Pokémon: An Encounter with You

"Do you want to go with me?" Shi Qiu thought about it and decided to go straight.

He had been coveting the handsome puppy elf for a long time, especially after comparing it with Li Yuan.

Riolu looked at him like he was an idiot and shook his head decisively.

"Ah~ Rejected." Shi Qiu said in a disappointed tone, staring at Riolu pitifully, but his hands did not stop working, "Is it really impossible? I can make delicious and fun things and give massages, but is it not possible? Can't or don't want to?"

Riolu pushed away Shi Qiu's approaching face.

This aura is very unique, human. Please don't take it too far. Although many elves like you, I hate you.

Both parties fell silent. Riolu didn't go back but just sat there quietly, not knowing what he was thinking about. Shi Qiu also silently helped Riolu relax his tense muscles.

After a long time, Shi Qiu patted Riolu and helped him get up and stretch his body: "Okay, the massage is done, how is it? Are you more energetic?"

Riolu nodded, ignoring the boy's sparkling eyes, and walked towards the ranger silently.

Shi Qiu watched with a smile, but did not call out to him again.

……

the next day.

Shi Qiu chose to [Fight the Forest Ranger.]

Still without a fight, he suddenly picked up Riolu.

"Good morning, Riolu!"

"Ou...lu?!" What are you doing!

The blue-black puppy's short hair stood up as it looked in disbelief at the grinning human in front of it.

Shi Qiu helped Riolu with the massage in a soothing manner, while looking at the two little ones exercising not far away and talking to Riolu in a low voice.

He kept muttering to himself, saying that Bubble Squirrel was too lazy and didn't call him every morning; at the same time, he said that he didn't know who Vulpix learned this from, he always liked to pretend to be innocent on the surface, but in fact he was full of bad intentions.

Then he started blabbering about how he "accidentally" placed a few of the Foam Chinchilla's energy cubes in the wrong place yesterday. Fortunately, the little gray mouse thought it was a prank by Ice Vulpix and went to teach the little fox a lesson, so he successfully diverted the blame.

Suddenly he began to worry again. He felt that Vulpix would not swallow this loss in silence, and might be thinking of some way to take revenge on him.

He talked about the personalities of Pokémon and their encounter, and also talked about the development of a music venue and ice hockey field. His imagination was unconstrained.

When Riolu didn't say anything, Qiu didn't get anxious. He prepared the meal with a smile and pulled Riolu to eat together.

"Come on, let's go together. It's so boring to eat fruits in the forest all day." The young trainer said this and placed the colorful energy cubes and Pofret in front of him like offering treasures.

---Even though I ignored him, I didn't go back either, right?

At other times, Shi Qiu would pull him to train with the elves.

Skill development, technique building, and more.

The elves in the a-1 forest area also played, trained, and fought around them.

Ever since Shi Qiu was able to enter the simulator in person through the [Ticket to the Forest], he realized that these wild elves were just as smart, had their own stories, and were full of energy and vitality.

From then on, whenever he fought against wild Pokémon, he would help with healing and give them kisses, hugs and lifts in return.

In the evening, Shi Qiu brought Riolu back to the ranger.

The ranger was like a tree stump, and the indistinguishable subtitle window remained on the battle interface.

"This battle is really long, isn't it?" He put his face in front of Riolu, pointed at himself, and smiled brightly, "I didn't lie to you, did I? Such an all-round trainer, don't you really consider it?"

Riolu still shook his head, turned around and walked towards the ranger.

--I am a Pokémon that will be reset. Energy blocks cannot be absorbed, move levels will not be increased, and freedom will not be allowed.

Riolu indulges this human with a unique aura because he cannot fulfill his wish.

Shi Qiu waved at him from behind.

"Good night then."

"I'll ask again tomorrow."

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The incident with Riolu was the second time that Shi Qiu noticed something was wrong with the simulator.

The first time was with the Foam Chinchilla.

An unknown cave, a strange empty Poké Ball, and a Pokémon that was not moving and waiting quietly.

Foam chinchillas have also been trapped.

It’s just that Shi Qiu hadn’t entered in person at that time, so he hadn’t participated and it was difficult for him to intervene.

He also carefully inquired about Bubble Chipmunk's experiences before they met, but Bubble Chipmunk just talked about how the world was like and avoided the topic.

Shi Qiu doesn't care about the world, he cares about individual Pokémon.

So at that time, he considerately changed the subject, but he clearly remembered the first time the foam squirrel came out of the simulator into the real world, it couldn't help but pounce on him.

And when he saw the active and free activities of other wild Pokémon in the simulator, a strong thought lingered in his mind for a long time.

After sending Riolu back to that place for who knows how many times, Shi Qiu said to himself:

"It's not the simulator that's trapping them. It's me."

Shi Qiu was calm enough. He was the cause but not the fault.

He thought about the time when he played games in his previous life, some Pokémon had a special entry.

Since this is a "fateful encounter", what he needs to do is to speed up the pace of growth and exploration, so that this perhaps not-so-pleasant encounter can come earlier and have a better result.

The so-called fateful encounter is unique to both parties.

"Go back, Bubble Chinchilla."

"Bubble!"

……

Every day, Shi Qiu would take Riolu and his two little ones to train and fight.

Bubble Squirrel learned the [Power of Secrets] and moved the secret space in the cave on Route A to a big tree in the forest.

Once after lunch, Riolu looked at the two elves lying lazily on the grass, and his little paws suddenly tugged at the corner of Shi Qiu's clothes.

"what happened?"

“Ouluolu.” (I can lead you to other Riolus, even Lucarios, in this forest.)

He stepped back and lowered his bottom line.

"But they are not you." Shi Qiu said as a matter of course, "I love all Pokémon, but at the same time, I always have a preference for my elves."

The trainer called him that, picked up the fox and the little gray mouse beside him, and his eyes fell on the blue and black Pokémon.

Riolu has no memory of what happened before he came to the forest. He doesn't know why his strength is out of control. He can't leave the forest, and he can't communicate with the unknown entity that can give him orders in his mind.

He was bound by that Poké Ball.

At night, Riolu saw Shi Qiu and his group disappear into a tree hole not far away. He walked to the side of the ranger, resisting the drive of the unknown force and did not return to the Poké Ball.

“(Why me?)”

[Because you are the pillar of the secret forest. ]

The dark blue mechanical subtitles appeared intermittently like a rubbing, with a cold and rigid texture. Just like the first time Riolu tried to leave the forest and escape, he was forced back into the ball.

The ranger took out the Poké Ball stiffly, locked it with a click, and put it back stiffly.

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