Even though its racial attack value is among the best, its attack range is very narrow.

Even though Yaya has learned almost all the moves it can, it still only has the Bug-type's Head-on Attack that can only hit once, the Fighting-type's Dead End that requires extremely low health to be effective, and the Brick Break that can effectively attack the Dark-type.

Next, Houndaro and the Wolfhound increased the pressure and attacked continuously. Yaya relied on his rich combat experience to fight with Houndaro and the Wolfhound, repeatedly dodging the enemy's attacks, and occasionally finding an opportunity to chop back with tiles.

But after all, he was surviving the attack of two Pokémon of much higher levels, so he inevitably accumulated some injuries.

The stalemate lasted for more than ten minutes, and then a thin man and a fat man arrived.

Boss Gao covered his still red eyes and said fiercely, "You bastard boy, today I'm going to let you taste what pain is!"

Two more Pokémon were released to join the siege of Fang.

Dust Mountain♀

Attributes: Poison,

Level: Lv37

Characteristics: Foul odor

Moves: Poison Gas, Metal Claw, Acid Bomb, Slap, Slam]

【Crow Head ♂