Pokémon that goes with the flow

The blazing flames accompanied by the billowing smoke easily obscured most of Hoshino's view.

Originally, Hoshino was worried about Xiaozhi and wanted to follow him to rescue Stinky Flower.

Now not only was he lost, but he himself was also in danger.

Sure enough, you can't act impulsively...

However, this also shows that Xiaozhi and Stinky Flower are in a very dangerous situation now. They have no system to help them, so they can't always count on the protagonist's halo.

"Scorpion~!"

"What's wrong Scorpio...huh?!"

As soon as he opened his mouth, a strong odor rushed into his nose. It wasn't until his head was bitten by Scorpio that Hoshino recovered from his brief trance. He had almost fainted just now!

As soon as he smelled it, his mind went blank. Hoshino had never encountered such a strong odor before.

Even though he has calmed down now, Hoshino's stomach is still churning, he can't stop retching in his mouth, and there are tears in the corners of his eyes due to excessive exertion.

Hoshino only dares to breathe through his mouth now, for fear of smelling any stench again.

Fortunately, I have the help of Scorpio, otherwise I would be really in danger...

"Wait a minute, isn't this the smell of smelly flowers?"

There was no such smell when I came here before, and it was still so strong. It could only be the smell from the smelly flowers.

As soon as he thought of this, Hoshino ran towards the front room, which was where Ash competed previously.

The Stinky Flower will most likely stay there after being released by Alicia, and Xiaozhi who is looking for the Stinky Flower should also go there.

The next second, Xiaozhi disappeared and ran out of the room, holding Stinky Flower tightly in his arms.

Seeing Hoshino, Xiaozhi was very surprised, "Xiaoxing! Why are you here!"

"Don't worry about it now! Now that you've found the Stinky Flower, run away!"

Seeing that Xiaozhi and Stinky Flower returned safely, Hoshino couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief, even forgetting to cover his mouth and nose.

Hoshino reacted and quickly covered his mouth and nose, but it was too late. He just breathed in another smelly breath... Huh? Not smelly.

Hoshino discovered that apart from the smell of thick smoke and burning, the disgusting stench from before was gone.

She hesitantly looked at the Stinky Flower in Xiaozhi's arms and found that it was not afraid at all. Even if it was surrounded by burning flames, it still stayed in Xiaozhi's arms with a look of peace of mind.

This reminded Hoshino of what Miss Aliga said before, as long as the Stinky Flower keeps a calm mood, it will not emit an unpleasant odor.

Was it Xiaozhi who calmed down the smelly flower? ...

"Damn it! The front is blocked!" Xiaozhi anxiously looked at the door in front of him that was blocked by a fallen tree. At this time, the big tree had been set on fire and it was impossible to get close to it.

"Leave it to us here, go Scorpio, use Split!"

"Scorpion~!"

Scorpio flew forward and with its scaly skin, Scorpio was not afraid of flames in a short period of time.

With a powerful swing of the glowing giant pincers, the burning tree in front of him broke instantly. Scorpio successfully opened the door, and Hoshino and Xiaozhi also took advantage of this to quickly escape.

Next, with Scorpio constantly opening the way ahead, Hoshino and Xiaozhi finally ran out of the gym safely with Stinky Flower.

Seeing Hoshino and Xiaozhi successfully escaping, everyone waiting outside the gym quickly came over to greet them.

"Stinky Flower!" Alicia excitedly took the Stinky Flower from Xiaozhi's arms, and hugged the Stinky Flower with tears of joy, "Stinky Flower, it's great that you are okay!"

"Stinky~stinky~!" Stinky smelly flower responded to Alicia with a smile.

After calming down a little, Alicia looked gratefully at Hoshino and Xiaozhi who had rescued Stinky Flower, "Xiaoxing Xiaozhi, thank you so much! Without you, Stinky Flower might have... ..”

"No need to thank me, this is all the result of Scorpio and Xiaozhi~"

Saying that, Hoshino wanted to lift Scorpio, who was lying on his head, in front of Alicia, but unexpectedly Scorpio dodged, and then Scorpio pushed Hoshino forward instead.

"Eh? Scorpio?"

"Scorpion~!"

Seeing Hoshino and Scorpio pushing each other, everyone else present laughed out loud in unison, and the negative emotions from the fire they had just experienced were swept away.

Next, Aliga wanted to say something to Hoshino and Xiaozhi, but she was called away by the gym staff who suddenly arrived. After all, there had just been a fire, and Miss Aliga still had many things to deal with.

Seeing that it was getting late, Alicia sent someone to send Hoshino, Xiaozhi and the others to the Pokémon Center. At the same time, she also told Hoshino and Xiaozhi to come to her tomorrow because she had something she wanted to give them.

Everyone had just experienced the fire and was very exhausted. They washed up early and prepared to rest.

"Eh? Xiaozhi, aren't you still asleep?"

Hoshino got up to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night and suddenly found Xiaozhi standing quietly on the balcony outside.

This abnormal behavior aroused Hoshino's suspicion. You must know that from the time they traveled together to now, Xiaozhi's sleep was quite good. He often overslept and got up in the middle of the night. It never happened.

In addition, Xiaozhi's reaction after the fire was also very strange. Xiaozhi became taciturn and didn't think of sending Squirtle to put out the fire until Xiaoxia reminded him. Before that, he had just stood there blankly.

Not only that, but what Xiaozhi said before rushing into the fire, such as blaming me, is also questionable...

"Ah, Xiaoxing, you haven't slept yet..." Xiaozhi looked at Hoshino walking towards him and smiled awkwardly.

Seeing Xiaozhi's unnatural behavior, Hoshino became even more certain that there must be something wrong with Xiaozhi.

"Did something happen?" Hoshino walked to Xiaozhi and blew the cool evening breeze with him. "If possible, Xiaozhi, can you tell me?"

Hoshino leaned on the railing and casually admired the night scenery. He did not choose to see Xiaozhi now, because he knew that going to see Xiaozhi now would only add pressure to him.

"The weather is good tonight. The stars in the sky are twinkling, as if they are blinking."

"Ah, um..." Xiaozhi responded absently to Hoshino, looking down at the grass below.

"It would be better if Xiaozhi you could tell me what you are worried about. I believe the stars will shine brighter." Hoshino smiled lightly, "Of course, it doesn't matter if you don't tell me. I believe the stars will shine brighter." It will still shine in the night sky.”

This time Xiaozhi did not reply immediately, and the scene fell into silence again.

Time passed minute by minute, and I don't know how long it took before Xiaozhi made up his mind and spoke slowly.

"......actually......"