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

"What, the Alliance has destroyed the Shadow Organization's hideout!? So many dark Pokémon!" Mirei said in surprise, covering her face.

Then Mirei said firmly: "My grandfather Ron is the most respected person in our village. I will ask him for help!"

After saying that, Mirei turned around and left, apparently wanting to go find Grandpa Ron for help immediately.

The remaining Leo hesitated for a moment, took off the capture device on his arm and handed it to Xu Li.

"I'm tired of being on the Capture Team. If it weren't for Mirei, I would have thrown away this Capture Device long ago."

"Since dark Pokémon no longer exist, this capture device has no meaning to me. I will give it to you."

"Next, I'm going to live my own life with Mirei!"

After Leo finished speaking, he stuffed the seizure device into Xu Li's hands and went to find Mi Lei.

Xu Li, who was holding the seizure device, and Zhu Lan, who was standing beside him, looked at each other in surprise.

"This..." Xu Li looked at the grabbing device that looked like a mechanical arm. Isn't this a hot potato?

"Take it. I believe you can control yourself, Ali." Zhulan suddenly smiled.

Xu Li himself might not have the confidence to control himself, but seizing the device was indeed a means to defeat the enemy.

"Then Zhulan will supervise me." Xu Li smiled and accepted the seizure device, "Just like Mirei and Leo."

Chapter 78: Ali is three years younger than me?

Xu Li and Zhu Lan didn't have to wait long before Mi Lei came back and invited them to Grandpa Ron's house.

Ron's home is similar to that of ordinary people in areas like Sinnoh and Hecong, full of a warm atmosphere, but it is a little special in the harsh environment of the Oure region.

Ron is an old man with white hair, wearing a robe that is unique to the Agate Village.

As Xu Li and Zhu Lan entered, Ron called out, "Haha, are you from the Alliance? Do you need to borrow the shrine's spring water to heal... your dark Pokémon?"

"Yes, dark Pokémon is..." Xu Li explained as usual.

After listening, Ron nodded in understanding.

"So there's this secret! No wonder someone sneakily tried to steal the fountain a while ago, but I chased them away. Hehe, when I was young, Ron was known as the strongest trainer in the Orei region!"

"Pika~Pika!"

At this moment, a Pikachu also jumped out to agree.

"This is Pikachu. It's the first Pokémon I got and it's always been by my side!" Ron said with a smile as he stroked Pikachu.

Then, Ron continued, "Since it's a disaster in the Ouray region, it's naturally the responsibility of the Onyx Village to help! However... I'm worried that the water from Celebi Spring might not be enough for hundreds of Dark Pokémon."

"Let's try it first!" Xu Li nodded.

"Yes, let me lead the way!" Ron stood up and said.

……

Going deeper into the village of Manju, there is a forest. The residents of Manju Village call this the sacred forest of Celebi.

Xu Li and his group, as well as the alliance members, carried hundreds of dark Pokémon balls and followed Ron to a spring in the center of the forest with a three-story ancient structure.

Next to it, there is a shrine dedicated to this place.

"This spring water contains the power of Celebi. It is said that this power can call forth the happiest memories in a Pokémon's heart." Ron introduced.

"Perhaps this is the reason why dark Pokémon can be restored!" Xu Li nodded, "Then, let's begin!"

Next, Xu Li took out Lei Gong’s Poké Ball and let Lei Gong use the spring water first.

After drinking the spring water, Lei Gong seemed to move, like a big cat intoxicated by catnip, rolling on the ground and acting coquettishly.

After drinking Celebi's spring water, the majestic and domineering Lei Gong showed such a silly look in front of everyone. It seems that Lei Gong is indeed happy.

In Xu Li's eyes, the purification value of Lei Gong was also rising. After several times of feeding the Rabbi Spring Water, it reached 100% after a quarter of an hour.

"Roar--!"

There was a light in Lei Gong's eyes. Thinking of his embarrassing actions during this period, Lei Gong forcibly controlled his desire to roll over and growled unconsciously.

Its memories as a Dark Pokémon were not lost, and it quickly realized the current situation.

As it was his duty as a member of the Ho-oh Guard, there was no time for shame, and Raikou quickly made way, signaling for more Dark Pokémon to come in for the treatment.

Next, Zhulan signaled the alliance members to use Celebi's spring water in batches to purify the dark Pokémon, while Raikou supervised and guarded from the side.

But the problem is, after just a few batches of Pokémon, the fountain is almost empty...

"What should I do?" Mirei covered her head and looked at the pile of dark Pokémon Balls.

"Maybe this can only be solved with the arrival of Celebi." Ron sighed. He was also sad about the fate of these dark Pokémon.

"Legend has it that to see Celebi, one needs an item called the Flute of Time. There's only a slight chance of seeing him, but the Flute of Time has never appeared."

Ron's voice had barely fallen.

"Compare!"

An ethereal voice echoed in the spring.

A ripple spread out in time and space, and a Pokémon with big blinking eyes appeared out of thin air, flapping its small transparent wings and looking around curiously.

Like the elf in the story, it appeared in front of everyone.

"This is Celebi!?" Ron was stunned and looked at the Pokémon in disbelief.

Celebi, whom he had never seen in his life, appeared as soon as he finished speaking?

But Celebi ignored Ron's words and was looking for its own target.

Seeing Xu Li next to Zhulan and Sylveon, Celebi's eyes lit up and he flew towards Xu Li without hesitation.

"Biwu~"

Under Xu Li's curious gaze, Celebi rubbed Xu Li's face without any hesitation, and the smooth touch like leaves gently stroked Xu Li's face back and forth.

This? Looking at Celebi, who was inexplicably very close to him, Xu Li was a little confused.

"Celebi, do you know me?" He asked softly after thinking for a while.

"Biwoo!"

Celebi stopped and nodded without hesitation in front of Xu Li, looking at Xu Li with shining eyes.

"Oh, I see." Xu Li touched Celebi in front of him and had some guesses.

Celebi has the ability to travel through time, and Xu Li is sure that he has never seen Celebi, but maybe he will come into contact with Celebi in the future.

"Are you here to help me?" Xu Li asked again.

"Woo!" Celebi then remembered the important matter.

Surrounding the spring, Celebi gently casts soft rays of light.

Almost instantly, the spring water gushed out, full of vitality.

"This... Celebi has bestowed his blessing once again!" Ron almost burst into tears when he saw this scene.

For all the residents of Mana Village, Celebi is faith.

After completing the task, Celebi returned to Xu Li again, sniffed around Xu Li's waist, and finally found a Poké Ball and touched it lightly.

With this touch, Bayleaf's body appeared on the ground.

"Bi~"

Seeing Bayleaf, Celebi happily threw himself onto Bayleaf's neck, squinting his eyes, as if he was enjoying Bayleaf's embrace.

Then the green energy gathered and rushed towards Bay Leaf.

Bay Leaf regained consciousness almost instantly, staring blankly at her surroundings, unable to adapt to this sudden change.

After doing all this, Celebi seemed a little weak and slowly fell asleep on Bay Leaf's neck.

"Thank you, Celebi." Xu Li said softly after watching all this silently.

You can clearly see Celebi's wings flapping gently, as if in response.

……

It's getting late.

Because there were too many dark Pokémon that needed to be purified, it might take several days, so Xu Li and others decided to stay in Agate Village.

Ron invited Xu Li and Zhu Lan to live in their house, which had exactly two rooms.

Other alliance members were also taken in by the residents of Agate Village. If there were no rooms available, they would set up tents near the spring.

Bayleaf walked slowly, carrying Celebi carefully on her back, her eyes looking around curiously.

But the place where his eyes lingered most was Xu Li's back as he walked in front.

When Yue Gui Ye thought about how Xu Li had been taking care of her even when she was in such a very uncomfortable state, her heart felt sweet.

"Bili~" I couldn't help but call out softly.

"Oh, what's wrong, Bay Leaf." Xu Li turned his head to look at Bay Leaf.

"Bili~!"

Bayleaf let out a happy cry, watching Celebi on her back cautiously jump towards Xu Li, squinting her eyes and rubbing Xu Li's hanging hand.

"A Li, Bay Leaf likes you very much." Zhu Lan, who was walking side by side with Xu Li, also smiled.

"Bi Li!" Hearing Zhu Lan's words, Bay Leaf happily nodded in agreement, and a happy fragrance spread around.

"Oh, I like you too, Bayleaf." Xu Li also gently stroked Bayleaf's smooth head.

"Li!" In return, the bay leaves rubbed even harder.

……

At night, in Ron's room.

Xu Li settled Bay Leaf and Celebi in a small nest to let them rest, and looked at the baby bear running around in the new environment.

Baby Bear had never seen this modern environment in Xicui, so he was inevitably curious.

"Baby bear, either go back to the Poké Ball and sleep, or sleep here. Don't run around." It was getting late, Xu Li said with his hands on his hips.

"Jimmy~"

The baby bear looked left and right, and finally looked at the soft headboard of the bed and was about to go up.

But he found that the Fairy Eevee leader, who had been lying on the bed, was staring at him dangerously, and he couldn't help but smile.

"Gigi~"

Then the baby bear seemed to sense something, ran to the door with a wicked grin, jumped up, opened the door with a snap, and then quickly found his Poké Ball and went in.

Behind the open door, Zhulan was left standing there blankly, dressed in casual clothes, holding a pillow and with a red face.

"Zhulan...?" Xu Li blinked.

"...Yeah." Zhulan suppressed her shyness, walked in quietly and closed the door, "There are some things I need to discuss with Ali."

He walked to the bed holding the pillow and slowly sat down, staring at Xu Li.

"..."

“…What’s the matter?” Seeing that the air was silent, Xu Li asked softly.

"Hmm..." Zhulan's brain short-circuited and her eyes began to panic.

In fact, she felt that this day was too unreal. She walked to Xu Li's room and stopped there without knowing what to say...

"I haven't told you about what happened to me in the past few years. Zhulan, would you like to listen?" Xu Li suddenly smiled.

"Yeah!" Zhulan nodded quickly.

In fact, she has always had doubts about this, but because she was worried, she never asked.

"Buy~"