The soul penetrates Xiaozhi and destroys Gou Hao at the beginning

"Everyone pull together, pull hard, pull hard! Be careful, go slowly, don't break it, there's a little child tied to the other end of the rope."

With everyone's combined efforts, they successfully pulled Coco and the enemy soldier up together, reuniting the six soldiers.

"Oh, I see. It's because one of the soldiers fell down that the others stopped us from setting off the fireworks."

"Although it was because we were unaware of the situation, we were indeed in the wrong just now," the lead staff member said remorsefully.

After the soldiers left in high spirits, the fireworks display could proceed as planned.

That evening, Xiaozhi and Coco watched the fireworks display together.

Watching the colorful fireworks soar into the night sky, explode, and transform into a shower of starlight falling to the ground, Koko was so frightened that she spun around repeatedly before hiding behind Ash.

"What a strange kid," the staff laughed.

Xiao Zhi also reached out and patted Coco's back to comfort her.

"Don't be afraid, those are fireworks."

With Ash's reassurance, Coco calmed down, looked up at the sky in confusion, and murmured,

"Fireworks?"

At the same time, an old man leaning on a cane, accompanied by a woolly sheep and a woolly-horned sheep, slowly walked over and began to praise,

"This year's fireworks looked spectacular."

"Mayor!"

Thank you for your compliment.

The staff immediately went over to greet them, pointing to Ash and Coco and introducing them.

"It's all thanks to these two boys who rescued the soldiers that the fireworks festival could be held as scheduled."

"I've heard about it, thank you so much."

The old mayor smiled kindly and said thank you, taking off his hat as he did so.

Its hat is decorated with two woof horns just like those of the woolly sheep, making it seem like a woolly sheep fan like Hop, and a woolly sheep jinchūriki.

"No, we just helped out. If the fireworks festival can't be held, then we won't have any fireworks to watch," Ash said.

"Haha, thanks to you all, we were able to successfully launch fireworks this year and make a wish to the shrine," the old mayor laughed.

"Celebi! You mean that mythical Pokémon Celebi?!" Ash exclaimed in surprise.

“That’s right, the shrine is the guardian of this jungle.”

Have you seen it before?

"It's a pity that no one has seen it for a long time."

"why?"

"Sherabs seem to only appear during times of peace. Since it hasn't appeared for a long time, perhaps something bad is happening in the jungle."

However, there is actually another legend.

It is said that before the rabbi disappeared into the depths of the jungle, he left behind an egg.

Moreover, it is said that the egg was brought from the future by a shrine; that's the legend.

However, we hope that the rabbi can return to this jungle.

May more people and Pokémon have a bright future.

We set off fireworks to make a wish.

After watching a beautiful fireworks display and hearing a mysterious legend, Xiao Zhi was in a great mood.

After the fireworks display ended, people gradually dispersed.

Among the departing crowd, Coco inadvertently spotted a father and son. The father had his son on his shoulders, and the two were chatting and laughing happily.

This reminded Coco of her father, so she climbed up a telephone pole and gazed at the Okoya Forest not far away.

"Coco, what's wrong with you?"

Coco didn't answer Ash's question. Instead, she jumped down from the telephone pole, grabbed Ash's hand, and hurriedly headed into the Ookora Forest.

After walking deep into the forest for quite a while, Xiao Zhi couldn't help but ask,

"Coco, where are you taking me?"

At the same time, a wild, greedy squirrel suddenly darted out from the nearby bushes.

It clearly knew Coco and was quite familiar with her. They excitedly hugged each other as soon as they met, and then the greedy squirrel began to tell Coco a story in a vivid and adorable way.

Ash recognized that when he rescued Coco from the river, this greedy squirrel seemed to be hiding nearby, preoccupied with eating peaches.

Ash guessed that the greedy squirrel was probably imitating Coco's adoptive father's angry expression.

As Coco was talking to it, two soft whooshing sounds suddenly rang in Ash's ears. He quickly picked up Pikachu and dodged to the side.

Upon closer inspection, he realized they were two vines. If he hadn't reacted quickly, he would probably be hanging from the tree with Pikachu, his feet bound by these two vines.

The owner of the two vines that followed immediately surprised Ash: it was a Zarude, a mythical Pokémon from the Galar region.

Moreover, this is not an ordinary Zarude, but a Zarude in its Arda form.

"System, view Zarud's information."

"Ding!"

Name: Zarude (Father Form)

Type: Grass + Dark

Taijing Attribute: Fire

Type: Devilsaur Pokémon

Rating: 100

Gender: None/Male

Pokédex number: 893

Ability: Leaf Guard (Can prevent the user from getting status ailments in sunny weather)

Personality: Stubborn (add physical attack and reduce special attack)

Skills: Jungle Healing, Energy Ball, Vine Whip, Leaf Blade

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It has black hair, with some gray hair on its chest and back, forming a unique pattern.

Its hands are wrapped in vines, and there are vine seeds on its back and heels.

Sarud can freely grow vines on the back of his neck, wrists, and heels.

These vines are both strong and resilient. They can wrap around branches to move, or be used to pick fruits from distant trees. They are useful in a variety of situations.

Not only that, it can also add a healing effect to the vines.

Wrap it around the wound, and it will heal the injury.

The vines growing on the body will turn into nutrients in the soil after they break off, helping the plants in the forest to grow.

In combat, it will use tree trunks and branches to launch attacks, and use its sharp claws to chop up its opponents, and is good at using its agility to its advantage.

The thaluds live in groups deep in the forest.

It is highly aggressive and will show hostility towards anything other than its companions, launching attacks indiscriminately. As a result, other wild Pokémon living in the forest avoid Zarude.

The Abba form of Zarude is Zarude who leaves her tribe to raise human children.

The cloth draped over it emitted a scent that could stop a child from crying.

He has deep affection for the human child he found and raised.