Pokémon that goes with the flow

"Xiaozhi?" Xiaoxia noticed the abnormality of Xiaozhi in front of her and gently patted Xiaozhi's shoulder, but Xiaozhi had no reaction.

At this time, Xiaozhi was still immersed in his own world. The more he thought about being called last, the more uncomfortable he felt. After hearing Xiaoxia's words, he muttered to himself.

"Yes! My name is Xiaozhi, Xiaozhi's Zhi, why do you want to call me the last one..."

After seeing these words, Xiaozhi squatted down in pain. It seems that he really cares about the ranking...

To be honest, although Hoshino could probably understand Xiaozhi's thoughts, he didn't expect Xiaozhi's reaction to be so big.

Although it does feel sad to be ranked last, but... it should be... okay? Haha~......

Because he never cared about ranking at all, Hoshino didn't know how to comfort Xiaozhi, or else take the initiative to take the identity of the last place on himself? Although this is indeed the case, but...it shouldn't have any effect...

At this moment, the sound of an argument between Xiao Mao and the uncle in charge came from the front. It seemed that the uncle defined gophers as pests, which triggered Xiao Mao's rebuttal.

"The gopher is not an insect Pokémon. I think it is more appropriate to call it a mole Pokémon." Xiao Mao began to correct his uncle's language mistakes very seriously, "It is 20 centimeters tall and weighs 0.8 kilograms. , is the smallest Pokémon currently known..."

Xiaomao is still introducing various knowledge points about gophers. How should I put it? He is indeed the grandson of Dr. Oak. He can easily grasp the knowledge of various Pokémon, which is already amazing.

After all, he doesn't have systematic help. It's not like he can consult the Pokémon Pokédex in his mind at any time. Seeing how he can associate so much knowledge just by hearing the name Gopher, is it possible that he has read the entire Pokémon book? Have you memorized all the illustrations?

Before, Hoshino thought he was a little arrogant when he heard him claim to be the best trainer in Zhenxin Town. Now it seems that he might actually have this ability...

"Hmph~! That guy Xiao Mao is really getting louder and louder." Xiao Zhi crossed his arms awkwardly. When he heard Xiao Mao say that he could kill all the gophers by himself, he complained in dissatisfaction. ...Ah... Xiaozhi, you have regained your energy...

Looking at Xiaozhi who had regained his composure, Hoshino couldn't help but sigh. Sure enough, stimulation from a strong enemy was the best way. He didn't even need a face-to-face conversation to cheer up Xiaozhi.

Seeing that Xiaomao's words were so effective, Hoshino even planned to record Xiaomao's voice, so that Xiaozhi could play it to him when he was in a bad mood... Forget it, it feels so perverted...

When the uncle on the stage saw that Xiao Mao actually wanted to challenge the gophers alone, he began to persuade him helplessly, "Don't underestimate the gophers just because they are small. When they are in a large group..."

The uncle suddenly stopped talking and pointed forward in panic, "Coming, coming! The gophers are coming!!!"

Following the direction of the uncle's finger, small bumps of earth began to appear on the ground, and then the bus that everyone was riding in began to topple over and sink into the ground one after another.

After it was done, the gopher still popped up, blinking at everyone with its sesame-like eyes, making no secret of the damage it had just caused.

Seeing that the gophers dared to appear in front of him, the uncle roared hysterically again, "You abominable gophers!!!"

"Leave this to me!" Xiao Mao waved his hand, rushed directly to the gopher and took out his elf ball. At the same time, his cheerleading team also began to stand behind him, dancing in unison to support him.

"Come on Xiaomao~! Come on Xiaomao~!"

Xiaomao was already used to this. He kissed the Poké Ball and threw it out, "My lover, my Pokémon, show everyone your powerful power~!"

The thrown Poké Ball landed on the ground, emitting a red light as usual, but this time the red light was retracted as soon as it was halfway out, and it was not even clear what Pokémon it was.

"What!" Xiao Mao obviously didn't expect this scene. He could only watch helplessly as the gopher put his head on his elf ball and sent the elf ball back to him.

"Ah... thank you..." Xiao Mao knelt down and subconsciously thanked the gopher, but then he immediately reacted, "No! It shouldn't be like this!"

Xiao Mao quickly jumped back two steps to distance himself from the gopher, and then took out another elf ball.

"Haha~, it may not be in very good condition. In this case..." Xiao Mao was a little embarrassed at first, but he quickly adjusted himself and kissed the newly taken out Poké Ball several times. , "My best lover, my Pokémon, everything will be fine if I leave it to you!"

After that, Xiaomao threw his Pokémon ball again, but this time the result was the same as before, his Pokémon still did not appear. The elf ball that fell on the ground was lifted up by the gopher again and returned firmly to Xiao Mao's hands.

The uncle on the side saw that Xiao Mao had no way to deal with the gophers. He raised his horn in a hurry and started shouting: "Whoever it is, get rid of all the gophers quickly!"

After the uncle said this, the trainers at the scene remembered the reason why they came here, and threw their elf balls one after another.

But their situation was the same as Xiaomao's. All the Pokémon were unwilling to come out of the Poke Balls, and all the Poke Balls that fell on the ground were returned to their trainers one by one by the gophers.

In addition to the Pokémon in the Poké Ball, even Pikachu, who had been staying outside, refused Ash's request and was unwilling to fight the gopher.

Seeing this scene, Hoshino tried to ask Scorpio above his head, "Then... Scorpio, are you willing to fight?"

"Scorpion~..."

"That's it..."

Seeing Scorpio's troubled expression, Hoshino also understood what Scorpio meant, and it was unwilling to fight.

Just when Hoshino wanted to ask Scorpio why he didn't want to fight, Xiao Mao's voice interrupted Hoshino's words.

"They are resisting..." Xiaomao looked at Xiaozhi and Hoshino seriously, "All Pokémon are unwilling to fight the gophers..."

"Uh...that's true."

Xiaomao's serious expression made Hoshino stunned, and suddenly he felt that Xiaomao seemed to be a different person, without the frivolous look he had just now.

"Damn it! Damn it!"

An angry shout came from not far away, attracting the attention of the three people.

The uncle who had previously advocated driving away the gophers was now holding a big hammer and constantly hitting the gophers on the ground. But the group of gophers were very flexible and could always get into the hole in time before being hit, and then get out of another hole, as if they were playing tricks on the uncle.

Seeing this scene, Xiao Mao shook his head, "It's useless. The gopher's retraction speed is .458 kilometers per second, which is very fast..."

"What is that?" Xiaozhi on the side didn't understand.

"That is to say, the speed of the gopher's head shrinking is almost the same as the speed of light." Xiao Mao continued to explain: "The gopher's combat ability is not very strong, but its escape speed is first-rate."

"Wow~, so you are working hard?"

"Of course." Xiao Mao rolled his eyes at Xiao Zhi, as if Xiao Zhi asked an idiotic question, "I am different from the guy in fourth place~"

As soon as these words came out, Xiaozhi was hit again and fell to the ground without losing his balance.

However, Xiao Mao was not in the mood to continue teasing Xiao Zhi at this time. He still stared at the uncle who was playing a whack-a-mole. Then he suddenly thought of something and shouted loudly to all the trainers present.

"Everyone, since everyone's Pokémon refuses to come out..." Xiao Mao motioned everyone to look in the direction of the uncle, and showed everyone his behavior of chasing the gopher, "Except for the professional There is no need for a trainer to be present here, other than a whack-a-mole person.”

"I plan to continue traveling with the goal of becoming a Pokémon Master." Xiaomao walked towards his sports car and waved to everyone, "Everyone, let's say goodbye."

"Xiaoxing, you have to keep working hard~, as for Xiaozhi..." Xiaomao smiled softly at Hoshino, but when he looked at Xiaozhi, he changed back to his previous frivolous appearance. , couldn't help but raised his eyebrows in laughter, "You should work hard, don't be looked down upon by Xiaoxing~"

"You guy!!!"

"Haha~, goodbye~!"

Before Xiaozhi could say anything, the speeding sports car took Xiaomao away quickly, leaving only Xiaomao's arrogant laughter...

Things happened so fast that Hoshino didn't react at all, "Uh...he just left like that?!"

And what did he mean when he just said there was no need for a trainer here?

Hoshino is a little confused now. Judging from Xiaomao's appearance, he must have thought of something but did not say it clearly. He simply chose to leave here. Could it be that what happened here was not just a simple conflict between the gopher and the uncle in charge... ....

...Hey~, why do I suddenly feel like things are in trouble...Did I forget something?

......

Time soon came to night. Since the uncle in charge was still addicted to the game of whack-a-mole, his assistant took on the task of arranging accommodation for the trainers who came here.

Under his arrangement, Hoshino, Xiaozhi and his group also went to the designated room to rest.

Although the uncle became a little nervous because of the gopher thing, he was still very generous. He booked the entire hot spring hotel early for the use of the invited trainers.

Hoshino and Xiaozhi also put on their swimsuits and entered the individual hot springs provided for each room.

"Huh~, the hot spring is really comfortable~." Xiaogang leaned on the stone next to the hot spring with a contented look on his face, as if all the fatigue in his body had been washed away, "As expected, soaking in the hot spring is the best."

"But I'm not happy at all..." Unlike Xiaogang, Xiaoxia, who was lying with her upper body next to the hot spring, seemed quite distressed.

"It's free after all, so don't complain~"

"That's not what I meant..."

Hearing that Xiaogang misunderstood what she meant, Xiaoxia turned around and looked at the other three, "I'm referring to the fact that Pokémon are unwilling to come out of the Poké Ball. Don't you think it's strange?"

Xiaozhi nodded and said doubtfully: "That's right, Xiaoxing, do you know?"

"Huh?!" Hearing Xiaozhi suddenly call him, Hoshino was so frightened that he immediately pressed down the leaf floating in the water in front of him, and subconsciously replied: "I...I don't know either... ....”

Hoshino responded to Xiaozhi with a guilty conscience, but it was not because of Xiaozhi's problem, but because of the fact that he was playing with leaves just now.

After all, Hoshino had never been in a hot spring before, so he was curious and imitated the behavior of those characters in the anime.

People in the drama would bring some small toys to float on the water every time they took a bath, but Hoshino had no toys, so he took some leaves and used them as a boat...

"Is that so...what about Pikachu?" Xiaozhi didn't seem to notice anything unusual about Hoshino, and turned to ask Pikachu at the side.

Seeing this scene, Hoshino breathed a sigh of relief. It seems that this embarrassing thing has not been discovered...

...By the way, I forgot to ask Scorpio why it didn't want to fight the gopher...

Being reminded by Xiaozhi, Hoshino finally remembered what he had forgotten. As for Pikachu, who was called by Xiaozhi, he shook his ears and pointed to the side with his finger.

Everyone looked curiously in the direction of Pikachu's finger, and found that several gophers were hiding there and secretly observing them.

"It's a gopher!" Xiaozhi stood up immediately after seeing it. Along with him were Xiaogang and Xiaoxia. Only Hoshino stood up after a moment's delay.

Then Scorpio and Pikachu conveyed what the Gopher wanted to express, which probably meant that he wanted them to follow him to a place.

So everyone changed their clothes and followed the gopher and ran somewhere.

Along the way, I saw many gophers lined up in a row, neatly like a conveyor belt, constantly transporting items such as branches forward.

By the way, when Hoshino and the others were running with the gopher, they met the uncle in charge. He was still obsessed with chasing the gopher and didn't notice Hoshino and the others passing by at all.

Seeing the uncle's persistence, Xingye couldn't help but sigh a little. The uncle was chasing him from day to night. How should I put it? He is so perseverant... and the gopher who was chased by the uncle was also there. ...

Hoshino, Xiaozhi and the others followed the gopher through the forest and soon arrived at their destination.

As soon as he arrived at his destination, Hoshino was so surprised by the sight in front of him that he was almost speechless.

"This...this is..."