Pokémon Beyond the Blue

As people who came to Red Lotus Island for the first time, Ikki and Riolu got lost as expected.

This island is much more complicated than imagined, with roads extending in all directions and many small tunnels.If you don’t spend ten days and a half to explore the terrain in a place like this, you will get lost almost every time you walk.

They had been wandering around the same place for a long time, and even asking passers-by would not help.

"If I had known this, I would have bought a map at the dock."

When he got off the ship, Ikki didn't think there was any big deal here. His memory was not bad, and Lulili came out to cause trouble, so he didn't buy the map.I originally thought that even if I got lost, I would be able to get out with Riolu's abilities, but now Riolu couldn't use the waveguide - his body was so weak, his head was so dizzy, and he couldn't concentrate.

Since there is no way to go out at the moment, we can only find a hotel to stay on the spot and wait until tomorrow to figure out a solution.

Honglian Island is most famous for its hot springs, which spread even wider than the water show at Hualan Gym. Therefore, most of the buildings on the island are hot spring hotels, but almost all of them are full. There is no room available at any other hotel.

"No way! Do we really want to sleep on the streets with so many hotels around?"

Riolu lay on Ikki's shoulder and could only open one eye to observe the situation.Although he was used to sleeping outside, he didn't think Ikki could do the same.What's more, now he can only rely on Ikki.

"Hey! Children, we meet again."

"You are Xia...the old man on the boat just now!"

Riolu gently grabbed Ikki's head, and Ikki changed his words in time and did not call out Xia Bo's name.

But what is Xia Bo doing here?After all, this is not the narrative scope of the animation, so Riolu knows nothing about Xia Bo's behavior.

Xia Bo held his hands behind his back and walked slowly around Ikki. When he was walking around behind him, he suddenly stretched out his hand towards Riolu, and when he noticed it, Ikki also turned around to avoid it.Xia Bo failed and had to pretend to be innocent and look at the scenery.

"Excuse me, what are you doing...?"

When it comes to Riolu, Ikki cannot simply let the matter go.Xia Bo didn't seem to intend to continue to hide it - no, it should be said that he had no intention of excusing himself from the beginning. His behavior just now was like a joke to amuse a child, although it was not funny at all.

"I want to help you check on your elf. He is sick, isn't he?"

Xia Bo was right, Riolu's current state was no different than being sick, but even if Ikki knew that he was a gym trainer, he didn't think Xia Bo could cure Riolu's illness - indeed, he still had to Try the hot springs.

"Should I let him take a look?" Ikki still gave the choice to Riolu, although it was not clear why he knew about the Red Lotus Gym and also knew Xia Bo.

There is no harm in it anyway. Even if he knew that Xia Bo was a researcher of Team Rocket, he would not do anything bad before Xiaozhi came to challenge him.Thinking this, Riolu nodded to Ikki and asked him to hand him over to Xia Bo.

When he lifted himself up with both hands, Riolu could clearly feel him exerting slight force.

Xia Bo put his hand on Riolu's forehead and asked him to open his mouth. It looked decent.

There is nothing wrong with this elf, even Xia Bo, who has never been a doctor, can see it, but the symptoms are somewhat similar to the medicine of a partner a few years ago.Uncle Xia was secretly stunned. He didn't expect that this child would actually come into contact with that person. At the same time, he understood the reason why Ikki came here.

After returning Riolu to Ikki, Xia Bo pretended to cough, his playful attitude softened, and he said sternly: "You guys come to my house, I also run a hotel, so I'll let you stay for one night. Bar."

Hearing Uncle Xia's words, Yihui's heart moved, but he became deeply worried.

"We really need a place to stay, but there are so many tourists here. I guess the same situation is at home..."

Uncle Xia laughed when he heard this, and did not answer Ikki's words, but just asked him to follow him.Ikki and Riolu looked at each other, shrugged at the same time, and had no choice but to follow Xia Bo's footsteps.

"By the way, do you know that there is a gym here? I heard that the master of the gym

His name is Xia Bo..."

After climbing up a not-so-short staircase, they came to an open area overgrown with weeds. It looked like it had been abandoned for a long time.Ikki knew that Xia Bo was right in front of him, but he still tentatively asked Xia Bo.

Xia Bo stopped moving forward and looked back at Ikki. He was so frightened that he almost thought he had been exposed, but fortunately, Xia Bo did not stare at him, but closed his eyes and sighed.

"I am Uncle Xia. As for the Red Lotus Gym... you can see for yourself."

Xia Bo was the first to look aside, and Ikki followed suit.On the edge of this land that has been abandoned for a long time, there is an abandoned building. The house has collapsed in large areas. The wood is covered with green moss and fungi. If you walk forward, you can still smell the musty smell in the air. .

"Uncle Xia, what's wrong with the gym..."

"It no longer exists, and I stopped opening a gym a long time ago. Now I plan to rely on the hotel business to support my retirement! Okay, let's not talk about these old things, let's go."

To be honest, if Riolu hadn't watched the anime in his previous life and didn't understand the plot, he might have believed it, but he happened to know it, so he wouldn't believe the story that Xia Bo made up at random.He doesn't open a gym, he just takes time to study how to create Mewtwo, and relies on the hotel business to support himself?No joke, that money may not be as high as the monthly salary given to him by the Rockets.

Xia Bo's home is on the mountainside of a high mountain. Although it is on the mountainside, it is higher than any other hotel, so it can have a panoramic view of the entire Honglian Island.But the strange thing is that there is no guest in such a big hotel. When Ikki and Riolu followed Xia Bo in, they found that no one in any room was empty. It was not because the guests were all He went out, but there was no trace of living there at all.

Sure enough, those words were all lies.

Choosing a guest room facing the business district and the sea, Ikki placed Riolu on the neatly stacked quilts and sheets in the corner of the room, and then went to pack his things.At this time, Xia Bo opened the door again and walked in, handing Yihui a roll of paper tied with a rope.

"This is the most detailed map of Honglian Island. You can only get it from us. Don't lose it. I will give you a discount on the house price. Since you are still a child, I won't embarrass you. .”

There was no discussion or fierce bargaining, but the discount given by Uncle Xia was actually rare and shocking in the world - [-]% off.

Even though Riolu has been following Ikki for so long, he still doesn't know the currency ratio between this world's currency and the currency in his previous life. After all, Ikki is responsible for buying things, and he doesn't even know what some things are for.But these are not important. Xia Bo's discount is no different from providing a place for them to live for free. Not to mention making money, it is a miracle that they can not lose money.

Xia Bo's hotel also has a hot spring, and according to Xia Bo, this is one of the rare natural hot springs on the island. Most of the hot springs are artificial hot springs made by merchants using electricity or coal. The experience alone is quite different. A lot, not to mention it has no effect.Uncle Xia also mocked those people like a joke: "It's no different from boiling people with boiling water." The hot springs here are not only naturally formed, but also the largest on the island.

Ikki always remembered what Fuji said, not to mention that it was getting late now. After saying goodbye to Uncle Xia who didn't know what to do, Ikki put on his yukata, holding a tub with clothes in one hand, and holding Riolu in the other. Go to the hot spring entrance.

At night, even on Honglian Island, which has a volcano, the temperature began to gradually drop. As soon as Ikki opened the door, he was greeted by a burst of hot and humid moisture. Hot steam floated on the hot springs, and the head of a fire-breathing dragon was carved on the rock. Water was being poured into the pool continuously, but the idea of ​​Charizard spraying water still stunned Ikki and Riolu for a long time.The hot spring is not deep, and Ikki can expose his body from the abdomen up even when standing in the pool. However, it is a bit too much for Riolu, who cannot swim and is not tall enough, so Ikki has to use his hands as the ground. Oulu surfaced and relied on the buoyancy of the water, so he wasn't too tired.

"I'm going to challenge the gym soon. I still remember clearly the last battle with Xiaogang and Uncle Wu Neng. Although I don't know Uncle Xia's strength, I can't back down."

Ikki muttered something softly while soaking in the water.Riolu was focused on recovering as soon as possible, so he didn't pay attention to Ikki's soliloquy. After all, this feeling was really uncomfortable.

Ikki smiled and stopped talking. He closed his eyes and enjoyed the silence.

The starry sky is vast, will the future be as eternal as the stars...