Pokémon Beyond the Blue

Just like a gift from nature...

After Riolu ran out of the ruins, the second collapse occurred, and the only way out was blocked. The entire ruins once again raised flying dust all over the sky.He looked at the scene in front of him, his heart was heavy, but he didn't know how to express it.

Ikki and Nazhi were also shocked. None of them expected that things would end in this way, with the elf disappearing...

"This is not true, is it……"

It was impossible for Ikki to imagine that this would happen. He was obviously just here to conquer the elf, but he indirectly killed an innocent elf.Even if the responsibility is not on him, it doesn't feel good at all.

Kirulian walked slowly to Riolu and said in a gentle tone: "This is not your responsibility. I also made some mistakes... Calm down..."

The faint light flickered out, but Riolu felt that his breathing had returned to normal. He glanced at her gratefully, and then stared at the egg in his hand in silence until Ikki came over with his already soft legs. Then he said: "This... let's give it to Dr. Omu to look at... I promised it that I would take care of its children for it..."

"Uh... um!" Yihui took the egg and without saying anything, he just carefully stuffed it into his backpack.

"Let's get out of here... With such a big movement, maybe some 'good guys' are already on their way here. If we don't leave, we may not be able to get involved!" Nazi also felt a tightness in her chest, like something It was as if it was blocked and it was difficult to breathe, but her legs were not as weak as Ikki's, and she calmly analyzed it.

Ikki nodded and turned around while holding on to the rock next to him. However, he saw that Riolu and Kirulian had no intention of following him, and he couldn't help but ask: "What's wrong? Is there anything else I forgot?" Something?"

This originally well-intentioned question did not attract the attention of the two.I saw the two of them looking at the ruins that were still falling with dust. They didn't do anything, not even say a word...

After a long time, Riolu said: "You and Naz should leave first. Chirulian is here. We will chase you after a while. I...want to stay here for a while..."

"But……"

Just when Ikki wanted to ask why, Nazi grabbed him and pulled him aside, saying: "Let's leave first. Not only the two of them, you should also calm down!"

No one can treat death indifferently, even a stranger... And the shock has different manifestations for different individuals...

"...Okay." Ikki agreed and said to the two of them: "We will go back to the Elf Center first. You can go directly to find us there!"

……

When the footsteps were far away, Chirulian, who was silent, slowly spoke: "Please answer me seriously, who are you?"

Riolu gave her a strange look, and instead of using [Telepathy], he answered her with his own voice: "Olu~ [I am an elf, can't you tell? Are you still doubting it?" Did I use illusions to deceive you?"

"I'm not talking about the surface..." Chirulian shook her head and said, "I'm talking about your inner self..."

"Olu? [Inner?]" Riolu said he didn't quite understand, but his tone became serious, "Olulu... [What kind of inner aspect are you referring to?]"

Kirulian put her hands on her chest, took a deep breath to relax her excitement, and then said slowly: "Don't you think your behavior is too human?"

Hearing this, Riolu laughed out loud, but then he showed a sad look and said: "I am like a human? What about you? Aren't you just like me? Among the elves, the most human-like There are so many, and you and I are just a part of it, there is nothing worth talking about."

He turned around and walked to the fallen bush next to him, broke off a long branch, inserted it on the edge of the ruins, closed his eyes and clasped his hands together, just like a sect's prayer ceremony, commemorating the victims of the tragedy.

"..."

Kirulian looked at him, confusion flashed in her eyes for a moment, and her body began to tremble slightly as if she was sick.

After doing all this, Riolu opened his eyes, but saw Kirulian's strange reaction, and for a moment he didn't know what to do.

"You...don't cry..."

There were two traces of tears on Chirulian's face, which obviously appeared just now and she was not aware of it yet.

"Ah... I'm sorry... I just thought of some things that happened in the past..."

It would have been fine if it was any other reaction, but Kirulian was indeed in tears, and Riolu began to become curious about what kind of past she had...

"Forget it, let's go... I won't feel anything if I continue to stay here... You, hey... do you want me to carry you?"

"If you can...thank you..."

Kirulian had tried her best to suppress her emotions, but even so she couldn't suppress the tears from flowing out, so she was discovered by Riolu and asked...

Riolu walked up to her and squatted down. Kirulian still struggled mentally for a few seconds, but still compromised and lay down obediently.

"Well...the tail won't be in the way..."

"It's ok……"

"Then let's go...Hey, you are really a young lady..."

Kirulian hid her head behind him, holding a handful of hair tightly with her two little hands, and tears flowed out uncontrollably again...

Riolu...it's not him...I'm so stupid...I thought such a miracle would happen...I'm so stupid...you big fool...

……

Riolu felt the sobbing coming from behind him, and his eyes wandered for a moment, but he still ignored Kirulian's reaction.

……

Arriving at the Elf Center, Riolu found Nazi and Ikki waiting in the hall with Chirulian on his back.Seeing that Chirulian's eyes were red, obviously she had just cried, the two began to accuse Riolu, but after that, Riolu did not see the egg that they were asked to take away. Asked: "Where is the egg? You haven't passed it on to Dr. Omu, have you?"

Ikki shook his head, pointed at Joey, who was running around holding various medical instruments, and said: "I haven't contacted Dr. Ohki yet. I'm leaving it to Miss Joey to check it out, and use it as a The rocky shell of camouflage peels off.”

Nazi took a form and handed it to Ikki, sighed and said to Riolu: "That is not an ordinary stone. To completely make it fall off, you can only use special methods, otherwise the egg may be damaged." ...That elf really thought a lot about the child..."

Speaking of this, everyone's mood inevitably dropped again.Finally, Riolu asked Ikki, "What are you going to do next?"

"Eh?! Next..." Ikki obviously didn't consider this issue at all.But you can't blame him. This kind of thing is already a big shock to him as a child.But he behaved a bit calmly, which is a bit strange...

"Ikki," Riolu said, tugging on his sleeve, "don't worry about anything else, just keep moving forward, and leave the rest to me..."

"Yes, Ikki," Nazi put her hands on her hips and forced a smile, "Even if there are any difficulties, you still have my sister, and I will work with Riolu to help you solve it. So you don't If you need to worry about other things, just move on..."

Ikki thought silently for a while, then nodded heavily towards Nazi and Riolu.

"Okay, I'll bother you then!" He pulled out the map from the side of his backpack, and after a while, he pointed at two places to show Nazi and Riolu.

"We will go here and here next - the lighthouse and wild wilderness area near Dry Leaf City!"