Pokémon, but cultural invasion

Higana, dressed as a Meteorite, wandered around aimlessly like a headless fly, as if searching for something.

She fled as soon as she saw him leave.

Let's just pretend we didn't see it.

Quanshu said to Ache, "Have fun today. We'll take a boat back to Guandu tonight."

"I want to go on a luxury cruise."

"That requires talent."

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Niangguang City.

Qi Shu tapped his finger on the phone screen, his pinkish-blue eyes slightly narrowed.

This is the latest announcement released by Tingxiang Township.

She read aloud, word by word: "August 16th... At that time, Xiaoxia, the Gym Leader of Cerulean Gym, Lijia, the Gym Leader of Rainbow Gym, and the Gym Leader of Dark Grey Gym... will be invited to attend."

"There are no strange trees."

She continued reading the list of invited media: "Moon Corridor Newspaper, Golden Yellow TV... Tadpole Live Streamer?"

"There are no rare trees."

Qi Shu rolled over and lay on the large bed with its electric grid pattern, getting angrier the more he thought about it.

Forget about mainstream media, how can even streamers who are only somewhat famous in the Kanto region receive invitations?

DianDian, a top streamer across the entire region, didn't receive an invitation. Is that reasonable?

What's even worse is that Izumi only replies to her messages symbolically these past few days, and her gaming partner, Buchao, has been completely unreachable.

August 16th, August 16th.

She jumped out of bed, grabbed the calendar, and compared the messages in the Padiya Dojo Master's work group.

Quartz Convention...Exhibition Match...

Qi Shu puffed out his cheeks and decisively dialed the number.

"Hey?"

President Ye Ci's voice rang out: "It's rare for you to call me first. Is there something you need?"

Qi Shu said angrily, "Give me the spot for the Quartz Convention exhibition match this time!"

"..."

"This has been a huge help. Those guys don't want to go on business trips, and I was even planning to threaten Aoki with his job."

hang up the phone.

Qi Shu gritted his teeth, just wait and see, the price for daring not to invite the live streamer Dian Dian!

Chapter Fifty-Seven: Where Did My Iron Dumbbell Go?

"The swimming pool on this luxury cruise ship even has a Pokémon slide!"

"Buyi~"

Ibra responded listlessly, lying on the ground and pawing around with her claws, trying to pupate into the pool.

Unfortunately, things didn't go as Ibrahimovic wished. He couldn't stand up or crawl, so he could only lie there with his eyes half-closed.

"It seems he is really sick."

Izumi looked at the listless Eevee. Pokémon have strong constitutions; they can recover from a common cold in a day or two.

Ibrahimovic has been listless for two days with no signs of improvement.

He picked up Ibrahimovic and carried him to the cruise ship's medical room.

After a thorough examination, the doctor removed his latex gloves and threw them into the trash can, saying, "This is not a disease, but a sign of evolution."

"evolution?"

Izumi no Kisame has never let Eevee come into contact with any evolution stones, so if it were to evolve naturally, it would probably be Espeon or Umbreon.

However, Eevee hasn't fought any battles recently, so it should evolve during its travels over the past few years.

Could it be that this guy isn't very close to me?

Quanshu weighed the Eevee in his arms in his hand. It couldn't be that he had been raised from a tiny little bean.

"However, this Eevee's behavior is a bit strange. Judging from its physical reactions, this should not be its first evolution."

"The decline in her mental state and physical function is more like her resisting the forces of evolution."

The doctor opened Ibrahimovic's medical record in the information system.

"It's not uncommon for Pokémon to resist evolution. Fear of the unknown, unwillingness to change their size, or simply dislike of evolution can all be reasons for resisting evolution."

He opened Ibrahimovic's past medical records, found nothing suspicious, and asked, "Has Ibrahimovic had a similar experience before?"

Izumi recalled, "Eevee did show signs of lethargy and weakness in its limbs during the trip, but it usually recovered in two days. I just thought it was a cold."

"This has happened seven times in seven years, about once a year, which is quite average."

He felt ashamed.

There's a saying that "catching a cold once or twice a year is good for your health," and Izumi Tree thinks Eevee is quite healthy, catching a cold only once a year, no more, no less.

So it wasn't a cold after all?

"Your Eevee has probably resisted evolution for the eighth time. To be honest, I have never seen a Pokémon resist evolution eight times. Pokémon that really don't want to evolve will carry an Everstone."

The doctor sat in a swivel chair and took a sachet out of a drawer.

"This is powder made from Everstone. It can soothe the restless evolutionary energy within a Pokémon. It takes effect within a day of carrying it."

"Finally, regarding the question of whether or not to evolve, you'd better talk to Eevee. Even trainers don't have the right to make decisions for their own Pokémon."

The doctor spoke earnestly.

"Thank you so much."

After paying the fee, Izumi carried Eevee back to the room.

When A-Che saw him return, he asked, "How did it go?"

"The doctor said it's not an illness, it's that Eevee is evolving."

"Isn't that a good thing? Evolution means being faster and stronger."

A-Che laughed and said, "Why do you look so gloomy?"

"You do not understand."

"Alright." A-Che picked up his camera. "A few girls at the pool just asked me to take pictures. You can be sad for now."

After he left, Izumi put Eevee on the bed.

"Do you enjoy the slow, deliberate evolution, or the stagnation of every step?"

Izumi grabbed Eevee's cheek: "Hmm?"

"Buyi~"

Ibrahimovic flicked his tail, signaling his complete surrender.

"I really lost to you."

"If you don't want to evolve, then don't evolve."

Quanshu tied the sachet around Eevee's neck.

Looking at Eevee curled up in a ball, looking petite, I can still vividly recall the scene when we first met.

Shortly after deciding to travel, he encountered traveling merchants from the Alora region on the street.

Ibrahimovic was locked in an iron cage, a tiny, barely alive creature, making it doubt whether she could survive.

Quanshu couldn't bear to part with it, and since he needed a travel companion, he spent all his New Year's money to buy it.

Looking back now, they weren't itinerant merchants at all; they were clearly audacious poachers.

It's likely that the poachers were afraid of losing money on Ibrahimovic, so they sold him the pig at a low price.

Izumi no longer remembers what the poacher looked like, but one thing is certain: he spoke with a heavy Alora accent.

The effect is immediate after hanging the sachet.

Ibrahimovic's breathing visibly calmed down.

"Boy!"

After a while, Ibu was able to open his eyes and look around.

"Why are you looking for something instead of resting properly?"

"Izumi-ki, who was sitting to the side, said irritably."

Ibrahimovic remained silent, staring blankly at the phone in his hand.

"Let me tell you, internet addiction is prohibited until you are cured."

"Bu! Yi!"

Ibu rolled around on the bed, flailing its paws wildly.

"Bueebueebuee~"

The child was crying and making a fuss, and Quanshu was afraid that she would be exhausted to death in bed.

"Alright, alright, you need to rest after half an hour at most, understand?"

"Boy!"

Ibrahimovic nodded repeatedly.

"Take it, sigh."

Izumi-ki clutched his head; he's truly a disqualified trainer.

......

"I suspect our room is haunted."

On the eve of their arrival in Kanto, A-Che suddenly said to Izumi with a serious expression, "Have you ever heard of sleep paralysis?"

"Don't talk nonsense."

"I am serious!"

Ah Che gestured: "I woke up late last night because I needed to pee, and when I opened my eyes I saw a red light in the room."

"When I met that strange light, I suddenly found myself unable to move, as if I was trapped on the bed by an invisible force, and my voice was drowned in my throat, unable to utter a sound."

"The light spun around on the table, accompanied by a crackling sound; it was attacking my potato chips!"

“There is definitely something unclean in the room. I suspect it was brought here by the sacred mountain.”

A-Che hugged himself tightly, longing for a sense of security.

Quanshu patiently explained, "That's not called sleep paralysis, it's called sleep paralysis, which is a physiological phenomenon."

"But I'm more interested in knowing how you finally managed to relieve yourself when you needed to pee?"

"..."

I told you I saw a ghost, and you're asking me what happened next about needing to pee?

"Anyway, I'm not sleeping here tonight. In horror movies, extras who don't listen to advice usually die a horrible death."

Ah Che left with a single sentence and went out to a bar to fool around.

Izumi gave Eevee a good thrashing. He didn't believe the Pokémon world was haunted; even if it were, it would only be Ghost-type Pokémon.

Trying to scare him?