Pokémon Beyond the Blue

In order to get to the Light Red Gym, Ikki and Riolu had to pass through a dense forest.At this time, they were in the forest.

If it's a mountainous area, it's no problem to leave it to the little fire horse, but it's still not possible in a forest with such dense trees.

Regardless of whether there would be a fire or not, the little flame horse could not run in the forest just because it was about to catch up with the size of the flame horse, so Ikki had no choice but to put it away.

"Hey, I thought I could finally speed up the pace, but I didn't expect that in the end I would still have to walk step by step on my own."

Riolu, who was jumping up and down on the branches, heard Ikki's words, stopped and said to him: "Don't complain, you just walk step by step, right?"

"Well...that's true."

Riolu continued to jump towards the branches ahead. Doing so could gain a wider field of vision and effectively avoid harassment from some elves along the way - if he had to fight them one by one, too much time would be wasted. All the ones on it will fit in.And this also makes it easier to find a place to rest.

"What type of elf does the gym trainer of the Light Red Gym use?"

"..."

Riolu pretended not to hear at all and jumped forward a long way.

This is the reason why Ikki wants to test himself, so he won't be fooled.

Arriving at a distance where Ikki could barely see him, Riolu waited for Ikki to catch up.It wasn't that Riolu didn't want to tell him, but because it had been revealed before that he knew something he shouldn't have known, Ikki also became suspicious. If he told him again, he would have to question him for a long time.

Thinking this, Riolu was suddenly dazzled by a bright light in his eyes.

The too strong light made him close his eyes tightly. When he almost got used to it, Riolu opened his eyes and looked at the source of the light.

"Ikki, there is a lake about 200 meters ahead."

"Eh? Really!"

After saying that, Riolu ignored Ikki and jumped straight towards the lake.

Although this is a lake, it is not very large. It is surrounded by relatively open terrain, which is enough even as an event venue.

But Riolu felt a little strange, why was there no sign of half an elf around such a rich water source?

Yes, the exact time was after Riolu and Ikki separated. The number of elves he saw along the way began to decrease one after another. By the time he discovered the lake, there were almost only a handful of elves around him. Count, so Riolu threw Ikki behind and left alone.

"Wow, I didn't expect to see such a beautiful place in the forest."

Ikki also followed and sighed involuntarily when he saw the scene in front of him.

"Well, it's beautiful, but it's too quiet around here, right?"

"Listening to what you said...it seems really too quiet..."

Now, apart from the sound of the wind blowing, there was really no movement at all.

Riolu jumped down from the tree and leaned down to examine the grass on the ground.

The grass had just been flattened and was still fresh, indicating that the elves nearby had just become powerful.

"Not counting the strange things around it, this is really a good place to rest."

Ikki stretched out facing the sparkling lake and breathed in the slightly humid air greedily.

"It's not time to rest yet, you should be able to hold on for a while, right?"

Although I was a little disappointed that I couldn't rest, I still had to hurry, so I nodded and acquiesced to Riolu's words.

"Okay, let me go to the front and take a look first. You should be careful to keep up!"

Riolu ran around the lake and into the forest on the other side of the lake.

"Hey, Riolu always forgets the fact that my physical strength is not as good as his."

But he had no choice but to follow in Riolu's footsteps.

Next to the forest that Ikki was walking through, a dark shadow flashed past.

"Sure enough, there is a problem around that lake."

Before Riolu could walk far, he noticed that some elves began to walk towards the lake one after another. From what they were chatting about, it seemed that they were going to drink water.

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sp;But why didn't any elves come this way just now?

There is no way to know the answer to this question.

"Riolu, how far is it before we get to the exit of the forest?"

Riolu jumped up to the treetop and looked into the distance.

"I can't see the edge. It will probably take a long time to get there."

Ikki also looked at the map and roughly estimated their location.

"If we continue at this speed, it will take several days to get out of this forest. I suddenly feel so desperate."

"Stop complaining. Have you forgotten what you said? You can't defeat me if you continue like this!"

Riolu took out the blue tangerine that Ikki bought on Red Lotus Island from his backpack, sat down on a branch and started eating. (By the way, who still remembers that Riolu has a backpack?)

"Hey, Riolu can rest, why can't I~" Ikki saw Riolu's behavior on the ground and complained dissatisfiedly.

At this moment, Riolu quickly threw away the blue orange in his hand and suddenly jumped in front of Ikki, startling Ikki who was still stunned.

"Stop talking, someone is nearby."

Although I didn't see it with my eyes, I did feel that someone was watching me. This feeling of being watched... was very uncomfortable.

Immediately closing his eyes and turning on the waveguide, Riolu looked around for human figures.

"No need to look for it, it's me, long time no see Ikki!"

"What!" Riolu didn't notice the person who made the sound at all. The person seemed to appear out of thin air.

But this voice seems a bit familiar...

"Yuuto?! Why are you here!"

Ikki ran past Riolu and came to Yuuto.

"Yuuto?!"

Opening his eyes, Riolu saw the boy he hadn't seen for a long time.

"I came here by chance. In order to challenge the light red gym, I ended up here out of nowhere. I always feel like I have seen this situation before."

"I want to go to the Light Red Gym too. Isn't this the same situation we encountered back then? And you got lost again, didn't you?" Ikki suppressed his smile, but his look was definitely better than in front of Yuu. Tou laughed out loud and tried to hit Yuuto.

Yuuto seemed very happy at first, but after hearing what Ikki said, he almost cried.

"It's different this time. I brought enough food!"

Yuuto turned sideways and showed Ikki the backpack on his body.

"Okay Ikki, let's talk while we walk."

Riolu stood on the branch and looked at the two people chatting below. He really couldn't bear to interrupt them, but time didn't allow it. He had to seize every minute. If he didn't go out early, who knew he might encounter someone. Troubling characters like hordes of ring bears.

"Ikki, is this Riolu the one you had before? Why has the color changed so much! Don't give me your original one, I quite like it..."

This time, not only Riolu's head was covered with black lines, but even Ikki was sweating profusely.

"Actually, he was Riolu at that time, but something happened that you didn't know, and I couldn't explain it at the moment. But since our destination is the same, let's talk while walking!" Ikki raised his head and said to Riolu said: "Riolu, please continue exploring!"

"Well, leave it to me!"

"Hey, hey!!!! Speak!"

This sentence almost made Riolu fall down as he was about to jump.

This reaction is too slow! ! !You obviously just said it, okay?

But then I think about it, Yuuto is just a bit slow.

"I'll explain it to you, okay Riolu? You should be able to talk to Yuuto about this."

"Well, whatever."

Yuuto... Since he is an acquaintance and he doesn't seem to be too smart, it doesn't matter if he tells him...

Riolu discovered that with Yuuto joining in, Ikki no longer seemed tired, and his progress had accelerated a lot.

In this way, the duo became a trio and continued to move in the direction of the light red gym.