Pokémon Beyond the Blue

About an hour later, the bright red indicator light on the treatment room finally went out. Yuuto and Aji looked at each other and came to the door to wait for the results.

The door was opened after a while. Lying on the pure white trolley was Alidozi with one leg wrapped in a bandage. It was obviously the one Aju sent over, but...

"W-why is this one so big!"

Yes, its size is much larger than most people realize. Even the well-informed Joey was pushing the trolley behind with fear.

Seeing that it was okay, Ajie finally relaxed his tense cheeks and said to Yuuto: "If it were not big, it would not be able to become the overlord of such a large forest. This is also a symbol of its strength, but It's because it's so powerful that it attracted those hateful elf hunters. How ironic..."

After Alidozi arrived outside the treatment room, other than scaring some timid children into tears, he jumped off the trolley and crawled outside.

"He's leaving, we have to follow him quickly!"

Ah Jue said and ran outside with Alidozi.

"Now? I'll call that kid!"

"Well, I will leave a mark on the tree, so you must pay attention. The forest is huge, don't get lost!"

Yuuto came to Ikki's room door and knocked hard on his door.

"Ikki! We have to leave quickly, Ajie has already followed Alidozi! Ikki, are you there?"

The door opened slowly, but it was not Ikki who came out, but Riolu with a complicated expression.

"Ikki is resting, don't disturb him, I'll just go with you."

Before Yuuto could ask any questions, Riolu had already finished his explanation and closed the door, cutting off Yuuto's idea of ​​finding out.

"What's wrong with you two? Weren't you fine an hour ago?"

Yuuto felt that the aura exuding from Riolu was not right, as if he was very angry.

"Don't ask, I don't want to say..."

Since Riolu said so, Yuuto was not ignorant, so he didn't continue to ask, so he had no choice but to pick up Riolu and run outside.

"Aju said he would leave a mark on the tree for us, why didn't he?"

Yuuto checked all the trees on the roadside and didn't see even a small scratch.

"Did he make a mistake? The mark is not actually on the tree?"

While Yuuto was still thinking about what went wrong, Riolu broke away from his arms impatiently, climbed up the nearest tree nimbly, and looked at it carefully.

"Yuuto, go this way!"

On the branch next to him, there was a scratch that was not too obvious. It looked like it had just appeared. Ah Jue must have done it right, and it also meant that they had not gone far.

"So it's at such a high place... Forget it, Riolu, you lead the way!"

He jumped towards the other tree pointed by the scratch, and sure enough, the same scratch appeared again at the same height.

There were a lot of scratches, almost on every tree along the way, so the pace was definitely fast.

If Ah Jue had enough time to leave these marks, it meant that they were not moving very fast and they should be able to catch up after a while.

Riolu held on to the scratch beside him, and while waiting for Yuuto to catch up, he looked towards the direction of the Elf Center.

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As early as when Ikki hugged him and ran into the room, Ikki could no longer bear it anymore and subconsciously threw Riolu on the bed.

Only then did he realize what he had done.

There were already two dents from claw marks on Ikki's forearm, a bright red area with some small blood drops oozing out from the skin.

"Um... Ikki, I'm sorry... I didn't realize..."

After realizing that this was what he had done, even his speech became stammering.

Ikki shook his head indifferently.

"It's okay, just ask Joey to help me take care of it. This little injury won't affect it."

Ikki tried his best to laugh out loud, but how could he hold back this kind of pain?There were tears rolling down the corners of his eyes.

"Feel sorry……"

But this is strange. Riolu seems to be feeling angry subconsciously. He can't suppress the inexplicable burning anger in his heart, and he hurts Ikki unconsciously.

'Why do you get angry after hearing the words elf hunter?It obviously has nothing to do with me. Could it be... that this is the memory of this elf? '

This elf - that's him

He also knew a lot about the memory of the user of this body before he traveled over, but because it was too trivial, he couldn't understand the whole story.

But one thing he knew very well was that the group of elf hunters who did not belong to his memory were armed with guns!

Riolu didn't know what kind of profession the so-called elf hunters were, and why they were equipped with extremely lethal thermal weapons, but no matter what, it was noted that they were dangerous.

"Ikki, bring the wound over and let me take a look."

She beckoned Ikki with her paw, asking him to come closer to her.

"Don't bother Riolu with this minor injury. I can handle it myself..."

"Stop talking, just bring it over!"

He was injured because of himself, and suffered injuries that he didn't deserve at all, which Riolu couldn't tolerate.

Seeing that Riolu insisted on doing this, Ikki couldn't refuse, so he had to put the wound in front of Riolu.

The closer he gets, the more it becomes clear that the injury is not as simple as it appears from a distance.An injury of this degree should have damaged the muscle tissue. It is no longer a simple minor injury.

Ikki didn't look at Riolu. He was afraid that his eyes would make Riolu blame himself, so he could only look around randomly.

Not long after, Ikki felt a sudden sting from the wound, and something warm and cool with a trace of water scratched on it.

"Riolo, you..."

Ikki turned his head and saw Riolu who was licking his wounds.

"At least do some simple processing first, and then let Miss Joy take a look at it."

But having said that, Riolu himself is not very clear as to why he behaves this way. The reason can only be said to be the instinct of this body - it applies no matter what the situation. instinct.It is also the instinct of being an elf.

Saliva has the effect of stopping bleeding. Even if it comes from elves, it can still have this function as long as it is not poisonous.

After all the wounds were treated and the blood stopped seeping out, Riolu slowly jumped out of bed and ran to the bathroom to rinse his mouth.

Whatever the reason, Riolu hurt Ikki, this is an unchangeable fact.So he has reason to do so.

As Ikki walked out of the bathroom with dumbfounded eyes, Riolu was also thinking about something.

Stretching his claws towards Ikki, Riolu said softly: "Ikki, help me."

Although he didn't know what he was going to do, Ikki nodded and held him in front of him.

But what he didn't expect was that Riolu actually came closer and hung around his neck.

"Riolu, what are you doing?"

Looking at these two scarlet pupils, Ikki couldn't get any information.

"I'm sorry, Ikki!"

Ikki was about to say something when he suddenly felt a pain in the back of his head. His consciousness disappeared instantly and he fell on the bed.

Taking out his claws from under his body, Riolu ran to the bed and covered him with the quilt. He also took out various medical drugs and bandages from the backpack on the ground, and carefully treated his wounds.

Since we don’t know what kind of equipment and strength the elf hunter who appears in the light red forest has, Riolu must stop Ikki from going there no matter what.Things like firearms are no joke. Ikki's strength is not good enough. If something happens, Riolu will definitely feel guilty for the rest of his life.

After spending a lot of precious medicine, Riolu finally bandaged his wound.

After packing up his things, he began to wait for the time to set off.

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About 10 minutes later, Riolu finally saw Ah Ju's figure about 50 meters ahead.

That ninja uniform paired with a bright red flying scarf really has that ninja charm.

But they certainly didn't stop just because they needed a rest.

After discovering that Riolu and Yuuto were approaching, Aju gestured decisively towards the two of them, telling them to keep quiet.

After receiving the signal, Riolu and Yuuto also immediately leaned down, hiding themselves and slowly came to Aju's side.

"Those hunters are right in front. Don't alert them. When we get to the gym, we'll come back to cause trouble for them!"

He himself had already told Ikki and Yuuto that Ajie was a gym trainer, so as the challenger who was about to challenge him, Ajie also had a lot of trust in them, so he asked them for help. .

Through the obstruction of the trees, Riolu saw the group of six people slowly approaching in the woods.

'That's...the elf hunter! ! '

The bark of the tree he was holding on to with his claws was crushed to pieces by Riolu under the sudden surge of anger...