Pokémon that goes with the flow

"Damn it, how dare you laugh at us."

Just now, Team Rocket next door actually laughed at Xiaozhi and his shop in public for being too shabby. Unable to swallow this, Xiaozhi immediately returned to the store and began to prepare for a counterattack.

Under Xiaozhi's arrangement, everyone performed their respective duties with Pokémon and began a massive counterattack. Through overwhelming publicity and fast and high-quality service, the store quickly gathered a large number of customers.

Unfortunately, the good times did not last long. Suddenly, accidents occurred one after another, resulting in the loss of a large number of customers. Even if Scorpio finally found out that Meow Meow was secretly causing trouble, it would not help. The reputation of this store has been severely damaged, and the business is even worse than before.

What's more serious is that a person named Granny Jin suddenly comes to the door and starts to demand the debt owed by the grandfather. If it is not paid tomorrow, the yacht will be taken away from the grandfather, even if the grandfather strongly objects, it will not help.

Xiaozhi asked his grandfather why the boat was so important, and the latter explained that it had always been his dream to sail around the world on that yacht, but now it seems he can only give up. Our warm-hearted Xiaozhi understood what was going on and asked the old man not to give up yet and to think of a solution together.

Just when everyone was at a loss what to do, two people who surprised everyone appeared in the store.

"I have a good way to make money~." Dr. Oki lifted the curtain and walked in from outside the store, waving to Xiaozhi and Hoshino, "Hi~, Xiaozhi."

Everyone was surprised why Dr. Oak appeared here, but the person who appeared next made Xiaozhi even more shocked.

"Xiao Zhi, long time no see."

"Mom?! Why are you here?!"

After a short chat, Dr. Ohki introduced the method he mentioned-holding a beauty pageant.

According to Dr. Oki, if you want to gather people, you need to hold an attractive event. There are many beauties on the beach, so you can take advantage of this situation. There happens to be a large open space next to this store, which is suitable for holding events. Everyone also quickly started taking action.

Originally, Hoshino felt that this idea was not very reliable. After all, this event had just been decided, and even the stage was set up on site, so there was no time for it in one day. But what happened next once again refreshed Hoshino's world view.

A huge stage was quickly built with the cooperation of many Pokémon, and the whole process took no more than an hour. Coupled with the fact that Bobo and Bibi can fly, flyers were distributed from high altitude, and soon everyone on the beach knew that the beauty pageant would be held here.

Seeing a steady stream of people gathering here, and feeling that there was hope of paying off the debt, Xiaozhi and others became excited, and even the grandfather shed tears of excitement.

As for Hoshino, through this action of holding the beauty pageant, he suddenly felt that the special thing about this world is not just that there are creatures like Pokémon...

...The world of Pokémon is so magical...

"Xiao Xing, so you are here." Hoshino, who was checking whether the equipment was complete in the background, heard someone calling him from behind, turned around and found that it was Xiao Zhi's mother.

"This is what Mrs. Hoshino just asked me to give to you." Xiaozhi's mother handed the envelope in her hand to Hoshino, and then put on a stern expression.

"I just had a conversation with your mother. It's true that you, a kid, went on a trip for so long without even calling home. You even didn't even take any money with you when you went on the trip. Do you know how worried your mother is about you?"

Although Xiaozhi’s mother was full of blame, it could also be seen that she was concerned about Hoshino, “Anyway, this envelope is the pocket money your mother gave you. She said she didn’t have enough money and told her that you should also tell her. Let’s call home.”

"Well...I know..." Hoshino lowered his head while holding the thick envelope. He didn't dare to look at Xiaozhi's mother's expression, fearing that Xiaozhi's mother would see the flaw. After all, for I don't know what kind of emotion I should respond to my mother who suddenly appeared.

They were already walking on thin ice when faced with Dr. Oak and Xiaozhi who knew him before, let alone roles like his mother. They didn't know how to face them at all.

"Hey~, it's good that you know..." Xiaozhi's mother saw Hoshino's appearance and thought it was because Hoshino had not forgiven his mother. After all, she also knew about the conflict between Hoshino and his mother... ....

The scene became awkward for a while, but fortunately, the announcement of the start of the beauty pageant was heard outside, and Xiaozhi's mother said goodbye to Hoshino and left the backstage.

I don’t know how long it took, Hoshino grabbed his hair with a headache, planned to think about it later, and then opened the envelope... Two hundred thousand...

"Huh? So many?"

After counting it several times, Hoshino was sure that he had counted correctly. Although he was mentally prepared when he felt that the envelope was very thick, he did not expect that there was actually so much money. After all, I only had 2,000 yuan in my backpack when I set out. After learning about the prices in this world, Hoshino always thought that his family was quite poor. Unexpectedly... No, since Xiaozhi's mother just said that I was going out My family didn't give me any money when I was there, so where did the two thousand yuan in the backpack come from...

"Hey~, suddenly I feel like there are more problems..."

Hoshino sighed deeply, and did not choose to put the two hundred thousand yuan into the system as before. Instead, he chose to put it in the deepest part of his backpack together with the letter Hoshino's mother had given him before, at least in his own mind. Before I can face this problem, I have no intention of using this money...

boom--!

A huge explosion sounded outside, and then Scorpio hurriedly rolled in from the window, waving his arms to explain the current situation to Hoshino.

It turns out that Team Rocket was causing trouble outside just now, trying to destroy the beauty pageant, and even used missiles. But in the end, Xiaozhi successfully resolved the crisis, and the missile also flew towards the fashionable shop of Granny Jin who had come to collect debts, blowing up the shop to pieces, and Granny Jin and Team Rocket were also blown into the sky.

In short, the beauty pageant was held successfully, and the old man paid off the debt and started traveling around the world on his yacht.

Hoshino, Xiaozhi and others also said their final farewells to Dr. Oki and Xiaozhi's mother at the beach, and then moved forward. It wasn't until their figures were almost invisible that Dr. Ohgi said to Xiaozhi's mother who was still watching the retreating figure beside him.

"Xiao Zhi didn't look back until the end. Aren't you sad?"

"It doesn't matter, that's fine." Xiaozhi's mother showed a happy smile, "I also hope that Xiaoxing will be as good as Xiaozhi. I feel that Xiaoxing has become much stronger now."

"That is to say, after all, after traveling for such a long time, it is normal for there to be changes." Dr. Oak nodded in agreement, "From the moment he was willing to come to me to pick up the first Pokémon and start the journey. I knew right away that he was fine, because at first I thought he wouldn't come."

With that said, Dr. Omu looked at the figure that had disappeared in the distance and continued: "Xiaoxing can be regarded as someone who has grown up under the eyes of our two families. I am also very happy to see that he has changed so much."

"But Xiaoxing still treats his mother..." Thinking of Hoshino's previous performance, Xiaozhi's mother showed a worried look.

"That's it..." Seeing Xiaozhi's mother's expression, Dr. Oki also guessed, "After all, Hoshino and his wife are too busy working as first-line Pokémon researchers and really don't have time to accompany Xiaozhi. But no matter what, This kind of situation will leave a shadow on any child, let alone a sensitive child like Xiaoxing."

"But I believe that Xiaoxing will reconcile with his mother one day. After all, the journey is still long..."